2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Facilitation Practicum 1
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Takashi Takao
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon
- Class
- 1
- Course Code
- LAH.C501
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
In this class, students will learn about facilitation-type leadership experientially through facilitation practice. Facilitation-type leadership refers to "supportive" leadership that emphasizes the individuality of team members and draws out their strengths toward a goal, in contrast to traditional "instruction" type leadership. Participants will acquire facilitation skills and learn practically by participating as facilitators in small group classes of the undergraduate course "Tokyo Tech Visonary Project".
The aim is to think more deeply about facilitation, leadership, and learning through the experience as a facilitator. In addition, they are expected to be role models for new undergraduate students.
Course description and aims
To explain facilitation-type leadership
To acquire and utilize facilitation techniques
To realize that he/she has facilitated the learning of the "Tokyo Tech Visonary Project" students
Keywords
facilitation, facilitator, leadership, supportive, Tokyo Tech Visionary Project
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
After learning facilitation theory and techniques, students will participate in small group classes of the "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" and facilitate their learning through active involvement as facilitators. After the facilitation activities, a reflection workshop will be held so that participants can make use of their reflections in their next activities. Before participating in the "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" small group class, students are required to prepare for facilitation by watching the "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" on-demand lectures.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to facilitation | Writing a short report |
| Class 2 | Facilitation Practice | Watching the next "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" on-demand lecture and making its summary and response, writing a short report |
| Class 3 | Facilitation activities in small class of "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" 1 | Watching the next "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" on-demand lecture, preparing for facilitation, facilitating activities, writing a short reflection report |
| Class 4 | Facilitation activities in small class of "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" 2 | Watching the next "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" on-demand lecture, preparing for facilitation, facilitating activities, writing a short reflection report |
| Class 5 | Reflection workshop of facilitation activities | Writing a short report |
| Class 6 | Facilitation activities in small class of "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" 3 | Watching the next "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" on-demand lecture, preparing for facilitation, facilitating activities, writing a short reflection report |
| Class 7 | Presentation of reflections on facilitation activities | Making slides for reflection, writing a short report, writing the final report |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
To be distributed as necessary
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Nakano, Tamio. Manabi Au Ba No Tsukurikata. Iwanami Shoten, 2017 (Japanese)
Anzai, Yuki & Takayuki Shiose. Toi No Design. Gakugei Shuppansha, 2020 (Japanese)
Anzai, Yuki. Toikake No Saho. Discover Twenty-one, 2021 (Japanese)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Classroom work, participation in and contribution to the small group classes of "Tokyo Tech Visionary Project" (short reports, facilitation preparation and activities, etc.) 50%
Final report 50%
Related courses
- LAH.C401 ： Leadership Workshop
- LAH.C101 ： Tokyo Tech Visionary Project
Prerequisites
Student must have successfully completed the "Leadership Workshop" with a score of 80 or over.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
takao [at] ila.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail to make an appointment.
Other
This class is the subject of the Graduate Student Assistant (GSA) program. Students who have taken a score of 80 or over will be awarded a certificate of GSA-F (Facilitation) from the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning.
The first class of 2024 will be held on April 8th. Please be sure to attend the first class.
This course is 500-level course.
Tokyo Tech’s “wedge-shaped style education” enables students to pursue liberal arts education in a phased manner throughout undergraduate and graduate programs.
Students are encouraged to take 100-level to 600-level courses in order.
As such, master’s students must begin Humanities and Social Science courses at the 400 level (in 1Q/2Q of the first year for those entering in April, and 3Q/4Q for those entering in September), then proceed to 500-level courses (in 3Q/4Q or later for those entering in April, and 1Q/2Q of the following year or later for those entering in September).