2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
Research on Teacher Education
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Yuta Suzuki
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.D448
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Covers the basic concepts and theories of teacher education research on policy and practice.
The aim is to construct your base for professional teacher.
Course description and aims
Students will achieve basic understanding of teacher education research on policy and practice.
Keywords
Teacher Education Practice, Teacher Education Policy
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Basically the course goes in lecture-style and group-work learning.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Theory on Teacher Education | Can explain basic concepts and theories on teacher education. |
| Class 2 | Teacher Education Practices | Can explain basic concepts and theories on teacher education practices. |
| Class 3 | Teacher Education Policy | Can explain basic concepts and theories on teacher education practices. |
| Class 4 | Context of Teacher Education | Can explain basic concepts and theories on context of teacher education |
| Class 5 | Teacher Education Exellence | Can explain basic concepts and theories on teacher education exellence. |
| Class 6 | Reforming of teaching | Can explain basic concepts and theories on reforming of teaching. |
| Class 7 | Listening to the Fields and Learning form the Field | Can explain core inquiry stance to schooling and teaching. |
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)
Handouts are distributed during lectures.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Handouts are distributed during lectures.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Group work and mini report: 50%, Final Report and presentation: 50%.
Related courses
- LAT.A409 ： Educational Research on Teaching
- LAT.A411 ： Educational Research on Schooling
- LAT.A412 ： Case Study on Teaching
- LAT.A413 ： Case Study on Schooling
- SHS.D447 ： Research on Teaching
- LAT.M303 ： Exercise of Practical Research on Mathematics Education I
- LAT.S303 ： Exercise of Practical Research on Science Education I
- LAT.A101 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession A
- LAT.A102 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession B
Prerequisites
None
Other
The class schedule will be as follows: Feb. 5 (Thu) 8:50-17:05, Feb. 6 (Fri) 8:50-15:10 (Intensive Lecture).
The place will be Room 706 on the 7th floor of West Bldg. 9.