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2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Teacher education courses

Introduction to the Teaching Profession A

Academic unit or major
Teacher education courses
Instructor(s)
Yuta Suzuki
Class Format
Lecture (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses
-
Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)
7-8 Wed
Class
-
Course Code
LAT.A101
Number of credits
100
Course offered
2025
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
Mar 19, 2025
Language
Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Covers the basic concepts and theories of teaching as learning profession.
The aim is to construct your base for professional teacher.

Course description and aims

Students will achieve basic understanding of teaching as learning profession.

Keywords

Teachers' professionalism, roles, responsibilities, professional development, professional community

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 Introduction of teaching as learning profession Can explain basic concepts and theories on teaching as learning profession.
Class 2 Public education and teaching as learning profession See above
Class 3 Teaching as learning profession See above
Class 4 Teachers' professionalism and roles See above
Class 5 Teachers' professional community for school reform See above
Class 6 Collaboration in schools See above
Class 7 Toward teaching as learning profession See above
Class 8 Teaching as learning profession in the learning society See above

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

Handouts are distributed during lectures.
ISBN 978-4641220607, 978-4000259613, 978-4762028526, 978-4-326-25158-2, 9780367517489

Reference books, course materials, etc.

ISBN 978-4906388608, 978-4326251230

Evaluation methods and criteria

Group work and mini report: 50%, Final Report and presentation: 50%.

Related courses

  • LAT.A102 : Introduction to the Teaching Profession B
  • LAT.A103 : Educational Foundations A
  • LAT.A112 : (Educational Foundations B)
  • LAT.A107 : Educational System
  • LAT.A409 : Educational Research on Schooling and Teaching
  • SHS.D447 : Research on Teaching
  • LAT.A412 : Case Study on Teaching
  • LAT.A413 : Case Study on Schooling
  • LAT.M303 : Exercise of Practical Research on Mathematics Education I
  • LAT.S303 : Exercise of Practical Research on Science Education I

Prerequisites

None

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

yutasuzuki[at]ila.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Wednesday