2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Teacher education courses
Educational Foundations A
- Academic unit or major
- Teacher education courses
- Instructor(s)
- Yuta Suzuki
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAT.A103
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Covers the basic concepts and theories of pedagogy and educational research.
The aim is to construct your base for professional teacher.
Course description and aims
Students will achieve basic understanding of pedagogy and educational research.
Keywords
Education, teaching, learning, teachers, collaborative learning, public education
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 pedagogy and educational research | Can explain basic concepts and theories on pedagogy and educational research. |
| Class 2 | Publicness of education | See above |
| Class 3 | Ideas of public education | See above |
| Class 4 | Thoughts and history of public education | See above |
| Class 5 | Society and public education | See above |
| Class 6 | society and school education | See above |
| Class 7 | Thoughts of educational evaluation | See above |
| Class 8 | Challenges of pedagogy and educational research | See above |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Handouts are distributed during lectures.
ISBN 978-4130520775, 978-4641123847, 978-4762028526, 978-4-326-25158-2, 9780367517489
Reference books, course materials, etc.
ISBN 978-4130513210, 978-4326251230
Evaluation methods and criteria
Group work and mini report: 50%, Final Report and presentation: 50%.
Related courses
- LAT.A101 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession A
- LAT.A102 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession B
- 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