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

Studies of Moral Education

Academic unit or major
Teacher education courses
Instructor(s)
Kenichi Eshima
Class Format
Lecture
Media-enhanced courses
-
Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)
Class
-
Course Code
LAT.A201
Number of credits
200
Course offered
2025
Offered quarter
3-4Q
Syllabus updated
Jun 25, 2025
Language
Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course is designed to provide an essential, historical, theoretical, and practical understanding of moral education and to develop practical skills for moral education.

Course description and aims

The purposes of this lecture are as follows:
・To understand the history of moral education in Japan and other countries.
・To understand the fundamentals of the teaching process and classroom theory in moral education.
・To be able to write lesson plans for moral education classes.

Keywords

moral education

Competencies

  • Specialist skills
  • Intercultural skills
  • Communication skills
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Provided as an intensive course

Course schedule/Objectives

Course schedule Objectives
Class 1 Introduction-moral and moral education Students are required to review the topics covered in the class in order to master the topics.
Class 2 moral education and morality Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 3 The history of moral education in Japan①Prewar Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 4 The history of moral education in Japan②Postwar Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 5 Foreign situations Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 6 Moral education in school Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 7 How to write lesson plans Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 8 How to teach moral education class Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 9 Analysis of teaching materials①"Magician" Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 10 Analysis of teaching materials②"Two letters" Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 11 Promoting moral education teachers Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 12 How to evaluation moral education Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 13 Presentation of lesson plans Students are required to read additional materials previously.
Class 14 Conclusion-moral education and teachers Students are required to read additional materials previously.

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

・Course of Study of Moral Education for Middle Schools by MEXT.
Additional materials will be provided in the class.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Books listed above.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Reaction paper for each lesson:70% ,Presentation based on lesson plans:30%

Related courses

  • LAT.A101 : Introduction to the Teaching Profession A
  • LAT.A102 : Introduction to the Teaching Profession B

Prerequisites

Reading the material previously.

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

eshima.k.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Appointment by email.

Other

Let's learn from each other about a better way of moral education!