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
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