2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Teacher education courses
Curriculum Design and Management
- Academic unit or major
- Teacher education courses
- Instructor(s)
- Masao Murota / Yuuri Kimura / Kentaro Nagahara
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAT.A206
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students need to understand roles and history of the National Course of Studies, methods of designning school curiculum and its management. In addition, students need to discuss how to design the better school curriculum through exercises.
Course description and aims
- Students need to understand legal aspects, roles, and history of the National Course of Studies.
- Students need to understand a method of curriculum design, instructional and assessment methods for each subject area based on the latest report of the Central Council of Education publishded in 2016.
- Students need to understand a method of curriculum management.
Keywords
National Course of Studies, types of curriculum, competency-based vs. contents-based, curriculum management, Warp and Woof model of problem-solving, generic skills, ways of viewing and thinking, domain-specific knowledge, meta-cognition, information literacy, study skills
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students are assigned homework for each lesson. Students are required to read related chapters of textbooks before each lesson. Therefore, the purpose of each class is focusing on explaining reasons, frameworks, terms, procedures, and examples of instructional design tasks related to homework assignments.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Curriculum overview and objectives | Preparation of textbooks and small reports |
| Class 2 | Principles of curriculum organization | Preparation of textbooks and small reports |
| Class 3 | History of curriculum reform in Japan and changes in the National Curriculum Standards | Preparation of textbooks and small reports |
| Class 4 | Curriculum and evaluation | Preparation of textbooks and small reports |
| Class 5 | Learning environment supporting the curriculum | Preparation of textbooks and small reports |
| Class 6 | Curriculum and curriculum management in each subject area | Preparation of textbooks and small reports |
| Class 7 | Developing students’ competencies and curriculum management in cross-curricular | Preparation of textbooks and small reports |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
・Koji Tanaka. yokuwakaru kyoiku katei, Minervashobo (In Japanese)
・The National Curriculum Standards
Reference books, course materials, etc.
・Toshiki Matsuda, Atsuko Hoshino, Kouji Karino, and Takashi Tubuki (2012) How to Learn Pedagogy: Laws, Administration, and Curriculum of Schools, Gakubun-sya. (In Japanese)
・http://www.et.hum.titech.ac.jp/~matsuda/et.html
・Central Council of Education (2016) Report to reform National Course of Studies of K-12, MEXT (In Japanese)
・Abiko, T. (2014) Lesson design beyond competency-based approach, Toshobunka (In Japanese)
・Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (1992) History of Japanese School Education System (In Japanese)
・National Institute of Educational Policy Research(2014) Database of the National Course of Studies (In Japanese)
Evaluation methods and criteria
・Students will be assessed based on ratio of attendance, all homework exercises, and end-term examination.
・Students who have un-submitted homework or who do not attend lessons twice or more lose their credit.
Related courses
- LAT.A203 ： Educational Technology
- LAT.A233 ： Method of Teaching Extracurricular Activities and Period for Integrated Studies
Prerequisites
・Students are required to earn the credit for related courses shown above.
・Students must take "Method of Teaching Extracurricular Activities and Period for Integrated Studies" at the same quarter.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
curriculum[at]te.ila.isct.ac.jp
Office hours
Please send an e-mail for appointment.