2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Facilitation Practicum 1
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Takashi Takao / Takehiko Tanioka
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon
- Class
- 1
- Course Code
- LAH.C501
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
In this class, students will learn about facilitation-type leadership experientially through facilitation practice. Facilitation-type leadership refers to "supportive" leadership that emphasizes the individuality of team members and draws out their strengths toward a goal, in contrast to traditional "instruction" type leadership. Participants will acquire facilitation skills and learn practically by participating as facilitators in small group classes of the undergraduate course "Visonary Project".
The aim is to think more deeply about facilitation, leadership, and learning through the experience as a facilitator. In addition, they are expected to be role models for new undergraduate students.
Course description and aims
To explain facilitation-type leadership
To acquire and utilize facilitation techniques
To realize that he/she has facilitated the learning of the "Visonary Project" students
Keywords
facilitation, facilitator, leadership, supportive, Visionary Project
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
After learning facilitation theory and techniques, students will participate in small group classes of the "Visionary Project" and facilitate their learning through active involvement as facilitators. After the facilitation activities, a reflection workshop will be held so that participants can make use of their reflections in their next activities. Before participating in the "Visionary Project" small group class, students are required to prepare for facilitation by watching the "Visionary Project" on-demand lectures.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to facilitation | Writing a short report |
| Class 2 | Facilitation Practice | Watching the next "Visionary Project" on-demand lecture and making its summary and response, writing a short report |
| Class 3 | Facilitation activities in small class of "Visionary Project" 1 | Watching the next "Visionary Project" on-demand lecture, preparing for facilitation, facilitating activities, writing a short reflection report |
| Class 4 | Facilitation activities in small class of "Visionary Project" 2 | Watching the next "Visionary Project" on-demand lecture, preparing for facilitation, facilitating activities, writing a short reflection report |
| Class 5 | Reflection workshop of facilitation activities | Writing a short report |
| Class 6 | Facilitation activities in small class of "Visionary Project" 3 | Watching the next "Visionary Project" on-demand lecture, preparing for facilitation, facilitating activities, writing a short reflection report |
| Class 7 | Presentation of reflections on facilitation activities | Making slides for reflection, writing a short report, writing the final report |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
To be distributed as necessary
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Nakano, Tamio. Manabi Au Ba No Tsukurikata. Iwanami Shoten, 2017 (Japanese)
Anzai, Yuki & Takayuki Shiose. Toi No Design. Gakugei Shuppansha, 2020 (Japanese)
Anzai, Yuki. Toikake No Saho. Discover Twenty-one, 2021 (Japanese)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Classroom work, participation in and contribution to the small group classes of "Visionary Project" (short reports, facilitation preparation and activities, etc.) 50%
Final report 50%
Related courses
- LAH.C401 ： Leadership Workshop
- LAH.C101 ： Visionary Project
Prerequisites
Student must have successfully completed the "Leadership Workshop" with a score of 80 or over.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
takao [at] ila.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail to make an appointment.
Other
This class is the subject of the Graduate Student Assistant (GSA) program.
Students who have taken a score of 80 or over will be awarded a certificate of GSA-F (Facilitator) from the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning.
Seven total classes will be held for this course: April 7 (Mon), April 14 (Mon), April 21 (Mon), April 28 (Mon), May 12 (Mon), May 19 (Mon), May 26 (Mon).
This course is 500-level course.
Science Tokyo (science and engineering fields) provides a wedge-shaped style education that allows students to continuously take liberal arts courses from a Bachelor’s Program to a Doctoral Program. Students are recommended to take liberal arts courses in ascending order of course level. In the semester right after enrollment in the Master’s Degree Program – i.e., 1Q and 2Q for students who enroll in spring, and 3Q or 4Q for students who enroll in fall – students may register only in 400-level Humanities and Social Science Courses.
Students may take 500-level Humanities and Social Science Courses after studying at least six months after enrollment, i.e., in 3Q and 4Q for students who enroll in spring, and in 1Q and 2Q of the following year for students who enroll in fall.