Method of Teaching Science III

Academic unit or major

Teacher education courses

Instructor(s)

Yuuri Kimura / / Keiichiro Sato / Yuuki Namiki

Class Format

Exercise

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Class

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Course Code

LAT.S301

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2026

Offered quarter

3-4Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 5, 2026

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

- Aims of this course are to train students for applying methods of instructional analysis, lesson design, and educational assessment, as well as strategies of instruction and skills of instruction while considering problems, such as motivating students to science study, student model to learn problem-solving ability and scientific ways of viewing and thinking, utilization of ICT as an instructional tool, and informatics education in existing subject area, etc.
- In order to prepare for practice teaching, students repeat the instructional design task, "lesson design → microteaching → discussion for lesson improvement → redesign of the lesson plan". Tasks of lesson design and redesign are required to perform as homework exercises before and after each lesson. Every students experience the role of teachers in the microteaching once or more.

Course description and aims

Students are required to achieve following objectives:
1) Can describe an appropriate lesson plan in a short time by integrating fundamental knowledge on science education learned in “Studies on Method of Science Teaching I & II” to the method of instructional design and assessment learned in “Educational Technology for Curriculum and Lesson Design” while taking consideration with the items in the Check-list of Lesson Plans.
2) Can generate various lesson plans while taking considerations with several learners’ situations and referring to a textbook, reference books, and web pages, etc., then choose better one from them to achieve learning objectives defined in the National Course of Studies effectively.
3) Can carry out the lesson according to own lesson plan while utilizing effective skills of instructions, understanding students’ situations, and making an appropriate judgment based on the teacher's decision model.
4) Recognize innovative instruction required to solve current issues and needs of science education, and can make a lesson plan corresponding to the needs.

Keywords

Unit plan, lesson design, development of instructional materials, microteaching, skills of instruction

Competencies

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

Class flow

This course consists of three lessons held twice in the weekend and once on Wednesday. Each class requires homework to make and improve a lesson plan before and after the class. In each class, three or more students perform microteaching according to their own lesson plans and discuss by all attendees. Check "https://www.te.ila.titech.ac.jp/c5/" and contact by an e-mail.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

・National Course of Studies for the Lower Secondary Schools and the Upper Secondary Schools (in Japanese)
・Guidebooks of National Course of Studies for the Lower Secondary Schools and the Upper Secondary Schools: Science (in Japanese)
・Science textbooks for the lower secondary schools and the upper secondary schools (in Japanese)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

We will guide you during the class.

Evaluation methods and criteria

・Students will be evaluated based on ratio of attendance, all homework exercises, and microteaching.
・Students who did not submit a homework before the class, did not improve all lesson plans after the classes, or were absent more than once lose their credit.

Related courses

• LAT.A203 ： Educational Technology
• LAT.A206 ： Curriculum Design and Management
• LAT.S101 ： Method of Teaching Science I
• LAT.S102 ： Method of Teaching Science II
• Courses certified as “Science” in the teacher promotion program

Prerequisites

The requirements for enrollment are as follows:
(A) Students must have earned credits for “Educational Technology,” “Curriculum Design and Management,” “Method of Teaching Science I,” and “Method of Teaching Science II.”
(B) Students must have completed at least 18 credits in mathematics courses.