Curriculum Design and Management

Academic unit or major

Teacher education courses

Instructor(s)

Kentaro Nagahara / Yuuri Kimura / Masao Murota

Class Format

Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

7-8 Wed (M-B45(H105))

Class

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Course Code

LAT.A206

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2026

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 5, 2026

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

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

・Koji Tanaka. yokuwakaru kyoiku katei, Minervashobo (In Japanese)
・The National Curriculum Standards

Reference books, course materials, etc.

・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

(A) Assessment will be based on (1) the student’s level of contribution to in-class activities, (2) the assignments submitted for each class session, and (3) the final examination.
(B) Knowledge and understanding will be assessed through the examination; ability to apply learning will be assessed through the assignments; and attitude/engagement toward learning will be evaluated comprehensively throughout the course.
(C) In principle, credit will not be granted to students who have even one unsubmitted assignment overall, or who are absent for a total of two or more class sessions.

Related courses

• LAT.A101 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession A
• LAT.A102 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession B
• LAT.A103 ： Educational Foundations A
• LAT.A112 ： (Educational Foundations B)
• LAT.A108 ： Educational Administration and Finance
• LAT.A107 ： Educational System

Prerequisites

This course has a designated prerequisite/required course sequence. For details, please refer to the Kyosyoku guidebook.

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.