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2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Entrepreneurship courses

Doctoral AcademicTeaching Practice B

Academic unit or major
Entrepreneurship courses
Instructor(s)
Hidekazu Tanaka / Yukari Kato /
Class Format
Lecture/Exercise (Blended)
Media-enhanced courses
-
Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)
Intensive
Class
B
Course Code
ENT.A631
Number of credits
0.50.50
Course offered
2026
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
Mar 5, 2026
Language
Japanese

※ Courses with parentheses in the course number have different subject codes depending on the student's year of admission.

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This training course primarily targets D1 and D2 students who plan to pursue an academic career, such as a professor, in the near future. This course will help them learn best teaching practices by attending lectures and conducting mock classes by themselves.

Course description and aims

The goal of this training course is for students to experience teaching practices, including conducting mock classes by themselves, and to learn teaching skills by attending lectures on teaching.

Keywords

Japanese mock lectures, Teaching skills, Educational guidance, Code of Ethics,

Competencies

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

Class flow

This training course consists of the following parts: first, attend a lecture on teaching skills. The second is two mock classes by each doctoral student: one to give high-school students a lecture on each student's research, and the other to provide first-year university students with a lecture on basic science.
All students will receive the Zoom URLs, can download instructors' lecture materials, and can upload their reports through the LMS.

Course schedule/Objectives

Course schedule Objectives
Class 1

June 12 (Friday), 5-6th period, Zoom
Practical lecture on teaching skills (Yukari Kato)

Class 2

June 12 (Friday), 7th period, Zoom
Explanation of mock lecture and on-site lecture. (Hidekazu Tanaka)

Class 3

June 26 (Friday), 5-8th period, Zoom
Mock lecture to university students (Hidekazu Tanaka)

Preparation of PPT files for the mock lecture.

Class 4

July 3 (Friday), 5-8th period, Zoom
Off-site lecture practice for high school students (Hidekazu Tanaka)

Preparation of PPT files for the off-site lecture.

Class 5

July 15 (Wednesday), 12:30-14:30, Tokyo Tech High School of Science and Technology
Actual off-site lecture at a high school (Susumu Saito, Hidekazu Tanaka)

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

None.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Two-times mock lectures

Related courses

  • Other career courses

Prerequisites

1) International students can take this training course under the condition of having a Japanese-language ability at an N1 level in the Japanese language proficiency test (JLPT).
2) Doctoral students cannot register for this course within six months of enrolling in the doctoral program.

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

career_edu[at]cee.isct.ac.jp
(Indicate the name and affiliation)

Office hours

Weekday 9:00-17:00

Other

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