Education

This is a seminar course focusing on developing future leaders of domestic and international business. Through seminar-style dialogue with alumni association members, the course is designed for students to deepen their practical understanding of the work and the industry while helping students form their own career views. By interacting with alumni association members, students also have better understanding of Japanese business culture, ethic, and challenges that Japanese companies are facing.  The class is divided into a group of 10-15 people depending on topics discussed. 

This course introduces the theoretical and practical aspects of sport and exercise coaching. Through active participation in lectures and movement laboratories, students develop a basic understanding of training and performance, with reference to a variety of groups. Students also learn how to evaluate and improve their own coaching performance by applying reflective and analytical skills. Topics examined in this course include coaching pedagogy, training principles, session planning, basic concepts of sports science, and ethical issues. 

This class focuses on helping one understand PHONETICS and PHONOLOGY as they apply to language learning and teaching. Phonetics and phonology, or the study of human speech sounds and sound systems, are the foundation of all study of language. Because this class is taught in English, it starts with English pronunciation then it will contrast this with Japanese and other languages. Students will have the opportunity to explore the common pronunciation difficulties that speakers of particular languages (such as Chinese, French, German, Korean, Thai, and any language of interest) can have when speaking English or Japanese.

This course examines schooling across cultural borders; theories of development; New Zealand’s trade/aid relations with less developed countries; postcolonial theory and Western and Indigenous knowledges; the politics of English language teaching in non-English speaking settings and global flows of students/teachers and educational ideas.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the nature of second language learning and current theoretical explanations for second language learning. It also considers principles of classroom second language instruction in light of current empirical research. The course also examines various positions towards second/ foreign language teaching that have been developed since the 20th century and considers the relationship between second language acquisition theory, research on second language learning, and second language teaching practice.   

This course examines the fundamentals of the methods used in science practice, how to construct and evaluate a scientific argument, and how processes of scientific investigation are applied across the diverse range of scientific disciplines. Students will also learn to communicate science effectively to different audiences, and how to evaluate reporting of science in the mainstream media. 

This course provides an overview of key concepts, models, and strategies for effective teaching and learning from contemporary psychological perspectives. Students are expected to identify and address relevant “Big Ideas in Education” for promoting effective teaching and learning in today’s educational scene in Japan and beyond.  It focuses on various issues in school education and the theoretical knowledge to solve them. Furthermore, the students examine specific case studies, learning the necessary ways of thinking in education and schools.  

This course examines geography education, past, present, and future. Geography in schools is the focus, with some other educational contexts considered. The course offers a space for students to reflect on their own geographical education, considering how and why geography education varies. Students are encouraged to think about the potential of geography in education, as the world changes.

This course introduces students to the principles of health professions education and its application to practice. It guides students through learning about key theories in health professions education and they gain key skills needed to effectively teach in formal and informal environments. The course explores the use of feedback in teaching and learning and peer-assisted learning. It focuses on reviewing educational research and how this can inform clinical practice as well as explore the design and delivery of assessment. The course focuses on putting the knowledge and skills learned into practice through teaching peers, colleagues, patients, and future generations.

The purpose of this course is to give students the tools/skills to use when working with parents using theoretically-guided and research based knowledge of parent-child relationships. Parenting practices are examined to gain an appreciation for and an understanding of the experiences parents have while child rearing. 

This course also provides an opportunity to examine personal beliefs, values, assumptions, and biases about parenting in order to recognize how these influences might impact work with parents. This course is to understand the historical and theoretical foundations of parenting research and practice; to summarize the cultural and contextual factors influencing parenthood, parent-child relationships, including topics such as parenting children with special needs and parenting in the various context; to evaluate changes in parenting styles and parenting strategies across developmental stages from pregnancy to adulthood, and to integrate research and evidence-based perspectives to demonstrate the importance of parent education.