Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies
Lecture Code ARS41501 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name Conflict ResolutionⅡ (紛争解決論 Ⅱ)
Subject Name
(Katakana)
フンソウカイケツロン II
Subject Name in
English
Conflict Resolution II 
Instructor KAKEE TOMOKO
Instructor
(Katakana)
カケエ トモコ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Mon7-8:IAS K209
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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This course will be conducted either in-person, online or hybrid depending on the situation.
 
Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction E : English
Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area(Area) 24 : Social Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 02 : Political Science
Eligible Students
Keywords Conflict, Conflict transformation, Diversity, Nonviolent communication, dialogue, mutual recognition, SDG_5,6,10,11,16,17 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Integrated Global Studies
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines.
・The knowledge and understanding of one's own language and culture and other languages and cultures that are prerequisite abilities for communication with people from different cultures and areas of specialization.
(Abilities and Skills)
・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines.
・The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand.
(Comprehensive Abilities)
・The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them.
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.
・The ability to take action cooperatively to advance research to resolve the problem by sharing issues with people from different cultures and areas of specialization, and explaining one’s own ideas logically and simply. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This class aims to understand conflict resolution mechanisms and their challenges.
Each conflict has different contexts and causes. Thus, conflict resolution tools and goals should be varied in every case.
Conflict Resolution I contains relatively more lectures and group discussions while in Conflict Resolution II students learn conflict resolution through preparation of group presentations.
In this class, we discuss what is the conflict and decide what kind of issues shall be deal with in the class. In previous years, we discussed issues including LGBTQ+community (Queer issue), Japanese attitude towards wartime history, media and bias, situation in Syria and South Sudan, education in Rwanda, school bullying and so on.
The schedule is fixed along the course of our discussion. 
Class Schedule Class 1 Introduction & Group making

Classes 2-5 Preparation for the presentation

Classes 6-7 Group presentations

(Topics of presentation last year)
- China-Japan relationship
- History education in Japanese textbooks
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Gender related issues
- Nuclear weapon
- Conflict between Serbia and Kosovo
- War between Israel and Palestine
- Relationships between Taiwan and China
- Conflict in Bussiness

Either group presentation or submission of a term paper is required.

Please submit comment sheets for each class. The contents of the comment sheet will be used to evaluate the grade. Also, your attendance is checked by the submission of the comment sheets. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Handouts will be distributed when necessary. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
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Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Students are required to submit commentsheets for each class. This class will have a group presentation and require group preparation before the presentation. 
Requirements Highly recommended to take Conflict Resolution I if you wish to join Conflict Resolution II.  If you wish to join Conflict Resolution II only, please consult the instructor before registration.  
Grading Method Contribution to the class discussion 50(including comment sheets); group presentation 50; term paper can be submitted as a replacement for group presentation 
Practical Experience Experienced  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it The instructor has worked for the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations as an adviser (legal expert) and her experience will provide knowledge about daily practice at the UN. 
Message  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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