Japanese

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Education
Lecture Code	CC118205	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	初等教科研究法I
Subject Name （Katakana）	ショトウキョウカケンキュウホウI
Subject Name in English	Research Methods in Elementary School Curriculum I
Instructor	NAKAMURA KAZUYO,NAGATA TADAMICHI,SHINNO YUSUKE,ITO YU,WATANABE TAKUMI,GONDO ATSUKO,MATSUMIYA NAGAKO,TERAUCHI DAISUKE,IKEDA SATOSHI,OOSEDO KAZUKI,MATSUMOTO HITOSHI,MATSUURA TAKETO
Instructor (Katakana)	ナカムラ　カズヨ,ナガタ　タダミチ,シンノ　ユウスケ,イトウ　ユウ,ワタナベ　タクミ,ゴンドウ　アツコ,マツミヤ　ナガコ,テラウチ　ダイスケ,イケダ　サトシ,オオセド　カズキ,マツモト　ヒトシ,マツウラ　タケト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	3rd-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1st) Thur1-2：North Gymnasium,EDU C203,EDU C228,EDU C316,EDU Ｃ509,EDU C526,EDU C527,EDU G202,EDU K208,EDU K214,etc.
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)
			Lecture-and Exercise-oriented, Note-taking, Discussions, Student presentations, Field work, Chemicals will be used
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	08 : Curriculum and Instruction Sciences
Eligible Students	Curriculum and Instruction Development Major students who will write a graduation thesis.
Keywords	Elementary education, curriculum, seminar, research methods, graduation thesis, SDG-04
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)	Elementary School Teacher Education （Abilities and Skills） ・Being able to collect, critically analyze, and examine infomration related to elementary education. (Information collection and analysis ability)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This course will provide students with opportunities to be clearly aware of their own issues, set a purpose of their research, and study methodologies to prepare for writing a graduation thesis.
Class Schedule	Lesson1: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to. Orientation. Lesson2: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and identify issues based on the characteristics of each school subject. Lesson3: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and set a purpose of their research based on the characteristics of each school subject. Lesson4: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and consider research approach in accordance with the research purpose. Lesson5: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and collect information in accordance with the research purpose. Lesson6: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and collect and read necessary materials Lesson7: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and analyze and examine the materials. Lesson8: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to, summarize what has been done so far, and prepare for an interim presentation. Lesson9: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to, make an interim presentation and have a discussion to deepen the contents of the research. Lesson10: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and collect and study materials again. Lesson11: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to, consider based on the research purpose, and summarize the research outcomes. Lesson12: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and make a structure of a final presentation. Lesson13: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and make materials for the final presentation. Lesson14: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to, make a final presentation, and deepen the contents of the research. Lesson15: Seminar Students receive instruction at a seminar they belong to and summarize research approach based on the characteristics of each school subject.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Will be introduced when needed.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
	(More Details)	Textbook, Handouts, Audio materials, Movies(videos/PC/other image data)
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	After every lesson, review the seminar and make an effort to address your challenge by collecting more materials needed and reading books and others for reference again. Sort out questions so that you can ask in class. If you have concerns in proceeding with the seminar. You should discuss with other students in the seminar and/or consult with the instructor.
Requirements
Grading Method	Students will be evaluated based on commitment:50% and report assignments and research presentations.etc.:50%.
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	The instructors, who have teaching experience in schools, direct writing a thesis.
Message	Students’ subjective and active commitment to the seminar, such as constantly checking their understanding, actively discussing questions with other students in the seminar or asking questions directly to the instructor, is expected.
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.