Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Education
Lecture Code CC134604 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 特別支援学校教育実習観察
Subject Name
(Katakana)
トクベツシエンガッコウキョウイクジッシュウカンサツ
Subject Name in
English
Observational Study on Teaching Practice in Special Needs Schools
Instructor WAKAMATSU AKIHIKO,MORI MAYU,HAYASHIDA MASASHI,MURAKAMI RIE
Instructor
(Katakana)
ワカマツ アキヒコ,モリ マユ,ハヤシダ マサシ,ムラカミ リエ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte
Lesson Style Lecture/Practical Lesson Style
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Intensive lectures (Visiting a special-needs school, Student presentations, Discussions) 
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) 07 : Education
Eligible Students Students of Faculty of Education Cluster 1, Program in Special Needs School Teacher Education
Keywords Special needs schools, Teaching practice, Lesson observation, 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)
Special Support School Teacher Education
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・Having knowledge and understanding of concepts, history, and regulations, which are required for engaging in special needs education.
・Having knowledge and understanding of teaching methods practiced in special needs education. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
The objective of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to have a one-day visit to a special needs school of their course: 1) visual impairment, 2) hearing impairment, and 3) intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and health impairment, for class observations, to gain understanding of the specialized contents of the education, and to raise their awareness about their teaching practice that are planned in their 3rd year. This course is intensive lecture course. 
Class Schedule Lesson 1: Advance Guidance: Overview of Special Needs Schools and guidance on lessons
Lesson 2: Advance Guidance: Overview of Special Needs Schools and guidance on lessons
Lesson 3: Advance Guidance: Overview of Special Needs Schools and guidance on lessons
Lesson 4: Special Needs School Visit (visual impairments, hearing impairments, intellectual impairments, physical disabilities , and health impairments)
Lesson 5: Special Needs School Visit (visual impairments, hearing impairments, intellectual impairments, physical disabilities , and health impairments)
Lesson 6: Special Needs School Visit (visual impairments, hearing impairments, intellectual impairments, physical disabilities , and health impairments)
Lesson 7: Special Needs School Visit (visual impairments, hearing impairments, intellectual impairments, physical disabilities , and health impairments)
Lesson 8: Special Needs School Visit (visual impairments, hearing impairments, intellectual impairments, physical disabilities , and health impairments)
Lesson 9: After Guidance (Presentations and Q&A)
Lesson 10: After Guidance (Presentations and Q&A)
Lesson 11: After Guidance (Presentations and Q&A)
Lesson 12: After Guidance (Presentations and Q&A)
Lesson 13: After Guidance (Presentations and Q&A)
Lesson 14: Guidance: Summary 1
Lesson 15: Guidance: Summary 2

Records and Report of visits to special needs schools 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
None 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Handouts 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
As this is an intensive lecture course, you will learn a lot of things in a short period of time. Particularly for school visits, you should not just go there and observe but you should have your own purpose of the school visit based on the fundamentals that you have learned in the university so far and what you researched by yourselves/
You should actively participate in a Q&A in the school visit and try to resolve as many questions as possible. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Students will be evaluated comprehensively based on reports of each school visit, contribution in school visits, and participation. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message This will be the first valuable experience before the teaching practice in the 3rd year. In order to make this course fruitful, you should prepare for the visits by reviewing what you have learned in the lessons.  
Other Information of teaching practice is performed by the information boards and web site (My Momiji).
Please be sure to check them.
 
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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