Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Special Course of Special Needs Education
Lecture Code YT10081 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 知的障害指導法論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
チテキショウガイシドウホウロン
Subject Name in
English
Instructional Education for Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Instructor WAKAMATSU AKIHIKO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ワカマツ アキヒコ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Tues5-8:EDU L107
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture 
Credits 2.0 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 For students majoring in Speical Needs Education with a focus on Education for Intellectual Disabilities
Keywords Intellectual disabilities, teaching methods, independent activities 
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)
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
By showing examples of how children with intellectual disabilities communicate, how they learn, how they are taught, and how to deal with inappropriate behaviors, this class aims to obatin basic educational practice knowledge required to be engaged in education for children with intellectual disabilities. 
Class Schedule Lesson 1:Orientation
Lesson 2: Teaching methods of communication
Lesson 3: Teaching method
Lesson 4: Teaching methods of life skills
Lesson 5: Teaching method of interpersonal relationships and social resistance
Lesson 6: Teaching methods of decision-making behavior
Lesson 7: Responses to maladaptive behavior
Lesson 8: Overview of independent activities
Lesson 9: Reality of independent activities that aim to maintain good health of children with intellectual disabilities
Lesson 10: Independent activities designed to maintain psychological stability of children with intellectual disabilities
Lesson 11: The reality of independent activities focusing on human relationship establishment of children with intellectual disabilities
Lesson 12: The reality of independent activities focusing on human relationship establishment of children with intellectual disabilities
Lesson 13: The reality of independent activities focusing on human relationship establishment of children with intellectual disabilities
Lesson 14: The reality of independent activities focusing on human relationship establishment of children with intellectual disabilities
Lesson 15:Summary of lecture 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Materials and textbooks will be introduced as necessary. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Textbook
Distributed materials 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Up to Lesson 7, meticulous reviewing is desirable because new items will be introduced in those lessons, including communication teaching methods, teaching method, method of teaching daily life, interpersonal relationship, and teaching sociality method.
Lesson 8 to 14 focus on case study of independent activities, students are expected to review what they learn in the lessons by referring to teaching guidelines. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Students will be evaluated based on reports (to be evaluated from the viewpoint of learning level of the fundamentals knowledge of instruction methods for children with intellectual disabilities). 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message Examination and report assignments, which are to confirm how well students obtain basic knowledge of education for children with intellectual disorders. Class participation will also be subject to evaluation. 
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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