52002101 Education and Human Being

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program

Lecture Code 52002101 Subject Classification Area Courses

Subject Name 教育と人間［旧パッケージ］

Subject Name
（Katakana）キョウイクトニンゲン

Subject Name in
English Education and Human Being

Instructor SHIRAISHI TAKATO

Instructor
(Katakana) シライシ　タカト

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year, First Semester, 2Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Weds5-8：IAS K108

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

Lectures, exercises, discussion

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 07 : Education

Eligible Students

Keywords Education, educational idea, history of education

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences)　Category：Law / Political Sciences / Sociology / Economics / Education*Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”.
If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome

Class Objectives
/Class Outline The goal of this course is to deepen students' consideration of the question of “what education is and what it should be” while understanding the basic and principal knowledge of pedagogy and school education. Basically, students will read the textbook before class, and in class, after receiving explanatory lectures on the textbook, they will engage in group discussions and summarize their own answers to the questions after class.

Class Schedule lesson1: Orientation: Etymology of Education
lesson2: Discussion: What is “education”?
lesson3: Lecture: What does it mean to “understand”?: The Philosophy of Learning
lesson4: Discussion: What is “understanding”?
lesson5: Lecture: What is School Education?: Education in Lifelong Learning
lesson6: Discussion: What is School Education?
lesson7: Lecture: What is the Purpose of Public Education?: The educational philosophy of law
lesson8: Discussion: What is the Purpose of Public Education?
lesson9: Lecture: What is Academic Achievement Formation?: Education as Human Development
lesson10: Discussion: What is Academic Achievement?
lesson11: Lecture: What is a class? -Depth and breadth of class, before and after
lesson12: Discussion: What is a Class?
lesson13: Lecture: What is “independent, interactive and deep learning”?: Individual learning and learning together
lesson14: Discussion: What is “independent, interactive, and deep learning”?
lesson15: Summary (Discussion): What is education for human beings?

No exam.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Shiraishi, T. (2022) "Thought and History of Education" Tokyo: Kindle.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Text, Handouts, moodle

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Preparation: Read the chapters corresponding to the theme of each lesson.
Review: Organize the contents of the textbook, lectures, and discussions, and submit a record of study.

Requirements Attendance from the first session is required as assignments will be given from the first lesson.

Grading Method Record of study (4 times in total) 20% (80% in total)
Attitude toward participation 20%

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Only the first part of the textbook will be used.

Other 【In case the number of registered students exceed 250, a computerized random selection will be carried out.】

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.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code	52002101	Subject Classification	Area Courses
Subject Name	教育と人間［旧パッケージ］
Subject Name （Katakana）	キョウイクトニンゲン
Subject Name in English	Education and Human Being
Instructor	SHIRAISHI TAKATO
Instructor (Katakana)	シライシ　タカト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, 2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2T) Weds5-8：IAS K108
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Lectures, exercises, discussion
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	07 : Education
Eligible Students
Keywords	Education, educational idea, history of education
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education	Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences)　Category：Law / Political Sciences / Sociology / Economics / Education*Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”. If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome
Class Objectives /Class Outline	The goal of this course is to deepen students' consideration of the question of “what education is and what it should be” while understanding the basic and principal knowledge of pedagogy and school education. Basically, students will read the textbook before class, and in class, after receiving explanatory lectures on the textbook, they will engage in group discussions and summarize their own answers to the questions after class.
Class Schedule	lesson1: Orientation: Etymology of Education lesson2: Discussion: What is “education”? lesson3: Lecture: What does it mean to “understand”?: The Philosophy of Learning lesson4: Discussion: What is “understanding”? lesson5: Lecture: What is School Education?: Education in Lifelong Learning lesson6: Discussion: What is School Education? lesson7: Lecture: What is the Purpose of Public Education?: The educational philosophy of law lesson8: Discussion: What is the Purpose of Public Education? lesson9: Lecture: What is Academic Achievement Formation?: Education as Human Development lesson10: Discussion: What is Academic Achievement? lesson11: Lecture: What is a class? -Depth and breadth of class, before and after lesson12: Discussion: What is a Class? lesson13: Lecture: What is “independent, interactive and deep learning”?: Individual learning and learning together lesson14: Discussion: What is “independent, interactive, and deep learning”? lesson15: Summary (Discussion): What is education for human beings? No exam.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Shiraishi, T. (2022) "Thought and History of Education" Tokyo: Kindle.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, moodle
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Preparation: Read the chapters corresponding to the theme of each lesson. Review: Organize the contents of the textbook, lectures, and discussions, and submit a record of study.
Requirements	Attendance from the first session is required as assignments will be given from the first lesson.
Grading Method	Record of study (4 times in total) 20% (80% in total) Attitude toward participation 20%
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Only the first part of the textbook will be used.
Other	【In case the number of registered students exceed 250, a computerized random selection will be carried out.】
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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