Japanese

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Educational Sciences Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program
Lecture Code	WNB24053	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	学力・コンピテンシーデザイン発展研究
Subject Name （Katakana）
Subject Name in English	Advanced Study in Academic Ability and Competency Design
Instructor	IKEJIRI RYOHEI
Instructor (Katakana)	イケジリ　リョウヘイ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Weds5-8：EDU A414
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
			Lecture-oriented, Practice-oriented, Discussion, Student presentation
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	08 : Curriculum and Instruction Sciences
Eligible Students
Keywords	School subject, academic ability, competency, academic ability debate, school education in other countries
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	We will examine the academic abilities and competencies that are targeted for development in school education, and consider the academic abilities and competencies required in school curricula and subject curricula in the present and future, by surveying and analyzing research literature and materials related to theories of goals, academic abilities, and evaluation, as well as research on learning and development, both in Japan and overseas. In particular, this lecture will deal with the development of evaluation methods for academic abilities and competencies in the social sciences. In addition, we will explain and practice quantitative survey methods in each session, and proceed while analyzing quantitative data.
Class Schedule	Session 1: Orientation Session 2: Explanation of the historical background of academic ability and competency evaluation Session 3: Overseas academic ability and competency theory and quantitative evaluation case studies (1) Session 4: Overseas academic ability and competency theory and quantitative evaluation case studies (2) Session 5: Social science academic ability and competency and quantitative evaluation case studies (1) Session 6: Case studies of social science academic ability and competency and quantitative evaluation (2) Session 7: Explanation and practice of methods for quantitatively measuring advanced social science academic ability and competency (1) Session 8: Explanation and practice of methods for quantitatively measuring advanced social science academic ability and competency (2) Session 9: Development of methods for quantitatively measuring advanced social science academic ability and competency (1) Session 10: Development of a method for quantitatively measuring advanced social studies academic ability and competency (2) Session 11: Development of a method for quantitatively measuring advanced social studies academic ability and competency (3) Session 12: Development of a method for quantitatively measuring advanced social studies academic ability and competency (4) Session 13: Presentation of a method for quantitatively measuring advanced social studies academic ability and competency (1) Session 14: Presentation of methods for quantitatively measuring advanced social studies academic ability and competency (2) Session 15: Comparison, analysis and reflection on academic ability and competency theory and quantitative evaluation in each subject area
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Junior High School Course of Study (March 2017, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) High School Course of Study (March 2018, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Masahiro Nasu, “Shishitsu/Noryoku” to Manabi no Mechanism (Qualities and Abilities and the Mechanism of Learning), Toyokan Shuppansha, 2017 Instructions will be given as necessary.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Visual Materials, Microsoft Teams
	(More Details)	Textbook, Handouts
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Fieldwork / Survey, Project Learning, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Students are required to read the reference materials introduced in each class.
Requirements	This class will focus on the social studies domain, particularly the history subject.
Grading Method	Students will be assessed comprehensively based on their report assignments (60%) and class participation (40%). Details of the criteria will be given in class.
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