WNB42050 Advanced Course in Teaching Material Design for Science and Culture (Social Studies, Civics)

Hiroshima University Syllabus

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 WNB42050 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 科学・文化と学習材デザイン発展研究（社会・公民）

Subject Name
（Katakana）　

Subject Name in
English Advanced Course in Teaching Material Design for Science and Culture (Social Studies, Civics)

Instructor HATA HIROTO

Instructor
(Katakana) ハタ　ヒロト

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Tues1-4：Faculty Office

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)

Seminar, report and discussion on English specialized books and treatises.

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

Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 01 : Law

Eligible Students would-be social scientists

Keywords Judicial Election, Legal socialization, Images and Expression of Justice.

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Developmental Course after Basic one.
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)

Class Objectives
/Class Outline You will understand the process of legal socialzation through reading some clasicc researches.

Class Schedule Lesson 1 Introduction, hearing on students' interests and concerns.
Lesson 2  Section 1 Electing Judges in Contemporary American Politics pp.20–47; 28 pages
  Chapter 1 Judicial Elections in the 21st Century
  Our Goals for this Volume. Overview of the Chapters. Methods of Judicial Selection: The Basics.
Lesson 3  Chapter 2 The Changing Legal Landscape of Judicial Elections
  The Changing Political Landscape. The Changing Legal Landscape. First Amendment Limits on Regulation of Judicial Candidate Speech.
Due Process Limits on the Risk of Judicial Bias Resulting From Campaign Support. First Amendment Limits on Regulation of Campaign Finance. PImplications
Lesson 4  Section 2 State Supreme Court Elections pp.48–151; 104 pages.
  Ch.3 Contestation and Competitiveness in State Supreme Court Elections, 1946–2015: A State-Level Analysis.
Election Formats. Data and Methods. Results. Southern States. Partisan Elections in Nonsouthern States.
Nonpartisan Elections in Nonsouthern States. Retention-Type. Election States. Does the Kind of Court Matter? Conclusion.
Lesson 5 Ch.4 Campaigning for the High Court Bench
  On the Evolution of “New Style” Judicial Campaigns. Voter Responses to Campaign Advertising. Campaign Advertising and Voter Participation. Campaign Advertising and the Incumbency Advantage. Campaign Advertising and Judicial Legitimacy. The Informational Value of Campaign Advertising
Data Sources and Measurement of Key Variables. State Supreme Court Advertising by Seat. State Supreme Court Advertising by Airings. State Supreme Court Advertising by Sponsors. Conclusion
Lesson 6 Ch.5 Fundraising and Spending in State Supreme Court Elections
  The Importance of Campaign Financing. The Past: What We Have Learned About Campaign Fundraising and Spending. Campaign Fundraising. Campaign Spending. The Present: Campaign Fundraising and Spending in the 21st Century. Who Is Spending the Money? On What Is Money Being Spent? The Future: Things to Watch
Lesson 7  Ch.6 Judicial Retention Elections
  Affirmative Vote. Rolloff. Opposition. Types of Opposition. Motives for Opposition Campaigns. Anticipating an Opposition Campaign. Opposition Patterns and Sources. Opposition Effects. Looking Forward. Continuity and Change? Altered Institutional Environment
Lesson 8  Section 3 State Lower Court Elections  pp.152–208; 57 pages
  Ch.7 The Latest Trends in Intermediate Appellate Court Elections
  The New Politics of Judicial Elections and IACs.Contestation. Competition: Reelection Rates and Vote Shares. Campaign Spending. Voter Participation. Conclusion
Lesson 9  Ch.8 Trial Court Campaign Messaging in a Post-White Environment: An Analysis of Candidate Websites in Contested Elections*
  What we know about judicial elections after White. White Effects in Judicial Campaign Rhetoric? Trial Court (or District Court) Campaign Messaging. Campaign Websites. Campaign Strategy. Judicial Campaign Website Data. Front Page Candidate Messages. Messages across All Pages of the Website. Multivariate Analysis Modeling Judicial Messages. Conclusions
Lesson 10  Ch.9 Do Judicial Performance Evaluations Influence Retention Election Results?
  Predicting Retention Vote Share. The Information Problem. Retention Vote Share and JPEs. Judicial Performance Evaluation: Five Cases. Understanding Retention Election Vote Share. Discussion
Lesson 11  Section 4 The Impact of Judicial Elections  pp. 209–263; 55 pages
  Ch.10 Measuring the Impact of Election Outcomes on Voting in State Supreme Courts
  Election Outcomes and Judicial Policy. Analytic Approach. Data and Methods. Results. Discussion. Conclusions
Lesson 12  Ch.11 Judicial Elections and Support for State Courts
What is Legitimacy?
  The Determinants of Support for State Courts. Campaigns and Legitimacy. Policy Positions. Attack Advertisements. Campaign Contributions. Assessing the Consequences. Judicial Recusal. Cross-Institutional Comparisons. Citizens’ Expectations. Net Effects. Conclusion
Lesson 13  Ch.12 Elections and Judicial Diversity
  Expectations on Diversity and Judicial Elections. State Appellate Diversity and Judicial Elections. Rates of Change and Judicial Elections. Conclusion
Lesson 14   Section 5 Reforming the Judicial Selection Process  pp. 264–288; 25 pages
  Ch.13 Proposals for Reforms: Successes and Failures.
  Successful Reforms. West Virginia. North Carolina. Failed Reforms. Minnesota. Nevada. Assessing Successful Reforms. The Future: More Reforms
Lesson 15  CH.14 Toward a More Sophisticated Understanding of Contemporary Judicial Elections
  On Normative Inferences from Empirical Data. Conclusion

  You will submit several short reports in some or almost classes.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall eds., Judicial elections in the 21st century, Routledge, 2017.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms

(More Details) TEAMS etc., Virtual Learning System in this university.

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review   You would report sumaries of the texts and, by strict discussion, find some homework tasks to investigate.

Requirements   My major is Sociology of Law & Crime.

Grading Method   Comprehensive evaluation of learning activities in verval and written statements.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message   Let's approach to Social Realities, through Empirical Data!

Other BALLOTEDIA > Judicial election methods by state
https://ballotpedia.org/Judicial_election_methods_by_state
The Court of Appeal in Hiroshima (Japanese), https://www.courts.go.jp/hiroshima-h/about/syokai/photo_hiroshima/index.html
Goddesses of Peace at a ex-pond in the Family Court of Hiroshima, https://www.courts.go.jp/hiroshima/about/syokai2/megami/index.html
Hiroshima District Court, https://www.courts.go.jp/hiroshima/about/syokai1/index.html

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	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Educational Sciences Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program
Lecture Code	WNB42050	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	科学・文化と学習材デザイン発展研究（社会・公民）
Subject Name （Katakana）
Subject Name in English	Advanced Course in Teaching Material Design for Science and Culture (Social Studies, Civics)
Instructor	HATA HIROTO
Instructor (Katakana)	ハタ　ヒロト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Tues1-4：Faculty Office
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
Seminar, report and discussion on English specialized books and treatises.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	01 : Law
Eligible Students	would-be social scientists
Keywords	Judicial Election, Legal socialization, Images and Expression of Justice.
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Developmental Course after Basic one.
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	You will understand the process of legal socialzation through reading some clasicc researches.
Class Schedule	Lesson 1 Introduction, hearing on students' interests and concerns. Lesson 2 Section 1 Electing Judges in Contemporary American Politics pp.20–47; 28 pages Chapter 1 Judicial Elections in the 21st Century Our Goals for this Volume. Overview of the Chapters. Methods of Judicial Selection: The Basics. Lesson 3 Chapter 2 The Changing Legal Landscape of Judicial Elections The Changing Political Landscape. The Changing Legal Landscape. First Amendment Limits on Regulation of Judicial Candidate Speech. Due Process Limits on the Risk of Judicial Bias Resulting From Campaign Support. First Amendment Limits on Regulation of Campaign Finance. PImplications Lesson 4 Section 2 State Supreme Court Elections pp.48–151; 104 pages. Ch.3 Contestation and Competitiveness in State Supreme Court Elections, 1946–2015: A State-Level Analysis. Election Formats. Data and Methods. Results. Southern States. Partisan Elections in Nonsouthern States. Nonpartisan Elections in Nonsouthern States. Retention-Type. Election States. Does the Kind of Court Matter? Conclusion. Lesson 5 Ch.4 Campaigning for the High Court Bench On the Evolution of “New Style” Judicial Campaigns. Voter Responses to Campaign Advertising. Campaign Advertising and Voter Participation. Campaign Advertising and the Incumbency Advantage. Campaign Advertising and Judicial Legitimacy. The Informational Value of Campaign Advertising Data Sources and Measurement of Key Variables. State Supreme Court Advertising by Seat. State Supreme Court Advertising by Airings. State Supreme Court Advertising by Sponsors. Conclusion Lesson 6 Ch.5 Fundraising and Spending in State Supreme Court Elections The Importance of Campaign Financing. The Past: What We Have Learned About Campaign Fundraising and Spending. Campaign Fundraising. Campaign Spending. The Present: Campaign Fundraising and Spending in the 21st Century. Who Is Spending the Money? On What Is Money Being Spent? The Future: Things to Watch Lesson 7 Ch.6 Judicial Retention Elections Affirmative Vote. Rolloff. Opposition. Types of Opposition. Motives for Opposition Campaigns. Anticipating an Opposition Campaign. Opposition Patterns and Sources. Opposition Effects. Looking Forward. Continuity and Change? Altered Institutional Environment Lesson 8 Section 3 State Lower Court Elections pp.152–208; 57 pages Ch.7 The Latest Trends in Intermediate Appellate Court Elections The New Politics of Judicial Elections and IACs.Contestation. Competition: Reelection Rates and Vote Shares. Campaign Spending. Voter Participation. Conclusion Lesson 9 Ch.8 Trial Court Campaign Messaging in a Post-White Environment: An Analysis of Candidate Websites in Contested Elections* What we know about judicial elections after White. White Effects in Judicial Campaign Rhetoric? Trial Court (or District Court) Campaign Messaging. Campaign Websites. Campaign Strategy. Judicial Campaign Website Data. Front Page Candidate Messages. Messages across All Pages of the Website. Multivariate Analysis Modeling Judicial Messages. Conclusions Lesson 10 Ch.9 Do Judicial Performance Evaluations Influence Retention Election Results? Predicting Retention Vote Share. The Information Problem. Retention Vote Share and JPEs. Judicial Performance Evaluation: Five Cases. Understanding Retention Election Vote Share. Discussion Lesson 11 Section 4 The Impact of Judicial Elections pp. 209–263; 55 pages Ch.10 Measuring the Impact of Election Outcomes on Voting in State Supreme Courts Election Outcomes and Judicial Policy. Analytic Approach. Data and Methods. Results. Discussion. Conclusions Lesson 12 Ch.11 Judicial Elections and Support for State Courts What is Legitimacy? The Determinants of Support for State Courts. Campaigns and Legitimacy. Policy Positions. Attack Advertisements. Campaign Contributions. Assessing the Consequences. Judicial Recusal. Cross-Institutional Comparisons. Citizens’ Expectations. Net Effects. Conclusion Lesson 13 Ch.12 Elections and Judicial Diversity Expectations on Diversity and Judicial Elections. State Appellate Diversity and Judicial Elections. Rates of Change and Judicial Elections. Conclusion Lesson 14 Section 5 Reforming the Judicial Selection Process pp. 264–288; 25 pages Ch.13 Proposals for Reforms: Successes and Failures. Successful Reforms. West Virginia. North Carolina. Failed Reforms. Minnesota. Nevada. Assessing Successful Reforms. The Future: More Reforms Lesson 15 CH.14 Toward a More Sophisticated Understanding of Contemporary Judicial Elections On Normative Inferences from Empirical Data. Conclusion You will submit several short reports in some or almost classes.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall eds., Judicial elections in the 21st century, Routledge, 2017.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Forms
(More Details)	TEAMS etc., Virtual Learning System in this university.
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	You would report sumaries of the texts and, by strict discussion, find some homework tasks to investigate.
Requirements	My major is Sociology of Law & Crime.
Grading Method	Comprehensive evaluation of learning activities in verval and written statements.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Let's approach to Social Realities, through Empirical Data!
Other	BALLOTEDIA > Judicial election methods by state https://ballotpedia.org/Judicial_election_methods_by_state The Court of Appeal in Hiroshima (Japanese), https://www.courts.go.jp/hiroshima-h/about/syokai/photo_hiroshima/index.html Goddesses of Peace at a ex-pond in the Family Court of Hiroshima, https://www.courts.go.jp/hiroshima/about/syokai2/megami/index.html Hiroshima District Court, https://www.courts.go.jp/hiroshima/about/syokai1/index.html
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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