Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Educational Sciences International Education Development Program
Lecture Code WNE00001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 教育基礎論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
キョウイクキソロン
Subject Name in
English
Foundations of Education
Instructor MAKI TAKAYOSHI
Instructor
(Katakana)
マキ タカヨシ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Mon5-8:IDEC 206
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face
・First date of class: October 6 (Mon)
・student's presentation and discussion 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction E : English
Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area(Area) 21 : Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons
Course Area(Discipline) 06 : Globalization/International cooperation studies
Eligible Students
Keywords SDG_04, principle of education; moral education; history of education 
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
This course aims to cultivate students' ability to understand fundamental concepts concerning purpose of education, history of education and educational thought and to analyze and discuss educational development issues.

Students will be required to make a small presentation on each topic and also to participate actively in discussion on each topic. 
Class Schedule Session 1&2 (October 6) Course orientation (Self-introduction, syllabus and grading, and presentation schedule)(Maki & Mayouly)
Session 3&4  (October 16) Presentation and discussion (Maki & Mayouly)
1. Finding the Practice in Education Policy—A Disciplinary Genealogy
2. Theoretical Foundations for a Critical Anthropology of Education Policy
Session 5&6  (October 20) Presentation and discussion (Maki & Mayouly)
3. What Does an Anthropologist of Educational Policy Do? Methodological Considerations
4. Producing Policy Prescriptions in a "Persistently Low-Achieving" School
Session 7&8  (October 27) Presentation and discussion (Maki & Mayouly)
5. Studying Educational Policy through its Dissenters: The Anthropology of U.S. Educational Policy Contestation
6. The Ambiguous Political Power of Liberal School Reform
Session 9&10 (November 7) Presentation and discussion(Maki & Mayouly)
7. The (In)Flexibility of Racial Policies: Chinese Americans in the Jim Crow South
8. DREAMers and DACAmented students in U.S. Higher Education: Toward a Critical Race Anthropology of Education Policy
Session 11&12 (November 10) Presentation and discussion(Maki & Mayouly)
9. Along Ghostly Grains: Toward an Ethnography of Policy
10. "Safe" versus "Dangerous" Policy Processes in Urban Public Schooling: The Case of Native American Education in Arizona
Session 13&14 (November 17) Presentation and discussion(Maki & Mayouly)
11. Policy Practices and State Effects: A Comparative Analysis of Social Inequality, Language Diversity, and Education Policy in South Africa and the United States
12. Language Sequestration and Public Education: A View from the New Language Policy Studies
Session 15 (December 1) Overall summary(Maki & Mayouly)

An 800–1000-word report reflecting on course content.  
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Castagno, A. E., & McCarty, T. (Eds.). (2017). The anthropology of education policy: Ethnographic inquiries into policy as sociocultural process. Taylor & Francis. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Text, Handouts
(More Details) MS PowerPoint slides and printed materials (reading material and figure and table) 
Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Summarize the points of each class and try to search and research the points about "your" country.
When you have any question, feel free to contact me by e-mail: maki@ hiroshima-u.ac.jp
It is also possible to arrange meetings to discuss course issues at my office. Date and time can be arranged by e-mail. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Grade for this class will be given based on following two requirements:
1) An 800–1000-word report reflecting on course content. (70 percent).
2) Degree of active participation in weekly presentation and classroom discussion. (30 percent)

 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
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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