| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
Liberal Arts Education Program |
| Lecture Code |
52002101 |
Subject Classification |
Area Courses |
| Subject Name |
教育と人間 |
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, Online (on-demand) |
| Lectures, exercises, discussion |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
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| Course Area（Area） |
24
:
Social Sciences |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
07
:
Education |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Education, educational idea, history of education |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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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”. |
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| Expected Outcome | 1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline.
2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives. |
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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
lesson2: Lecture: What is education for humans?
lesson3: Discussion: What is education for humans?
lesson4: Lecture: What is the meaning of the word “education”?
lesson5: Discussion: What is the meaning of the word “education”?
lesson6: Lecture: What is education as communication?
lesson7: Discussion: What is education as communication?
lesson8: Lecture: What do people gain from education?
lesson9: Discussion: What do people gain from education?
lesson10: Lecture: How do humans learn?
lesson11: Discussion: How do humans learn?
lesson12: Lecture: Why do humans educate?
lesson13: Discussion: Why do humans educate?
lesson14: Discussion: What is education for humans?
lesson15: Summary: What is education for humans?
Exams included |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Shiraishi, T. (2026) "Education and Human Being" Tokyo: Kindle. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle |
| (More Details) |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Flip Teaching |
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. |
| Requirements |
Attendance from the first session is required as assignments will be given from the first lesson. |
| Grading Method |
Exams 60%
Attitude toward participation 40% |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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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. |