Japanese

Academic Year	2026Year	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	WNB26500	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	子どもと学習材デザイン基礎研究ａ
Subject Name （Katakana）
Subject Name in English	Basic Study in Children and the Design of Teaching Materials a
Instructor	NAKAI YUKA
Instructor (Katakana)	ナカイ　ユカ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2T) Fri5-8：Faculty Office
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
			lecture and seminar
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
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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	The aim of this course is to develop theoretical and practical knowledge and skills for designing learning materials for primary and secondary education, grounded in curriculum design that responds to school practice. Building on theoretical and practice based research on learning materials in school education, the course explores key issues and debates through lectures and seminars. In Class A (Yuka Nakai), we focus in particular on the conditions that enable learners to exercise creativity. Through an iterative cycle between theory and practice, students will design learning materials by starting from their own area of interest, clarifying how creativity is conceptualised in that area, generating and prototyping ideas, and improving them through presentations and peer critique. Short in class activities will be used to experience learning conditions directly and to refine prototypes step by step.
Class Schedule	lesson1：Orientation: course framework and theme setting lesson2：Organizing key concepts of creativity and defining your own inquiry lesson3：Comparing learning conditions and articulating them in words lesson4：Reviewing prior research and practical cases, building shared perspectives lesson5：Core structure of learning material design and design trial lesson6：Idea presentations and peer critique lesson7：Creating a design blueprint for learning materials lesson8：Mid course review and peer critique, deciding directions for revision lesson9：Designing support strategies and the learning environment lesson10：Designing learning records and assessment lesson11：Designing feedback and revision lesson12：Prototype development and discussion 1 lesson13：Prototype development and discussion 2 lesson14：Trial and verification lesson15：Foundations and issues in learning material design Assessment is based on a report.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Instructions will be given as appropriate during class.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Visual Materials
	(More Details)	Handouts, video; projected image
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Paired Reading, Project Learning
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	From the perspective of learning material design, students should review learning materials and lesson development in their own field and clarify the issues they wish to explore.
Requirements
Grading Method	From the perspective of learning material design, students should review learning materials and lesson development in their own field and clarify the issues they wish to explore.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
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