Instructional Design of Information Study 2
TeachersWATANABE, Hiroyoshi
Grade, SemesterYear 3 2nd semest [Licence Course]
CategoryTeacher Licence Subjects
Elective, CreditsRequisites 2credit
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Course Description

In this course, students aim to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to teach "Information". First, students review what they learned in "Instructional Design of Information Study 1" such as goals and contents of information education in secondary schools, instructional design, learning assessment, and so on. Then, they will consider how to teach network, information system, database and data analysis. In the latter half of the course, students will write a teaching plan, conduct a trail lesson, and reflect the lesson. Through these activities of designing and conducting trail lessons, students will acquire knowledge and skills as a teacher.

Course Objectives

This course aims to improve students' understanding of information education in secondary schools as the follow-up to the subject "Instructional Design of Information Study". Students are expected to be able to conduct lessons of course “Information”.
The specific goals for students are the following:
-To be able to explain educational goals and philosophy of information education in elementary and secondary education.
-To be able to explain learning contents in common subjects “Information”.
-To be able to write a plan to teach a part of "Information Study by Scientific Approach" based on the idea of instructional design.
-To be able to prepare teaching materials and conduct a lesson based on the teaching plan.

Grading Policy

The criteria for passing are to be accepted all required reports. The feedback on reports are given during classes. The final grade of students who passed will be calculated according to the following process: presentation and discussion in each class 20%, reports in each class 20%, trial lessons 40%, and final report 20%.

Textbook and Reference

KindTitleAuthorPublisher
TextbookTeaching guides for the courses of study “Information”MEXTMEXT(2018)
 (https://www.mext.go.jp/content/1407073_11_1_2.pdf)
TextbookLearning material for teachers on information subject at high school "Information I"MEXTMEXT (2019)
(https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/zyouhou/detail/1416756.htm)
TextbookInformation Study by Scientific ApproachTokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd. 
References

Requirements(Assignments)

The theme and action items of each class will be announced one week in advance. Students are required to do designated reading task, investigation or preparation of presentation before each class. It will take two hours. After each class, students are expected to review the class. It will take one hour.

Note

The course is conducted in Japanese.

Schedule

1Introduction and review on Instructional Design of Information Study 1.
2Instruction on "Information and telecommunications network"
3Instruction on "Information system and database"
4Instruction on "Quantitative data analysis"
5Instruction on "Qualitative data analysis"
6Instructional design and how to write teaching plans.
7Investigation of practical research on education.
8Presentation of practical research on education.
9Study of learning materials for trial lesson (digitization)
10Instructional design and teaching plan for trial lesson (digitization)
11Trial lesson and peer review(digitization)
12Study of learning materials for trial lesson (database)
13Instructional design and teaching plan for trial lesson (database)
14Trial lesson and peer review(database)
15Review and final report.