University Education Power-up Seminar (2014-2017)

Business Overview

As a systematic effort to help faculty improve and enhance their teaching content and methods, the University Consortium Kyoto has been promoting faculty development activities in the Kyoto region together with member universities since its founding in 1995. The
University Education Power-Up Seminar was established in 2014 as a workshop-style study group dealing with themes that are useful for the educational (educational support) activities of individual university faculty and staff.

Event Outline

(In 2017, it will be held as a joint project with the University Education Power Up Seminar)
As in 2016, in 2017, the event will be held jointly with the University Education Power Up Seminar.

2017 Kyoto FDer School x University Education Power Up Seminar Joint Project

Theme: “Considering quality assurance in education – Towards qualitative transformation and improvement of education with three principles in mind”

Each university is required to realize a qualitative transformation in education by implementing university education based on the “Three Policies,” and in 2017 it became mandatory to formulate and publish the “Three Policies” as a consistent and coherent policy. In addition, the establishment of internal quality assurance will be a key item in the third accreditation evaluation. In
this situation, each university is urgently required to review the “Three Policies” and establish a system for establishing a PDCA cycle based on the “Three Policies” and to make it a reality. However, in order to do so, it is essential to spread understanding among individual faculty and staff and to make efforts to qualitatively transform and improve education at the field level.
In the keynote speech, we will hear a lecture on the background and purpose of why the “Three Policies” are emphasized as the starting point for quality assurance, and in the breakout sessions, we will introduce examples of efforts to ensure and improve the quality of education at the middle and micro levels, and hold workshops.

schedule
Saturday, January 20, 2018 13:00-16:45
venue
Campus Plaza Kyoto, 5th floor, Lecture Room 1, etc.
Organizer
The Consortium of Universities, Kyoto
subject
University faculty, staff, and other university-related personnel
Participation Fee
Member schools: Free
Non-member schools: 1,000 yen (please pay at the reception on the day)
Capacity
Keynote speech: 140 people
Session A: 100 people
Session B: 20 ​​people
Session C: 20 people
*Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Contents
Information leaflet [more information here]
Keynote speech
13:00-14:30
[Capacity: 140 people]
“Trends in higher education administration and university education reform based on the ‘three policies'”
Jun Tsukada (Specialist, University Promotion Division, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
Summary:
This seminar will provide an overview of the latest trends in higher education administration, including the status of high school-university transition reform and discussions on future visions, and will then explain the background, history, and content of university reform based on the “three policies.”
Subcommittee
14:45-16:45
[Capacity]
Subcommittee A: 100 people
Subcommittee B: 20 ​​people
Subcommittee C: 20 people
Subcommittee
A

Case Study
① Yamagata University
“Efforts to Assure the Quality of Education and
Strengthen IR Functions at Yamagata University”
Shigeru Asano (Professor, Graduate School of Academic Research, Yamagata University)
<Summary>
Interest and expectations for Institutional Research (IR) remain high among Japanese university officials. In particular, as there is strong demand from outside the university for efforts to improve university education, such as grasping learning outcomes, quality assurance of education, and teaching and learning management, many universities are exploring the use of IR. In this report, the presenter will provide an overview of the research on IR that he has undertaken in both Japan and the United States, and introduce efforts related to quality assurance of education, including the formulation of three policies that are currently being put into practice, as well as practical examples of efforts to strengthen IR.
②Kyoto Tachibana University
“Educational development starting from teachers’ awareness of problems
 - aiming to establish a CAPD cycle”
Takeaki Nishino (
Lecturer, Kyoto Tachibana University Educational Development Support Center / Department of Management, Faculty of Contemporary Business)
<Summary>
Kyoto Tachibana University promotes educational development starting from the awareness of problems of teachers in the field. It is more of a CAPD cycle than a PDCA cycle. This report will deal with multiple cases across the board, including an improvement case of first-year education in the Department of Management, Faculty of Contemporary Business, an improvement case of practical training evaluation in the Faculty of Nursing, an improvement case of lower-year education in the Faculty of Letters, and an improvement case of entrance education in the Faculty of International English, delving into their commonalities and differences and considering how to proceed with educational development to change reality.
Subcommittee
B

Workshop
“Hatenathon, a learning space for asking questions, hands-on workshop”
by Kenichi Sato (Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University /
Chairman, NPO Hatenathon Co-Creation Lab)
<Summary>
With the aim of sharing “border-crossing learning” with participants, we plan and manage the “Hatenathon” workshop, a learning space for asking questions, centered on the question formulation method QFT (Question Formulation Technique) developed in the United States, with the goal of participants taking home the image of designing and running a “Hatenathon” themselves. In addition, we will report and share examples of Hatenathon classes at universities and high schools, training examples for faculty and staff at educational institutions and business people, examples of workshops that involve the general public, and examples of use in research groups, academic conferences, forums, etc.
Subcommittee
C

Workshop
“Let’s experience what the Plan part of the PDCA cycle is!”
by Kazuharu Abe (Professor, Faculty of Career Development, Kyoto Koka Women’s University)

<Summary>
What is your image of the PDCA cycle plan? Have you only decided what to do? You cannot check or evaluate unless you decide how to measure the results (evaluation indicators) and the goal (evaluation criteria) of how far you have achieved. You can only understand what evaluation indicators are, how to create them
, and how to decide on evaluation criteria by experiencing it. Let’s quickly escape from the PDCA cycle without evaluation indicators and evaluation criteria through this experience.

Implementation Report

 On Saturday, January 20, 2018, the Kyoto FDer School and University Education Power Up Seminar jointly held a seminar entitled “Considering quality assurance in education – Towards a qualitative transformation and improvement of education with three policies in mind.”

 This time, as university education reform based on the three policies is required, the overall theme has been set as “Considering quality assurance in education – toward a qualitative transformation and improvement of education with an awareness of the three policies” with the aim of spreading understanding of the purpose and background of these policies and linking them to educational reform at each university.

 The keynote speech was given by Jun Tsukada, a specialist in the University Promotion Division of the Higher Education Bureau of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, entitled “Trends in higher education administration and university education reform based on the ‘three policies.'” He
 gave an overview of the background and purpose of the need for university education reform based on the three policies, and then explained the latest trends in higher education administration, including the progress of deliberations in the Future Vision Subcommittee of the University Subcommittee of the Central Council for Education and the status of deliberations related to the free provision of higher education.

 In the second half of the event, three breakout sessions were held simultaneously, and in Breakout A, two universities introduced case studies aimed at ensuring and improving the quality of education. First, Professor Shigeru Asano of the Graduate School of Academic Research at Yamagata University spoke about the establishment of an IR system for ensuring the quality of education and the current status of such efforts. Next, Takeo Nishino, lecturer at the Kyoto Tachibana University Educational Development Support Center, spoke about efforts to improve education from the perspective of the CAPD cycle.

 Sessions B and C were held as seminars to power up university education. In Session B, Professor Kenichi Sato of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Kyoto Sangyo University conducted a hands-on workshop on “Hatenathon,” a learning space for asking questions. In Session C, Professor Kazuharu Abe of the Faculty of Career Development at Kyoto Koka Women’s University conducted a hands-on workshop on formulating a plan for the PDCA cycle.

 In a survey of participants after the event, the overall satisfaction rate was high at about 84%, and all respondents were particularly satisfied with Sessions B and C, which were “satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied,” proving the event to be extremely meaningful.
 In addition, many participants gave favorable comments in the free-form comments section, such as “It was good to feel the enthusiasm of the young speakers,” and “It was helpful to learn about government trends and examples of cutting-edge initiatives regarding the theme of quality assurance in education.”

Contact Information

Consortium of Universities Kyoto, Public Interest Foundation FD Project Contact
TEL 075-353-9163 FAX 075-353-9101
Campus Plaza Kyoto, Nishinotoin-dori Shiokoji-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8216
*Business hours: Tuesday to Saturday 9:00-17:00 (excluding New Year holidays)

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