Business overview
From 2019, the name was changed to “FD Joint Training Program/Thematic Training.”
Since its founding in 1995, the University Consortium Kyoto has been promoting faculty development activities in the Kyoto region together with member schools as a systematic effort to help teachers improve and enhance their teaching content and methods.
This “FD Joint Training Program/Theme-Specific Training” is a small-group training program aimed at all faculty and staff of universities and junior colleges, with the aim of acquiring the basic knowledge of FD required for university faculty, as well as skills such as syllabus creation, lesson design and implementation, active learning, and grading. It is
aimed at all faculty and staff of universities and junior colleges.
Event Outline
In fiscal 2019, we will hold six sessions in total with the following contents:
| times | Theme and format | New Faculty | Teaching experience: 3+ years | Over 10 years of teaching experience |
| 1st | FD basic knowledge | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 |
| 2nd | Lesson design and practice workshop |
◎ | 〇 | 〇 |
| 3rd | Learning Support/Special Needs Workshop |
〇 | 〇 | 〇 |
| 4th | Learner-Centered Teaching Workshops |
〇 | 〇 | 〇 |
| 5th | Basic knowledge and workshops for creating syllabuses | ◎ | ◎ | 〇 |
| 6th | Workshop on case method grade evaluation | ◎ | 〇 | 〇 |
*Teacher target image ( ◎ : Highly recommended, 〇: Recommended)
*For administrative staff, years of work experience does not matter
<Common to each session>
- subject
- Faculty and staff of universities and junior colleges
*Full-time or part-time, regardless of years of employment
*Staff who are interested in FD are also eligible (years of work experience are not important) - Capacity
- Approximately 20 people per session (first come, first served)
- Participation fee
- Free for members of the Kyoto University Consortium and junior colleges.
Others: 1,000 yen per session.
*Please pay the participation fee at the reception on the day. - Sponsored by
- The Consortium of Universities, Kyoto
| 1st | |
|---|---|
| schedule | Saturday, September 28, 2019 14:00-16:00 |
| venue | Campus Plaza Kyoto 6th floor, Lecture Room 7 |
| overview | “Basic knowledge of FD” “What is a university anyway? Thinking about today’s universities from the perspective of university history” Lecturer: Ryuko Sato (Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University) “Basic knowledge of FD: Towards sustainable capacity development” The environment surrounding FD is also changing dramatically. Rather than simply improving and innovating in education, various ways of thinking and initiatives that relate to the very nature of higher education are required. This training begins by considering “what is a university, anyway?”, and then goes on to learn about the basics of FD and higher education, as well as the current environment surrounding universities, including educational administration, to deepen understanding of FD and deepen information exchange and mutual understanding among those involved in university education. |
| Application Deadline | Applications closed on Monday, September 23, 2019 . |
| 2nd time | |
|---|---|
| schedule | October 5, 2019 (Sat) 14:00-16:00 |
| venue | Campus Plaza Kyoto 5th floor, Seminar Rooms 2 and 3 |
| overview | “Lesson Design and Practice Workshop” Lecturers: Nobuteru Okamoto (Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and Kyoto College of Foreign Studies) Tetsuya Tani (Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Otani University) As we move away from one-way lectures and towards student-centered active learning, it is more important than ever for instructors to carefully design their lessons. In this training, participants will learn basic concepts and examples of design methods for lessons. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to participate in workshops on their own specific lesson designs and to have their lessons evaluated by each other. |
| Application Deadline | Applications are now closed as we have reached capacity on Monday, September 30, 2019 . |
| 3rd | |
|---|---|
| schedule | October 29, 2019 (Tuesday) 18:00-20:00 |
| venue | Campus Plaza Kyoto 5th floor, Seminar Rooms 2 and 3 |
| overview | “Learning Support and Special Needs Workshop” Lecturer: Jun Murata (Associate Professor, Student Support Center, Kyoto University) In recent years, the student population has become more diverse, and there is a wide demand for support for various students. In particular, with regard to support for students with disabilities, the enactment of the Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities has made it a legal or voluntary obligation for universities to “prohibit unfair discriminatory treatment” and “provide reasonable accommodation” to students with disabilities. In this training, you will first learn basic knowledge about “disabilities,” and then we will provide an overview of the current state of support for students with disabilities at universities. In addition, we would like to consider support for students with developmental disabilities, whose numbers have been increasing in recent years, through workshops. |
| Application Deadline | Applications closed on Monday, October 21, 2019 . |
| 4th | |
|---|---|
| schedule | Friday, November 1, 2019 18:00-20:00 |
| venue | Campus Plaza Kyoto 2nd floor, Meeting Room 2 |
| overview | “Student-Centered Lesson Workshop” Lecturers: Mieko Sawada (Professor, Department of Fundamental Sciences, Kyoto Institute of Technology), Satoshi Nagano (Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University), Kirie Mori (Professor, Department of Childcare, Junior College of Heian Jogakuin University) Regardless of the field or field, there is a need to shift from the traditional one-way knowledge transmission style of classes to learner-centered classes in order to promote independent learning. “Active learning” is considered to be one such example. In this training, we will focus on active learning and learn about its expected effects and problems. In addition, through workshops, we will create actual lesson plan proposals that incorporate active learning and have them mutually evaluated. |
| Application Deadline | Applications were closed on Monday, October 28, 2019 , as the maximum number of participants had been reached. |
| 5th | |
|---|---|
| schedule | Saturday, December 14, 2019 14:00-16:00 |
| venue | Campus Plaza Kyoto , 4th floor, Lecture Room 4 |
| overview | “Basic knowledge and workshop for creating a syllabus” Lecturers: Hitomi Asada (Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, Kacho Junior College) Shinji Matsumoto (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Bukkyo University) A syllabus plays an important role in conducting carefully planned lessons. The items and content that should be included in a syllabus are becoming more diverse. In this training, participants will consider basic ideas and points to note regarding lesson design, focusing on the syllabus. In addition, participants will learn in detail through workshops about the consistency of higher-level educational policies and goals, such as the Curriculum Policy (CP) and Diploma Policy (DP), with individual subjects and lessons. |
| Application Deadline | Monday, December 9, 2019: Applications are now closed as we have reached capacity. |
| 6th | |
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| schedule | February 8, 2020 (Sat) 14:00-16:00 |
| venue | Campus Plaza Kyoto 5th floor, Seminar Rooms 2-4 |
| overview | “Workshop for Grading Using the Case Method” Lecturers: Ikuko Takao (Assistant Professor, Student Training Support Center, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University) Masahiro Nakagawa (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, Kyoto University of Advanced Science) It is desirable for grading to be something that allows students to understand their level of achievement in class and is acceptable, and that encourages students. To achieve this, it is important to establish fair and clear grading standards and to clearly explain the evaluation method and standards to students in advance. In this training, you will consider what valid and reliable grading standards are, based on examples of actual classes and class evaluations. Through an exchange of opinions in individual and group work, you will explore the perspectives and methods you should have when creating grading evaluations for your own classes. |
| Application Deadline | Application closed |
◆Overall program information poster (A3) [Download here]
*There is an application deadline for each session, but if the capacity is reached, applications will be closed before the deadline.
However, if there are remaining seats, applications will be accepted even after the application deadline.
Implementation Report
This year’s training program was held at Campus Plaza Kyoto between September 2019 and February 2020, with a total of 6 sessions attended by a total of 78 people, more participants than last year.
In the free-form responses to the participant survey, participants commented, “It was good to be able to hear directly from faculty members what they think when they are actually teaching classes” (Session 1: FD Basics), “It was educational to hear the opinions of faculty from various universities. We had some common concerns, so it was good to be able to discuss them over tea” (Session 2: Lesson Design and Classroom Practice Workshop), “It was a good opportunity to take another look at the situation regarding support for students with disabilities at our university” (Session 3: Learning Support and Special Support Workshop), and “It was good to have the opportunity to hear frankly from faculty and staff from other universities about their specific initiatives and actual challenges, and to share these challenges.” “It was great to be able to interact with a variety of teachers, including teachers who had come from far away, veteran teachers, and teachers creating a syllabus for the first time” (the 5th workshop, “Basic knowledge and workshop for creating a syllabus”), and “It was a good opportunity to hear about the efforts of teachers in the group and reconsider my own evaluation methods” (the 6th workshop, “Grade evaluation using the case method”). It appears that both teachers and staff were able to use the new learning and realizations as reference for improving their classes in the future.
- Part 1:
“Basic knowledge of FD”
- 2nd
“Lesson Design and Practice Workshop”
- 3rd
“Learning Support/Special Needs Workshop”
- 4th
“Student-Centered Teaching Workshop”
- 5th
“Basic knowledge and workshop for creating a syllabus”
- 6th Workshop
on Case Method-Based Evaluation
Contact Information
Consortium of Universities Kyoto, Public Interest Foundation FD Project Contact
TEL: 075-353-9163 FAX: 075-353-9101 Address:
Campus Plaza Kyoto, Nishinotoin-dori Shiokoji-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8216
*Reception hours: Tuesday to Saturday 9:00-17:00 (excluding New Year holidays)
