Attached Schools and Facilities
The Faculty of Education includes three attached facilities and six attached schools.
Attached Schools
Shinshu University has a total of six attached schools : kindergarten, elementary, junior high and special needs schools - spread across the Nagano and Matsumoto campuses. Working to gain an understanding of children and students through direct contact in teaching practice and training, graduate students are able to acquire clinical knowledge by being able to actually practice the subjects and teaching methods they learn at university. Students at each school gain a self-awareness of issues, so they eagerly study and research education methods through a close relationship with their subject matter, and each year they participate in public workshops where they announce and present the results of their work. This way, schools also become a place of learning for newly appointed teachers. So when they move to other schools throughout the prefecture, they can use the skills they have acquired in the attached schools to become key members of their own schools.
- Kindergarten
Children at kindergarten spend their days in play, growing up strong through a range of personal experiences with people and things around them.
- Special Needs School
With a name change from disabled school to special needs school, the 55 children and students enjoy their days guided by the catchphrase, "doing what we can with a smile."
- Nagano Elementary School
Wonder, discovery and discussion. This school enables children to be children, with a gleam in their eyes as they set themselves to their daily tasks of animal breeding, plant cultivation and community-based exchanges.
- Matsumoto Elementary School
This school seeks to realize the catchphrase, "Active children, Focused children, Friendly children," with a special focus on group activities such as musical gatherings and get-togethers.
- Nagano Junior High School
This school hosts a unique program called Human Week, where second-year students think about their own lifestyles through a weeklong social hands-on learning program.
- Matsumoto Junior High School
This school provides an integrated learning environment, encouraging investigation, debate, experience and decision at each grade level, while allowing time for students to realize the existence of themselves and their friends.
Attached Facilities
Integrated Education Center
This facility has four fulltime teachers in the three areas of humanity, practice and information. It is used for School Counselor Training, Education Training Pre and Post Teaching, Computer Education and other subjects to help foster teachers with practical teaching skills and to contribute to the training of working teachers.
Institute of Nature Education in Shiga Heights (Shiga Nature Education Park)
The climate in Shiga Kogen is about the same as the plains of Hokkaido. The large 1,000 hectares of subalpine coniferous forest is one of the great old-growth forests in Japan, and has been designated a special protection area within the Joshinetsu Kogen National Park. Shinshu University's Shiga Nature Education Park is located within this protected area, where there are an important place for fieldwork for geoscience and ecology of the area's flora and fauna. At the same time, it provides an exhibition hall, rock garden and nature walks where anyone can easily come and enjoy the abundance of nature.
Library of Faculty of Education
The Library of Faculty of Education, Shinshu University is open to the local community. Anyone in the community is able to use books in the library for study, research or education purposes.
Attached Schools and Facilities
