Online Intercultural Collaborative Learning Seminar (Japanese Culture and Society)【EA】

•This Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) program is held online with students from foreign universities. It is scheduled for February in the spring break. Students hear lectures about Japanese traditional culture, such as haiku, incense ceremony, and Noh, and complete individual tasks, group tasks, and group work.

•Students learn about the difficulty of handing down Japanese traditional culture from the perspectives of modern society and economics.

COIL, PBL, group work, Global Core Competency Program

The course involves pre-study, lectures, reviews, group work, group tasks, and individual tasks that cover each topic relating to Japan’s traditional culture, such as haiku, incense ceremony, and Noh.

The contents may change according to the progress of the class. Task deadlines will be provided in class.

(1) Orientation
(2) Lecture on haiku
(3) Group work on haiku
(4) Outcome presentations
(5) Lecture on incense ceremony
(6) Group work on incense ceremony
(7) Outcome presentations
(8) Review of activities
(9) Lecture on Noh
(10) Group work on Noh
(11) Outcome presentations
(12) Lecture on Ōshima pongee fabric
(13) Group work on Ōshima pongee fabric
(14) Outcome presentations
(15) General debate; class questionnaire (15 minutes)

Syllabus (Japanese site only)