Course Description
This course consists of two parts: an omnibus class taught by teachers affiliated with the Center for Global Education and Collaboration (GEC), which promotes the internationalization of the university, and "international collaborative learning," which is a learning exchange with international students and students from overseas universities. In the first part of the course, GEC faculty with extensive overseas experience provide topics that connect global issues to students' own learning and careers, and in the second part, students experience collaborating on tasks while overcoming linguistic and cultural differences, using these differences as the strengths of their teams.
Keywords
Global, International Collaborative Learning, Group Work
Course Plan
(1) Introduction
(2) Working at International Organizations
(3) What Crossing Borders Means
(4) Relativizing Japanese Education
(5) Looking at the World Through Food
(6) Connecting with Overseas University Students Online
(7) Countries with ties to Japan: Malaysia and Brazil
(8) Learning English, Teaching English
(9) What We Learn from Global Rural Development
(10) Considering Multicultural Symbiosis From Matsumoto
(11) Lessons From Studying in the United States
(12) International Collaborative Learning 1 (Team Building and Problem Setting)
(13) International Collaborative Learning 2 (Group Work)
(14) International Collaborative Learning 3 (Presentation and Discussion)
(15) Summary/Class Questionnaire (15 minutes)
The sequence and content of the classes may change depending on class progress. Assignment deadlines shall be announced in class.
