Introduction to Human Development Sciences 1

Key Features

I require students to hand in reaction-papers every class.

• In these reaction-papers I request students to write a sentence and occasionally to do a drawing. Some of the best pictures will be shown using the overhead projector in the next class.
• I sometimes will pose a quiz during class.

Course Aims

To acquire a fundamental frame of reference of human development sciences by accumulating knowledge about various concepts such as Human, Development and Education.

Textbooks

None in particular. Handouts are delivered in the class as the occasion arises.

Course Requirements

This class is an open course; however, due to the limitations of the lecture room, students who do not belong to the School of Education have to meet one of the following two conditions in order to attend this class: 1) students who must attend this class in order to graduate this year, or 2) students who need to obtain the credit to get a qualification.

Points to Note

None in particular.

Course Schedule

Lesson	Contents
1	Orientation - What is "Human Development Sciences"? - Briefing on this class and evaluation
2	Humans and Children (1) - What are humans? ① —"To what extent are humans animals?"—
3	Humans and Children (2) - What are humans? ② —Change of the view on unborn babies and newborn infants—
4	Humans and Children (3) - Discovery of <Children> ① —Ariès-Shock/Is it true that Emile ou de l'éducation is "the book of the discovery of <Children>"?—
5	Humans and Children (4) - Discovery of <Children> ② —<Children> in ancient and medieval Japan—
6	Humans and Children (5) - What is development? ① —How do we think about development?—
7	Development and Ability (1) - What is development? ② —Determining factors of development—
8	Development and Ability (2) - How do we grasp ability? —"Hope to measure intellectual ability"/IQ test and racism—
9	Development and Ability (3) - How do we think about the merit system? —The meaning and the value of the merit system/Exposure of problems of the merit system in actual teaching activities/Discussion on the merit system—
10	Education and Human Rights (1) - Establishment of public education and its progress in Japan ①
11	Education and Human Rights (2) - Establishment of public education and its progress in Japan ②
12	Education and Human Rights (3) - Establishment of public education and its progress in Japan ③
13	Education and Human Rights (4) - Education as rights ① —Right to education and right to learn/Theory of "People's Right to Education"—
14	Education and Human Rights (5) - Education as rights ② —United Nations "Convention on the Rights of the Child"—
15	Conclusion

Grading

Students' grading will be based on the following:

1. I require students to hand in an assignment or do a mini-exam every class, which are also used as confirmation of class attendance (20%),

2). Semester final examination (80%)

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