Teaching Critical Discussion Skills in Japan through Current Events Issues

• 영문명: Teaching Critical Discussion Skills in Japan through Current Events Issues
• 발행기관: 대한사고개발학회
• 저자명: Bruce Davidson Sumiko Oshima
• 간행물 정보: 『The International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving』제15권 제1호, 81~89쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.04.30

영문 초록

A university seminar class conducted in Japanese was designed to teach students critical discussion through presentations about issues discussed in current newspapers. Two instructors, including one with a journalistic background, guided a group of students into techniques for analyzing and discussing issues in the news. After preliminary sessions training students in various basic skills of newspaper reading and critical thinking, each student had to present an opinion based on a particular issue, along with news articles about that issue, analyzing reasons and evidence both pro and con. The presenter and other class members responded to these with counter-arguments and additional relevant reasons or evidence on that issue. After initial weaknesses, dramatic progress appeared in their ability to present and analyze opinions, culminating in a final seventy-minute sustained discussion with little teacher interference about the issue of whether Japanese troops should be sent to Iraq. The class experience seems to demonstrate that with proper training and guidance Japanese students can competently conduct a critical class discussion in Japanese.

목차

INTRODUCTION

THE CURRENT EVENTS PRESENTATION /DISCUSSION COURSE

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED

ENCOURAGING OBSERVATIONS AND STUDENT PROGRESS

STUDENT IMPRESSIONS AND EVALUATIONS OF THE CLASS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

키워드

Critical thinking Discussion Japanese education Media literacy Democracy in education