Culture of Japan１

科目名	Culture of Japan１
教員名	Hiroshi　Aoyagi（青柳　寛）
単位数	2	学年	1～4	開講区分	文理学部
科目群	総合教育科目
学期	前期	履修区分	選択

授業テーマ	THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO JAPANESE STUDENTS who wish to experience the atmosphere of equivalent coursework in Western universities, and thereby motivate themselves toward developing their communicative skills in academic English! この科目は欧米大学の同等科目の雰囲気を味わい、英語で考え、表現する力を少しでも養いたい日本人学生のための「体験学習の場」です！（以下英文になります。概要をよく解読し、不明な点があればショッピングウィーク―即ちクラス開講時の登録変更可能期間―に担当教員に遠慮なく問い質し、納得の上で履修登録してください。） * * * * * * * * * * 以下詳細 / Quae infra sunt * * * * * * * * * * This course will observe social problems that are familiar to students as windows to better understanding prominent cultural values, social mechanisms, and historical processes that structure and characterize contemporary Japan. Students will explore questions such as: What makes Japan con-temporary? What socio-historical backdrops and cultural processes set the stage? What geopolitical problems are Japanese people facing today, and why? In the process of these explorations, methods and techniques of sociocultural research will be acquired.
授業のねらい・到達目標	1) To experience coursework- and classroom-atmosphere in American and English universities 2) To enhance students' understanding of contemporary Japanese culture and society 3) To acquire skills in sociocultural research 4) To brush up one's communicative skills in English language
授業の方法	1) A series of lectures to enhance listening skills 2) Discussions to enhance argumentative skills 3) Referential assignments to enhance skills in reading and meaningful comprehension 4) Presentations to enhance expressive skills
履修条件	No specific background in social science is required in advance, but students must be willing to learn in and from the class. Personal efforts and achievements are highly evaluated -let alone attentiveness!
事前学修・事後学修，授業計画コメント	Group project will be given after a series of lectures. Students should be ready to work outside of the class as well. Project workshops will be provided in order to get a good sense of how to integrate what one learned through different approaches of subject acquisition in class.

授業計画
1	Setting the Ground: “Contemporary Japan” as a Sociocultural Phenomenon
2	Thinking about Japan Inc.
3	Analyzing Meiji transformation and a historical foundation of contemporary Japan
4	Research Project Workshop I: 1) Team formation; 2) Magnifying a familiar theme; 3) Building hypothesis; 4) Project planning
5	Case Study 1. Sociocultural problems of contemporary Okinawa
6	Case Study 2. What 3.11 tells us about Japanese nation-state and national characterization
7	Research Project Workshop II: 1) Sharing team survey findings; 2) Inter-team debates; 3) Prospects and reflections; 4) Overviewing proposal writing manual
8	Team Proposal Presentations and Suggestions
9	Team Proposal Presentations and Suggestions
10	Case Study 3: Japan's popular realms and their folkloric origins
11	Case Study 4: Generation gaps in present-day Japan
12	Case Study 5: Engendering LGBT in Japan Today
13	Student Presentations
14	Student Presentations
15	Student Presentations

その他
教科書	A course packet will be assigned in class.
参考書	Will be assigned in accordance with students' needs, interests, and/or research designs.
成績評価の方法及び基準	平常点(20%)、レポート(30%)、授業内テスト(20%)、授業参画度(30%) Will emphasize the level of students' personal efforts and achievements.
オフィスアワー	Before/after the class hour
備考	Open to Japanese students who are willing to acquire socio-scientific knowhow and conduct thorough investigations.