Elementary School Education(Daytime Course)

Well-rounded and experienced elementary school teachers

The Department of Elementary School Education cultivates elementary school teachers who have a wide range of knowledge, technical skills, and both teaching and counseling skills related to all subjects taught in elementary school, who are able to adapt to contemporary educational issues (such as ICT, developmental disorders, multiculturalism, and foreign language skills, particularly English), and who have strong practical skills grounded in an understanding of the connections between early childhood education and elementary school.
The daytime course equips students with the ability to understand children together with fundamental teaching skills, and strives to cultivate teachers with strong practical classroom skills grounded in an understanding of the connections between early childhood education and elementary school. There is also an evening course (with a maximum of five years of study) that strives to cultivate teachers with deep sense of compassion and social responsibility based on the wealth of their daytime work experience or internship activities in educational settings.

Prospective Students

• Individuals who have a strong interest in and awareness of issues relevant to elementary school education.
• Individuals who are equipped with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to become an elementary school teacher.
• Individuals who are cheerful and cooperative, and have strong communication skills.
• Individuals who want to learn through extensive hands-on classroom experience and interactions with young children.

Students will be instilled with a wide range of knowledge, technical skills, and teaching skills related to all the subjects and areas taught in elementary school in an integrated and well-balanced manner. We offer a wide variety of classes in diverse subjects, such as "Practical Studies in ICT Education" and "Practical Studies in Overseas Education," to equip students with the flexibility and practical skills needed to address contemporary educational issues, such as ICT, developmental disorders, multiculturalism, and English language skills.

In their first and second years, students study on Kashiwara Campus, while in their third and fourth years, they study on Tennoji Campus. In the first two years, they experience many "encounters," both educational and personal,  on Kashiwara Campus. In the latter two years on Tennoji Campus, they take classes required to become an elementary school teacher.

Students will learn everything about elementary school education, from the time children enter school (linkages from kindergarten) to the time they leave (integration with junior high school curricula).

Areas of Study

Pedagogy, Psychology, Curriculum Research and Development, Subject Content Studies, Practical Education