Table 2 The minimum requirement of professional studies since 1998
From: Science teacher education in Japan: past, present, and future
Subjects | Contents of subjects | Lower secondary | Upper secondary |
|---|---|---|---|
Subjects related to significance and nature of teaching profession | The significance and nature of teaching profession, and the role of teachers | 2 | 2 |
Job specifications of the teacher | |||
Providing opportunities of career decision | |||
Subjects related to basic theories of education | Ideas of education, history and thought of education | 6 | 6 |
Mental and physical development, and learning process of children | |||
Social, institutional, and managerial affairs of education | |||
Subjects related to curriculum and teaching methods | The significance of curriculum and methods of its organizing | 12 | 6 |
Methods of subject teaching | |||
Methods of moral education | |||
Methods of special activities | |||
Methods of education and technique including ICT | |||
Subjects related to student guidance, educational counseling, and career guidance | Theories and methods of student guidance | 4 | 4 |
Theories and methods of educational counseling | |||
Theories and methods of career guidance | |||
Teaching practice | 5 | 3 | |
Seminar in teaching profession* | 2 | 2 |