IGESSIGESS (Institute for Global Economics and Social Sciences)

This introduces the history of adult education and social movements with some typical cases in some countries including Japan with some international cases. The aim of this course is to understand the contradiction of adult education in the social perspective.

At the end of the course, students are expected to understand the contradiction of adult education in its relation both to the policies and to the social movements.

英語 / English

Some cases of adult education and social movements will be introduced at each class and students will be required to discuss about them in the class. Student will be also required to research and report about some case of their favorite country more than once in this course.

あり / Yes

なし / No

授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[対面/face to face]：Outline of the History of Adult Education and its movement

Why people learn, and who teach them and why they do?

2[対面/face to face]：Adult Education movement for making policies of State

A peasants’ learning movement for making Constitution in Japan

3[対面/face to face]：Adult Education movement for their own culture

Folk High School Movement in Denmark and
Freedom College
Ｍovements in Japan

4[対面/face to face]：Adult Education movement to support workers in hard condition to learn

Reading Camp in Canada
Writing of life movements in Japan

5[対面/face to face]：Adult Education movement to make own adult education system by workers

Workers Educational Association in UK and
Labor schools in Japan

6[対面/face to face]：Adult Education movement for social reform of local poor communities

Antigonish Movement in Canada
Adult Education for international development policy

7[対面/face to face]：Some cases of Adult Education movements of some country

Discussion with the short reports by students

8[対面/face to face]：National Movements for Adult Education

Workers Educational Association, Canadian Association for Adult Education and Japanese Association for Promotion of Social Education

9[対面/face to face]：International Movements for Adult Education 1

World Association, UNESCO, ICAE

10[対面/face to face]：International Movements for Adult Education 2

Contradictions under the global neoliberal policy situation

11[対面/face to face]：Contradiction of international policy of Adult Education

Revisiting its purpose for poverty and illiteracy reduction

12[対面/face to face]：Contradiction of Adult Education for learners

Support or Control

13[対面/face to face]：Contradiction of Adult Education for Society

Adaptation or Revolution

14[対面/face to face]：Summarizing

Discussion with the last reports by students

Students must read the lecture note for each class and write down some comments on the topic at its test of the learning-support system, Hoppii before each class. Students also must write down their comments on the discussion in the class at its test of Hoppii after it.
Students are also expected to check there are similar movements of adult education in their own country by the eighth class for their short report.
The standard preparation and review time for each class is 2 hours.

There is no fixed textbook. Some documents are given at each class

Social Education/Adult Education in Japan Policies, Practices and Movements
during the last 12 years: Analysis and Recommendations
－A Report from Civil Society Organizations to the Sixth International Conference
　　　　　for Adult Education (CONFINTEAⅥ)－（CSOs report）
written and edited by Japanese Domestic Grass-roots Meeting for CONFINTEA Ⅵ(digital), November 2009
http://prof.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp/~yarai/JDGMCON6/CSOsREPfinalencore100107.pdf

Grading is according to the total evaluation of Mid-term report (20 %), Final report ( 60%), and the comments presented through the tests at the learning-support system, Hoppii before and after each class and contribution to each class meeting (20%). Students are required to present their Mid-term report and Final report at the respective class meetings.

There is no student comment because this course is first one this year.

Please make sure that you can receive any messages from the teacher at your e-mail address through the University learning-support system, Hoppii.