Examination of thesis supervision based on the lesson reflection method : Focusing on the role of the teacher as a mediator of learning

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the teacher's role as a "mediator" in helping students write their graduate theses. Sawamoto confirmed that the teacher played the mediator role in primary writing classes by applying the reflection method. Building on this study, the current research developed both the curriculum and teaching method for university undergraduate students' writing their graduate theses. This research proves that the teacher played a role of "mediator" in her teaching both university level and primary level. This research applied the reflection method proposed by Sawamoto et al., Sawamoto and Nakamura and Polanyi.