【研究ノート】 Curricular Development for Global Education

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This paper reports on curricular development of the Global Leader Education Unit (GLEU), a pilot course for freshmen at the University of Hyogo. The course was begun on a trial basis at the university’s East campus in Kobe in the fall term of 2012. It is divided into two classes: Seminar I, an e-learning class, and Seminar II, a somewhat unique lecture environment. The course was charged with meeting the academic needs of its students from three different schools: the schools of Economics, Business, and Nursing. The program has since expanded and the course is now offered at the West campus, Shosha, in Himeji. Here too the course must fit the needs of a diverse student population of twenty from three different schools: the schools of Engineering, Science, and Environment & Human Science. Two key features of the curriculum stand out even as we continue its development in GLEU’s Seminar II at the Shosha campus, namely the guest speaker visit and the use of protocols for engaging students in activities of inquiry. We suppose these two components might help reframe our thinking about the university English curriculum in this age of globalization.