How did Undergraduate Students in the Japanese Language Teacher Training Course Form a View of Teaching Japanese? :

Utilizing Self-Reflective Practices with One's Own Ideal Class as an Indicator

Abstract

We conducted an activity in which students articulated their ideal class and used this vision as an evaluative measure to reflect on their teaching practices for undergraduates in the Japanese language teacher training course. As a result, the following was found: the framework for the ideal class encompassed the practicum period, beginning with re-evaluating one's role as a teacher, then analyzing lessons from the perspective of bridging the gap between ideal and actual teaching, and finally engaging in trial and error to achieve the ideal class. At that time, it was confirmed that the reflection index item for the ideal class was revised, integrated, and structured from the perspective of what kind of Japanese language teacher one aims to be or can aim to be.