The Significance, Purpose and Evaluation of the Undergraduate Program
―“Educational Research Practicum: Field Study in Schools”
1994 Volume 3 Pages 113-127
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1994 Volume 3 Pages 113-127
In this article, I will discuss our unique program for undergraduate students in the School of Education, Nagoya University.
This introductory program is not a lecture or a seminar but an experiential practicum of research on school education. The significance is that students can see school life directly and objectively as it is, which means they can observe like researchers as neither pupils nor student teachers.
Our purpose for the program is to experience an ethnographic research activity and to know different types of school education from Japanese typical school education. In this sense, this program is very new and valuable for obtaining comprehensive and experiential data on the complex activity in school organizations.
The students say they appreciate and enjoy this participant observation activity and group discussion, as well as their knowledge of various types of school education. We feel certain that experiential learning during undergraduate study will be accepted by most students.
