Nowadays, universities in Japan are forced to re-examine their attitudes about studies and education drastically, because the establishment standards for universities are being revised.
The aim of this thesis is to consider, in the movement to reform university education, what the teacher education curriculum in universities ought to be: what kind of abilities should teachers have in the next century, and what kind of curriculum can equip teachers with those abilities?
This thesis consists of six chapters:
1. The point at issue
2. Response to the fundamental problem of universities
3. Teachers' abilities in times of change
4. The relationship between teacher education and liberal education
5. The view of the organization of the teacher education curriculum
6. Conclusion - a proposal for the teacher education curriculum