Abstract
Ministry of Education and Science published Policies for the Structural Reform of Universities (National Universities) on June 11.2001, and Discussion Group on National Teacher-Training Universities and Faculties published the report, What National Universities and Faculties of Teacher-Training Should be Hereafter, on November 22, 2001, both of which accelerate the reformation of national colleges and national universities' faculties of teacher-training.I will descraibe the basic principle and procedure of the reorganization of the Faculty of Education in Fukushima University according to these reprts.The reform of Fukushima University including the reorganization of Faculty of Education, on the one hand, is to establish College of Science and Engineering by reorganizing the whole new Fukushima Univeristy as 'a university that emphasizes education of capable people with high skills'.The new Fukushima University will consist of two clusters, and twelve academic sections.On the other hand, it is to reform the faculty of teacher-training (Faculty of Educatio)into a ner non-teacher-training faculty.College of Human Development and Culture, with new academic subjects.We are preparing to provide three courses, where students can get certificates of teachers of elementary school, kindergarten, school for the handcapped, Japanese, English, Mathematics, Social Studies, Home Making, Music, Fine Arts, and Health and Physical Educattion.In addition, we are planning to established Comprehensive Center for Education Studies (tentative name), Which is responsible for teacher training within ner Fukushima University.We are also planning to establish System of collective responsibility for teacher taining in the southern Tohoku area.
