大学院生によるアメリカの小中学校での体験型海外教育実地研究報告III

The purpose of this report is to examine the significance of the teaching practice in elementary / middle schools in the United States by a group of Japanese graduate students. In Overseas Teaching Practicum held in schools in the State of North Carolina, the United States of America, for a week in September, 2009, the six Japanese graduate students majoring in education planned and gave lessons in some schools in America on Japanese society and culture in English. As a result, it was recognized that the teaching experiences in the international setting could contribute to the enhancement of the teaching skills, international understanding, understanding of home culture, and self-transformation of the participant students. Furthermore, considering the overall achievements of the projects during the past years, some commonalities were identified in the processes and focuses of their lesson planning/implementation, and the changes which took place during the project.