Naruto Univ. of Educ.
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About the Depts. of Natural Science Education

The mission of the departments of natural science education is to train educators of high profession in science, with high ability solving challenges in education and with high capability of practical teaching. To satisfy the requirements, it is considered that any teacher should have deep insight into both science (physics, chemistry, biology or geoscience) and science education.

The uniqueness of our course distinguished from other universities for teacher education is;

  1. Each facuty member has responsibility for science education.
  2. The importance is emphasized not only on the training in the teaching skills but also on the development of scientific research ability.

These reflect our belief since the establishment that only the teacher who is highly professional in science can be a genuine professional science teacher. And only such teachers are capable of teaching and learning materials and developing new curricula in science. The university curriculum has been based on the concept for both undergraduate and graduate schools.

These ideas are realized as the fact that research activities made by undergraduate and graduate students are published in nationwide or international journals and conferences. Many graduates of our school are such active as local or natiowide leaders in science education that they works as lecturers of science festivals and TV programs in addition to the jobs as science teacers of their own. These achievements indicate our idea has been successfully performed.

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Any questions on our course are welcomed at takeda(at)naruto-u.ac.jp.
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