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Center for Core and FYE Education |
Since its foundation, Tamagawa University has been pursuing its ideal of "Zenjin" Education and has been carrying out educational activities that are distinctive. The core subjects of our curriculum and the FYE (First Year Experience) that makes up part of the core curriculum are all integral parts of our "Zenjin" Education. The core subjects seek to equip students with the broad range of knowledge that will give them the abilities and judgment skills required of university graduates.
University education is said to be an increasingly remote and impersonal experience for some students. In the belief that the first year of an university student's studies plays a crucial role, we have instituted a Freshman Seminar that will be a required subject for all incoming students. The object of the University's First Year Experience (FYE) is to facilitate a smooth transition from high school to university life. By helping students to become better accustomed to university life, the FYE encourages students to begin focusing on their post-graduation objectives, and helps them take the steps to lead meaningful lives while at the university. With educational initiatives of this type having only recently taken root in Japan, there is a lack of relevant educational materials. Tamagawa University has long been collecting information in this area and has been conducting FYE classes using texts based on pilot programs.
This Center works closely with the Center for Career Planning and Placement to help students plan their future careers.
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Center for Teacher Education |
In the 2006 school year, we will be establishing a Center for Teacher Education. The Center will go beyond traditional work aimed at helping students seeking to pursue teaching careers, and will step up work to enhance the levels of expertise, aptitude, and achievement necessary for the acquisition of teaching qualifications. We shall be building on the traditions of our school's commitment to education and work to enhance the teacher's training programs at College of Education, The University by Correspondence, Graduate School of Education and promote systematic activities related to the Teacher Training GP Program.
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Center for e-Education |
The Center for e-Education has under its wing a Media Education and an ICT Support, and serves as Tamagawa Gakuen's center for supporting education making use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The Media Education focuses on classrooms activities using networks and multi-media materials, promotes student usage of, and provides service for, such activities.
The Center also provides support for the growing number of e-Learning opportunities at our University. The ICT Support manages networks, provides IT support to teaching staff and services to computer workshops used by students, and operates a help desk. Its focus is to provide IT services in greater depth to university students and teaching staff.
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Center for University International Programs |
The Center for University International Programs functions as the hub for Tamagawa Gakuen's international education and exchange activities.
The Center plans and supports University students' study abroad and short-term overseas training programs. It is also involved in work related to tie-ups, exchanges, and the ratification of agreements with overseas universities, and functions as a support center for students wishing to study overseas.
The Center is further involved in cooperating and conducting tie-ups with international education and cultural exchange organizations inside and outside of Japan, and serves as the main pillar of support for Tamagawa Gakuen's international education and cultural exchange activities. Tasks related to supporting visitors and students from abroad, the providing of translation and interpretation assistance, and the operation of the Tamagawa University Canada Nanaimo Campus that is used in training programs, also fall under the Center's mandate.
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Center for Career Planning and Placement |
As well as serving as a venue for introducing students to prospective employers and preparing them for teacher accreditation exams, this Center provides counseling that helps students discover their full career potential.
The Center has worked closely with the Center for Core and FYE Education to incorporate career-oriented education into the curriculum. It believes that to improve the basic language, communication and presentation skills of students, training should be carried out in a manner that closely corresponds with "real-life" situations.
The Center shares, with faculty in charge of the career guidance process, the recognition that an improvement in many student skill sets is necessary, and will be seeking to bolster efforts to help students find employment after graduation.
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