Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking in English-Medium Instruction Courses: Perspectives from Japan
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20K00753
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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| Research Institution | Sophia University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOYAMA DENNIS 上智大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (60817980)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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| Keywords | critical thinking / Critical Thinking / Collaborative Learning / Project-based Learning / Environmental Literacy / Academic Writing / Project-Based Learning / EMI / Task Design / Educational Assessment |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
Year 1: A review of critical thinking research will be conducted using university libraries, online databases, and materials and information from professional societies.
Year 2: 10 -20 universities will be contacted for data collection with informed consent. Teacher interviews (and observations if possible), and teaching and assessment materials will be collected and analyzed.
Year 3: 5 -10 more universities will be contacted for data collection with informed consent. Y3's interviews (observations if possible), and collected teaching and assessment materials will be added to Y2's analyses.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
For this four-year investigation, I interviewed 20 professors working in Japan, transcribed 30 hours of interview data, and identified common themes and unique aspects across institutions for professors teaching critical thinking in EMI contexts in Japanese universities. This study is important because it addresses issues teachers experienced teaching critical thinking through exploring the institutional constraints and affordances and the classroom and curriculum aspects from the teachers’ perspectives. I published a peer-reviewed research article in a Q1 journal and have made more than a dozen academic presentations and invited lectures since the COVID-19 travel bans were lifted in 2022. Multiple papers are currently under peer review and several presentations are scheduled for 2024.
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Report
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Research Products
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