A Basic Research for Introducing Program Evaluation and its Strategic Diffusion in English Education at the University Level
Project/Area Number |
21720210
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Foreign language education
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Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
Principal Investigator |
YAMANAKA Tsukasa Ritsumeikan University, 言語教育センター, 講師 (30524467)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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Keywords | プログラム評価 / 大学英語教育 / 自己肯定感 / 英語教授法 / プロジェクト発信型英語教育 / 自律的学習者 / 支援評価 / コミュニケーション論 / 「プロジェクト発信型英語教育」 / 構図化 / 汎用化 / フィージビリティ / プロジェクト論 / 評価論 |
Research Abstract |
This study attempts to examine the methodology of project-based English education, and demonstrates its effectiveness from the learners' perspective. The aim of this study is to analyze three components and seven traits as a framework for analyzing the efficacy of project methodology from the learners' viewpoint, and it suggests both a guiding principle for practicing project-based education and evaluation criteria. This study firstly analyzes the present state of English education in Japan, revealing that its problems correlate strongly with the lack of learner's self-confidence. To deal with this issue, this study proposes project-based English education, which was originally proposed and practiced by N.Yuji Suzuki, Shigenori Tanaka, and Minoru Shimozaki. After reviewing previous theoretical studies, it analyzes the theoretical features of project-based English education from the learners' viewpoint and then explores how the project-based methodology functions as well as its possible implications for English education. Then the study attempts to validate the methodology through the observation of participants and a case study at the Colleges of Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ritsumeikan University. Finally, presenting the assessment, it discusses contemporary evaluation-related issues and presents the notion of "assistant evaluation" by proposing experimental principles that support its feasibility.
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