Significance of existence of teacher training course of rare subject license and problems in quality assurance of education

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K04738
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Tsukuba University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KATOH Hiroshi 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育研究支援センター, 教授 (50177466)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 希少教科 / 教員養成 / 質保証 / 教職課程 / 免許外教科担当制度 / 職業教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Besides the five main subjects, there are teacher licenses for so-called rare subjects, and universities have teacher training courses for those licenses. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has put in place measures that contribute to securing teachers of rare subjects such as the non-licensed subject teacher system. With regard to licenses for rare subjects, furthermore, there is less information on the number of training courses and training course curriculums than training courses for major subjects. In this paper, we will discuss the changes in the number of rare subject license training courses before and after re-application for 2018 and countermeasures for rare subject license issues. In particular, we will examine the peculiarities and issues of the subject “information” training course as a rare subject.

Free Research Field

教育心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

教職課程再課程認定前後での養成課程数の減少は養成される教員の質の保証と少子高齢社会の現状を考えると需要と供給の観点からも適正化の方向で前進したといえる。しかし、免許教科によっては、養成校数にも地域差にも大きな開きと偏りがあり、いわゆる希少教科免許の養成課程に限った場合は、数の減少は適切な競争原理の下での教員の質保証以前に教員確保の危機の問題につながる可能性が指摘されている。学習指導要領上の必修教科でありながら養成課程設置数では希少に属する教科もあり、免許外教科担任制の拡大的活用という学校現場からの要請にも希少教科の養成課程の数と教育の質保証が課題となっている現状が示された。