2023 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Teaching and Assessing Critical Thinking in English-Medium Instruction Courses: Perspectives from Japan
| Project/Area Number |
20K00753
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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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| Keywords | critical thinking |
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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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Research Products
(6 results)
