The basic principles for training teachers and social education staff at Rissho University are based on the founding principles of the university, which were embodied in the Rissho spirit by the 16th president, Ishibashi Tanzan, namely, "Seek the truth and offer your utmost sincerity," "Respect justice and eliminate evil," and "Wishing for peace and serving humanity."
Rissho University 's educational objective since 2005 has been "To cultivate moralists and experts," which further embodies the founding spirit. In other words, the university proclaims itself to be a university that aims to cultivate talented people with expertise backed by solid morals.
To achieve this goal, the university develops its curriculum for training teachers and social education personnel, with the understanding and cooperation of the entire university, and in accordance with the Educational Personnel Certification Act and its Enforcement Regulations, with the following three basic principles:
The specific characteristics of curriculum organization based on the above basic policy are as follows.
Rissho University 's long-standing tradition of training teachers and social education staff has been nurtured by training excellent teachers and social education staff who are capable of proactively tackling educational challenges under a comprehensive curriculum based on these ideals and basic policies.
The philosophy of training teachers for elementary education is: (1) To have a strong sense of mission as educators, backed by a solid view of children and education, and to pour educational love into children. (2) To have specialized knowledge about subject education, To have practical leadership skills based on understanding (3) To have the ability to respond to the demands of modern society and overcome difficult situations.
In modern society, the declining birthrate and aging population, information technology, and globalization are further progressing, and various problems are emerging, such as child abuse, bullying, school refusal, and childcare concerns. In order to deal with such problems, it can be said that more than ever, there is a need for human resources who deeply understand children and can guide them from the perspectives of both welfare and education. Therefore, training teachers who understand welfare and social work is an urgent issue. In addition, training teachers who can appropriately respond to child and family welfare issues, communicate with parents and the community, and work closely with school counselors and school social workers will meet the needs of society. It can be said. In order to respond to this social demand, our department will conduct kindergarten teacher training and elementary school teacher training from the perspectives of welfare and education.
In the educational field of special needs schools, teachers who understand social welfare and social work are required to deal with various problems, and in order to meet the needs and demands of the school field, our university has a special A teacher training course for support schools has been established. Therefore, the basic concept of this teacher training course is to ``train teachers for special needs schools who understand social welfare and social work,'' and we also aim to become teachers who (1) have a sense of mission and pride in the teaching profession, and are able to help children with disabilities. ②Teachers who have acquired the expertise to combine theory and practical skills in teaching children with disabilities ③Able to understand social welfare and social work and solve problems Teacher ④A teacher who has acquired the communication skills necessary for dealing with parents and team teaching in educational settings, and is instructing students.
Rissho University has established the following organizations to manage the administration of teacher certification and social education courses with the aim of smoothly managing all operations related to the teacher certification course, teacher training, and social education officer training course across the university.
Division of duties | (1) Education and guidance for undergraduate students who wish to obtain a first-class junior high school teaching license or high school teaching license. (2) Education and guidance for junior high school teachers and graduate students seeking to obtain specialized high school teaching licenses (3) Education and guidance for undergraduate students who wish to obtain a special needs school teacher's license (4) Education and guidance for undergraduate students who wish to obtain first-class elementary school and kindergarten teacher licenses. (5) Education and guidance for graduate students who wish to obtain elementary school and kindergarten teacher specialized licenses (6) Education and guidance for students seeking to obtain social education supervisor qualifications (7) Surveys and research on school education and social education (8) Maintaining and improving the quality of the teaching curriculum, and self-inspection and evaluation for this purpose (9) Cooperation and collaboration with the Board of Education (10) Other operations necessary to achieve the objectives of the center |
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member | (1) One faculty member selected from each faculty (2) One faculty member selected from each graduate school committee (This does not prevent concurrently serving as the previous committee member.) (3) Director of the Teacher Education Center (4) Deputy Director of the Center for Teacher Education (5) Teacher in charge of the Teacher Education Center (6) Dean of Academic Affairs (7) Other persons deemed necessary by the steering committee. |
Number of faculty and staff | 20 people *As of April Reiwa 5, 2023 |
office management | Academic Affairs Division |
Division of duties | (1) Matters related to academic affairs, such as teaching courses and social education-related subjects (2) Matters related to teaching practice and credit recognition (3) Matters related to license application (4) Matters regarding academic guidance and career guidance (5) Matters related to research and investigation (6) Matters related to planning and coordination of various study groups and courses (7) Matters related to the center's budget (8) Matters regarding faculty personnel at the center (9) Matters commissioned by the steering committee (10) Other matters deemed necessary |
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member | (1) Center director (2) Deputy Center Director (3) Center teacher (4) Director of Academic Affairs (5) Other persons deemed necessary by the staff meeting. |
Number of faculty and staff | 8 people *As Reiwa 5 April 1, 2023 |
office management | Academic Affairs Division |
Division of duties | (1) Basic policy for teacher training (2) Matters related to teaching practice and credit recognition (3) Matters related to license application (4) Matters regarding academic guidance and career guidance (5) Other necessary matters regarding the kindergarten teaching curriculum |
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member | 5 full-time faculty members selected from the department |
Number of faculty and staff | Five people |
office management | Department of Child Education and Welfare |
Division of duties | (1) Basic policy for teacher training (2) Matters related to teaching practice and credit recognition (3) Matters related to license application (4) Matters regarding academic guidance and career guidance (5) Other necessary matters regarding the elementary school teaching curriculum |
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member | 5 faculty members selected from the department |
Number of faculty and staff | Five people |
office management | Department of Child Education and Welfare |
Educational staff licenses are broadly divided into Type 1 licenses, Type 2 licenses, Specialized licenses, and Special licenses, but the licenses that can be obtained at our university are the Type 1 licenses that undergraduate students can obtain upon graduation from university. This is a specialized license that graduate students can obtain upon completion of their master's program.
The types of licenses are further subdivided by school type and subject, and the junior high school and high school teaching licenses that can be obtained are determined by the faculty, department, or graduate school in which the student is enrolled, as shown in the table below. (In addition, teaching licenses for kindergarten and elementary school can be obtained only from the Department of Child Education and Welfare (Faculty of Social Welfare), and teaching licenses for special-needs schools can be obtained only from the Department of Social Welfare (Faculty of Social Welfare). For details, see Faculty of Social Welfare website)
Faculty | Department | Junior high school teacher license (class 1) [Subject] | High school teaching license type 1 [Subject] | |
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Buddhism | sect | Society/Religion | Civics/Religion | |
Buddhism | Society/Religion | Geography History/Civics/Religion | ||
Sentence | Tetsu | society | Geography and history/civics | |
History | society | Geography and history/civics | ||
society | society | Geography and history/civics | ||
Sentence | Japanese Language and Literature Major Course | national language | Japanese/Calligraphy | |
English/British/American Literature Major Course | English | English | ||
economy | economy | society | Geography, history, civics, commerce | |
management | management | - | commercial | |
law | law | society | Geography and history/civics | |
social welfare | social welfare | society | Citizens/Welfare (*) | |
Special needs school teacher license | ||||
child education welfare | Kindergarten teacher license 1st class | |||
Elementary school teacher license | ||||
Department of Earth Environment | environmental system | Science | Science/Information | |
geography | society | geography history | ||
psychology | clinical psychology | society | Citizens | |
Interpersonal/social psychology | - | - | ||
data science | data science | - | information |
Faculty of Social Welfare The Department of Social Welfare's "First-Class High School Teaching License, Welfare" is available to students entering in the 2018 academic year.
Graduate school | major | Junior high school teacher specialty license [Subject] |
High school teaching certificate [Subject] |
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literature | Buddhist studies | Society/Religion | Civics/Religion |
English and American literature | English | English | |
Sociology | society | Citizens | |
history | society | geography history | |
Japanese literature | national language | Japanese/Calligraphy | |
philosophy | society | Citizens | |
Economics | Economics | society | Citizens |
Business Administration | Business Administration | - | commercial |
jurisprudence | jurisprudence | society | Citizens |
social welfare science | social welfare science | - | - |
Educational Welfare Studies | Kindergarten teacher specialized license | ||
Elementary school teacher specialty license | |||
earth environmental science | environmental systems science | Science | Science/Information |
geospatial systems | society | geography history | |
psychology | clinical psychology | - | Citizens |
applied psychology | society | Citizens | |
Interpersonal/social psychology | - | - |
At Rissho University, students in all faculties and departments, as well as graduate schools and majors, can obtain the qualifications to be appointed as social education officers.
To become a social education officer, one must acquire the necessary credits, pass the civil service examination administered by the prefecture or municipality or the social education officer examination administered by the Board of Education, and work in the position of assistant social education officer for more than one year.
Subject classification stipulated in the Enforcement Regulations of the Educational Personnel License Act | Name of courses offered at our university | Required category | ||
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Junior high school | high school | |||
Second column Subjects related to subjects and teaching methods of subjects |
Teaching methods for each subject (including the use of information and communication technology) | Japanese language education theory I | Required subject education theory for the license you wish to obtain | |
Japanese language education theory II | ||||
Japanese language education theory III | ||||
Japanese language education theory Ⅳ | ||||
Calligraphy education theory I | ||||
Calligraphy education theory II | ||||
Social Studies/Civics Education Theory I | ||||
Social Studies/Civics Education Theory II | ||||
Social Studies/Geography and History Education Theory I | ||||
Social Studies/Geography and History Education Theory II | ||||
Social studies education theory I | ||||
Social studies education theory II | ||||
English Education Theory I | ||||
English education theory II | ||||
English Education Theory III | ||||
English Education Theory Ⅳ | ||||
Religious Education Theory I | ||||
Religious education theory II | ||||
Religious Education Theory III | ||||
Religious Education Theory IV | ||||
Commercial education theory I | ||||
Commercial education theory II | ||||
Science education theory I | ||||
Science education theory II | ||||
Science education theory III | ||||
Science education theory Ⅳ | ||||
Information education theory I | ||||
Information education theory II | ||||
Third column Subjects related to basic understanding of education |
Philosophy of education and history and thought regarding education | Fundamentals of pedagogy (*1) | Required | Required |
education history | choice | choice | ||
The significance of the teaching profession and the roles and job descriptions of teachers (including support for team school management) | Introduction to the teaching profession (*1) | Required | Required | |
Social, institutional, or management matters related to education (including cooperation between schools and local communities and school safety measures) | Educational administration | Required elective (*2) | Required elective (*2) | |
educational law | Required elective (*2) | Required elective (*2) | ||
Introduction to Lifelong Learning I (*1) | choice | choice | ||
Introduction to Lifelong Learning II (*1) | choice | choice | ||
educational sociology | choice | choice | ||
Special lecture on teaching profession | choice | choice | ||
Physical and mental development and learning process of infants, children and students | educational psychology | Required | Required | |
learning psychology | choice | choice | ||
youth psychology | choice | choice | ||
Understanding infants, children, and students with special needs | Introduction to special needs education | Required | Required | |
Significance of educational curriculum and method of organization (including curriculum management) | curriculum theory | Required | Required | |
Fourth column Subjects related to morals, teaching methods such as comprehensive study time, student guidance, educational counseling, etc. |
Moral theory and teaching methods | Theory and practice of moral education | Required | Select (*3) |
Instruction method for comprehensive study time (junior high school) How to teach comprehensive inquiry time (high school) |
Educational Methodology I [Including teaching methods for comprehensive study time] (*4) | Required | Required | |
How to teach special activities | special activity theory | Required | Required | |
Educational methods and techniques | Educational Methodology II [Including ICT Utilization] | Required | Required | |
Theory and method of education using information and communication technology | ||||
Theory and method of educational counseling (including basic knowledge about counseling) | Student understanding and educational consultation | Required | Required | |
Theory and method of student guidance | Student/career guidance theory | Required | Required | |
Theory and method of career guidance and career education | ||||
Column 5 Subjects related to educational practice |
teaching practice | Teaching practice (preliminary guidance) | Required | Required |
Teaching practice I | Required | Required elective (*5) | ||
Teaching practice II | - | Required elective (*5) | ||
School experience activities | - | - | - | |
Teaching practice training | Practical training for teaching profession [middle/high school] | Required | Required | |
Column 6 Subjects set independently by the university |
teaching seminar | choice | choice |
*1 Subjects related to social education and common subjects
*2 One of “Educational Administration” and “Educational Law” is compulsory.
*3 Counted as “subjects independently set by the university”
*4 Subjects including "educational methods and techniques" and "theories and methods of education using information and communication technology"
*5 Those wishing to obtain a high school license are required to take one of the following subjects: "Teaching Practice I" or "Teaching Practice II"
Subject classification stipulated in the Enforcement Regulations of the Educational Personnel License Act | Name of courses offered at our university | Required category | |
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The university independently Subject to be set |
Basic understanding of education Subjects related to |
Pedagogy Seminar I | Required elective |
Pedagogy Seminar II | Required elective | ||
Special Lecture on Learning Psychology I | Required elective | ||
Special Lecture on Learning Psychology II | Required elective | ||
Special Lecture on Education I (*1) | Required elective | ||
Special Lecture on Education II (*1) | Required elective | ||
Special Lecture on Educational Psychology I | Required elective | ||
Special Lecture on Educational Psychology II | Required elective | ||
Special Lecture on Emotional Psychology I | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on emotional psychology II | Required elective | ||
Behavioral Psychology Seminar I (*2) | Required elective | ||
Behavioral Psychology Seminar II (*2) | Required elective | ||
Emotional Psychology Seminar I (*2) | Required elective | ||
Emotional Psychology Seminar II (*2) | Required elective | ||
Cognitive Psychology Special Lecture I (*2) | Required elective | ||
Cognitive Psychology Special Lecture II (*2) | Required elective |
★Opened in the Graduate Graduate School of Psychology Department of Applied Psychology (Junior High School Social Studies, High School Civics)
*1 Junior high school social studies only
*2 High school civics only
Subject classification stipulated in the Enforcement Regulations of the Educational Personnel License Act | Name of courses offered at our university | Required category | ||
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Subjects related to subjects and teaching methods of subjects | Technical matters related to the subject | national language (Including transcription) |
national language | choice |
society | society | choice | ||
arithmetic | arithmetic | choice | ||
Science | Science | choice | ||
life | life | choice | ||
music | music | Required | ||
arts and crafts | Elementary arts and crafts | choice | ||
home | home | choice | ||
physical education | elementary physical education | choice | ||
foreign language | English | Required | ||
Teaching methods for each subject (Including the use of information equipment and teaching materials) |
national language (Including transcription) |
Elementary subject education method [Japanese language] | Required | |
society | Elementary subject education method [social studies] | Required | ||
arithmetic | Elementary subject education method [mathematics] | Required | ||
Science | Elementary subject education method [Science] | Required | ||
life | Elementary subject education method [life] | Required | ||
music | Elementary subject education method [music] | Required | ||
arts and crafts | Elementary subject education method [arts and crafts] | Required | ||
home | Elementary subject education method [family] | Required | ||
physical education | Elementary subject education method [physical education] | Required | ||
foreign language | Elementary subject education method [English] | Required | ||
Subjects related to basic understanding of education | Philosophy of education and history and thought regarding education | Fundamentals of pedagogy | Required | |
The significance of the teaching profession and the roles and job descriptions of teachers (including support for team school management) | Introduction to the teaching profession | Required | ||
Social, institutional, or management matters related to education (including cooperation between schools and local communities and school safety measures) | educational system theory | Required | ||
Physical and mental development and learning process of infants, children and students | Educational childcare psychology | Required | ||
Understanding infants, children, and students with special needs | special needs education | Required | ||
Significance of educational curriculum and method of organization (including curriculum management) | Curriculum overview | Required | ||
Subjects related to morals, teaching methods such as comprehensive study time, student guidance, educational counseling, etc. | Moral theory and teaching methods | Moral theory and teaching methods | Required | |
Comprehensive study time teaching method | Comprehensive study time teaching method | Required | ||
How to teach special activities | How to teach special activities | Required | ||
Educational methods and techniques (including the use of information equipment and teaching materials) | Educational methods and techniques | Required | ||
Theory and method of student guidance | Student/career guidance | Required | ||
Theory and method of career guidance and career education | Required | |||
Theory and method of educational counseling (including basic knowledge about counseling) | Educational consultation | Required | ||
Subjects related to educational practice | teaching practice | Guidance for elementary school teaching practice | Required | |
Elementary school teaching practice | Required | |||
School experience activities | - | - | ||
Teaching practice training | Childcare/teaching practice practical training [kindergarten/elementary school] | Required | ||
Subjects set independently by the university | Understanding and teaching methods for elementary school songs | choice |
Subject classification stipulated in the Enforcement Regulations of the Educational Personnel License Act | Name of courses offered at our university | Required category | |
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Subjects set independently by the university | area and childcare content Subjects related to teaching methods |
Area research [health] | Required elective |
Area research [human relations] | Required elective | ||
Area research [Environment] | Required elective | ||
Area research [expression/music] | Required elective | ||
Area research [expression/formation] | Required elective | ||
Area research [expression/body] | Required elective | ||
Basic understanding of education Related subjects |
Special lecture on lifelong education | Required elective | |
Developmental Psychology Special Course | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on educational psychology | Required elective | ||
Special needs education | Required elective | ||
Educational consultation special course | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on pedagogy | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on information media education | Required elective | ||
Special health topic | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on music expression | Required elective |
★Established in the Graduate Graduate School of Social Welfare
Subject classification stipulated in the Enforcement Regulations of the Educational Personnel License Act | Name of courses offered at our university | Required category | ||
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Subjects related to subjects and teaching methods of subjects | Technical matters related to the subject | national language (Including transcription) |
national language | choice |
society | society | choice | ||
arithmetic | arithmetic | choice | ||
Science | Science | choice | ||
life | life | choice | ||
music | music | Required | ||
arts and crafts | Elementary arts and crafts | choice | ||
home | home | choice | ||
physical education | elementary physical education | choice | ||
foreign language | English | Required | ||
Teaching methods for each subject (Including the use of information equipment and teaching materials) |
national language (Including transcription) |
Elementary subject education method [Japanese language] | Required | |
society | Elementary subject education method [social studies] | Required | ||
arithmetic | Elementary subject education method [mathematics] | Required | ||
Science | Elementary subject education method [Science] | Required | ||
life | Elementary subject education method [life] | Required | ||
music | Elementary subject education method [music] | Required | ||
arts and crafts | Elementary subject education method [arts and crafts] | Required | ||
home | Elementary subject education method [family] | Required | ||
physical education | Elementary subject education method [physical education] | Required | ||
foreign language | Elementary subject education method [English] | Required | ||
Subjects related to basic understanding of education | Philosophy of education and history and thought regarding education | Fundamentals of pedagogy | Required | |
The significance of the teaching profession and the roles and job descriptions of teachers (including support for team school management) | Introduction to the teaching profession | Required | ||
Social, institutional, or management matters related to education (including cooperation between schools and local communities and school safety measures) | educational system theory | Required | ||
Physical and mental development and learning process of infants, children and students | Educational childcare psychology | Required | ||
Understanding infants, children, and students with special needs | special needs education | Required | ||
Significance of educational curriculum and method of organization (including curriculum management) | Curriculum overview | Required | ||
Subjects related to morals, teaching methods such as comprehensive study time, student guidance, educational counseling, etc. | Moral theory and teaching methods | Moral theory and teaching methods | Required | |
Comprehensive study time teaching method | Comprehensive study time teaching method | Required | ||
How to teach special activities | How to teach special activities | Required | ||
Educational methods and techniques (including the use of information equipment and teaching materials) | Educational methods and techniques | Required | ||
Theory and method of student guidance | Student/career guidance | Required | ||
Theory and method of career guidance and career education | Required | |||
Theory and method of educational counseling (including basic knowledge about counseling) | Educational consultation | Required | ||
Subjects related to educational practice | teaching practice | Guidance for elementary school teaching practice | Required | |
Elementary school teaching practice | Required | |||
School experience activities | - | - | ||
Teaching practice training | Childcare/teaching practice practical training [kindergarten/elementary school] | Required | ||
Subjects set independently by the university | Understanding and teaching methods for elementary school songs | choice |
Subject classification stipulated in the Enforcement Regulations of the Educational Personnel License Act | Name of courses offered at our university | Required category | |
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Subjects set independently by the university | Subjects related to areas and methods of teaching childcare content | Area research [health] | Required elective |
Area research [human relations] | Required elective | ||
Area research [Environment] | Required elective | ||
Area research [expression/music] | Required elective | ||
Area research [expression/formation] | Required elective | ||
Area research [expression/body] | Required elective | ||
Subjects related to basic understanding of education | Special lecture on lifelong education | Required elective | |
Developmental Psychology Special Course | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on educational psychology | Required elective | ||
Special needs education | Required elective | ||
Educational consultation special course | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on pedagogy | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on information media education | Required elective | ||
Special health topic | Required elective | ||
Special lecture on music expression | Required elective |
Subject classification stipulated in the Enforcement Regulations of the Educational Personnel License Act | Name of courses offered at our university | Required category | |
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Subjects related to basic theory of special needs education | General education for people with disabilities | Required | |
Subjects related to special needs education area | Subjects related to the psychology, physiology, and pathology of infants, children, or students with physical and mental disabilities. | Psychology, physiology, and pathology of people with intellectual disabilities | Required |
Psychology, physiology, and pathology of physically disabled people | Required | ||
Psychology, physiology, and pathology of the sickly and infirm | Required | ||
Educational Assessment Law for Children with Disabilities | Required | ||
Subjects related to educational curriculum and teaching methods for infants, children, or students with mental and physical disabilities | Special needs education curriculum theory | Required | |
Special needs education practical research | Required | ||
intellectual disability education | Required | ||
Physically disabled education | Required | ||
sickly education | Required | ||
Subjects related to areas other than the special needs education area that will be specified in the license | ・Subjects related to the psychology, physiology, and pathology of infants, children, or students with mental and physical disabilities ・Subjects related to educational curriculum and teaching methods for infants, children, or students with physical and mental disabilities |
General education for people with developmental disabilities | Required |
General theory of visual and hearing impairment education | Required | ||
General theory of education for multiple disabilities | Required | ||
Educational training for infants, children, or students with physical and mental disabilities | Special support school teaching practice | Required |
In order to realize the abovementioned ideal of training teachers and social education personnel, the university has established Rissho University Teacher Education Center, which comprises all faculties and graduate schools, to prepare a university-wide system, and is working to enrich the education of each faculty by offering "subjects related to a fundamental understanding of education," "subjects related to teaching methods for each subject," and "specialized matters related to each subject."
In addition, externally, through the National Association of Private Universities Teacher Training Courses, the Kanto Region Private University Teacher Training Course Research Liaison Council, the Tokyo Region Teacher Training Course Research Liaison Council, the National Liaison Council for Research on Training of Social Education Personnel, etc., the university maintains close ties and cooperates not only with universities in Shinagawa and Kumagaya, where each campus is located, but also with neighboring and national universities, as well as with the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, Saitama Prefectural Board of Education, Kumagaya City Board of Education, etc., and strives to improve the quality of teacher education through the exchange of information and collection of materials.
In training primary school teachers, students learn specific teaching methods for achieving "independent, interactive and in-depth learning" through faculty development training for university professors.
For students, we do not simply provide preparation for the teacher recruitment exam, but also provide pre-appointment training within the university from October to March of the fourth year to improve their qualifications as teachers, regardless of where they will be employed, whether that be regular successful applicants, substitute teachers on maternity leave, or temporary teachers, and we provide training on teacher service, classroom management, subject instruction, life guidance, dealing with parents, child psychology, etc. We also publicize this in pamphlets for Faculty of Social Welfare and at open campus events.