Students in this class currently number twenty seven. As well as students in their fourth year at the university, there are students who are back after a year abroad READ ABOUT SHOGO'S TRIP!
and international students from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Mexico.
We focus on issues related to work, as the students prepare for their future careers, whether in teaching or other fields.
So far this semester, we have looked at:
work and money - including the current recession and what makes an entrepreneur?
jobs and gender - including balancing work and childcare and the rise of women as entrepreneurs and managers
workplaces - how can design enhance working lives, including TV clips from 'Nippon' and
'Dreamspaces'
working beyond retirement - including a TV news item on elderly doctors in rural Japan
On 29th June students exchanged experiences from teaching practice after about two-thirds of the class returned from four weeks of teaching practice
As well as work and teaching practice, we also focus on:
graduation thesis development
