Development of "A Training Course to Cultivate the Abilities Required for Teachers," a Program to Bring on Teachers with a High Degree of Specialization and Practical Leadership - Towards the Building of a Program for Undergraduate Education

学級崩壊，心の病に陥る教師，増えるクレーマー等々の現実に，学生たちも教員採用試験に合格してから，教壇に立つことの責任の重さ，自分の指導力の未熟さを痛感し，押しつぶされそうになる。この状態を少しでも克服していくため教師力育成講座を開講することとした。不易と流行の両方の観点から具体的な教育課題を現職の小・中学校長に提案してもらい，それらの課題解決を通して教師力を育成していくことを目指す。また，他学部の教員志望学生や大学院生等にも参加を呼びかけ，志を一にする学生同士が互いに切磋琢磨し，より幅広い確かな教師力の育成に資するものである。Circumstances surrounding today’s schools are becoming increasingly harsh, as evidenced by the prevalence of dysfunctional classrooms, teachers who suffer mental illnesses, and excessively demanding students and their parents who complain at every opportunity. Even after passing the teacher employment examinations, students become overwhelmed with the daunting responsibilities of standing at the podium as a teacher, and are made painfully aware of their immature leadership skills. To overcome these problems as much as possible, we have decided to offer a training course to cultivate the abilities required for teachers. The aims are to have individuals currently serving as elementary and middle school principals propose concrete educational challenges from the perspectives of continuity and change, and to have the participants nurture their "power as teachers" through addressing those challenges. Students of other departments as well as graduate students hoping to become teachers are also encouraged to take part. The friendly competition and camaraderie among students who share the same aspirations and interests will contribute to fostering an even broader and sound power as teachers

Development of “A Training Course to Cultivate the Abilities Required for Teachers,” a Program to Bring on Teachers with a High Degree of Specialization and Practical Leadership – An Expansion of Functions of the Teaching Profession Counseling Room toward the Building of an All-Campus Course of Study for the Teaching Profession

岡山大学教師教育開発センターは，教職支援部門を中心として前身の岡山大学教育学部附属教育実践総合センターから取り組んできた「高度な専門性と実践的な指導力を有する教師の育成プログラム（教師力育成講座）の開発・実践を行っている。受講生に対するアンケート調査の結果から，本年度の講座も学生のニーズを的確にとらえた，質の高い内容を提供できていることが明らかになった。センターの全学化に伴い，昨年度は全体で4名であった他学部の受講生が，本年度は25名に増えた。講座の在り方を見直すための新しい視点として，講師を担当した校長先生からの意見聴取を行ない，これまでの取り組みを再検討した。その結果，学生自身の「気づき」に重点に置いた新しい全体構想図を作成した

日本の本州中部山北地域の島弧―島弧衝突帯における深層掘削

We carried out borehole drilling in the Yamakita area near an active fault of the arc-arc collision zone in the western part of Kanagawa Prefecture. Slime and core samples were obtained. The borehole geology was established by examined them using petrographic analyses and geophysical logging data. We found that the southwestern slope of Mt. Maruyama was down-faulted from the northern slope of the mountain by an unknown fault. After drilling was completed, the borehole was established as a Hi-net seismic observation station. Data are collected by the Hi-net observation system and made available through the INTERNET