Kyushu Women's University & Kyushu Women's Junior College

Acquire two kinds of elementary school teacher licenses, two kind of kindergarten teacher licenses, and a nursery school teacher qualification in two years.

Truly it can be said that elementary education which promotes the intellectual, physical, moral, and emotional development of children is of paramount importance. This department has designed a curriculum with specialized subjects aimed at nurturing future teachers who have deep understanding, a sense of responsibility, and qualities of leadership that will enable them to develop their human qualities. A special feature of this department is that students can acquire two kinds of elementary school teacher licenses and two kinds of kindergarten teacher licenses, as well as a nursery teacher qualification at the same time in two years. These three options open new opportunities.

Great importance is attached to infant and pre-school education. At the same time, the curriculum is flexible enough to allow students to take subjects relating to the specialized art of the professional teacher.

Course Content

■Outline of Home Economics Education

Become a specialist of elementary education, and acquire the knowledge necessary to develop the potential of children.

This department puts into practice, education necessary to cope with an era globalization in which information is a core element. Subjects are aimed to train the students as potential teachers to have a new sense of understanding, and be able to draw out the potential of children to the maximum. Therefore, it is necessary for students to receive professional training to become competent elementary school, kindergarten, and nursery teachers. Great attention is paid to this wide field. The environment in which children grow changes constantly. One of the major changes is the internet, which has spread rapidly in the education sector in recent years. Not only in the classrooms but also in libraries, computers provide opportunities for children to increase their knowledge and abilities. The arrangement of essential knowledge and skills, and an understanding of human nature help the students to develop their potential as teachers suited to the education environment.

Salient Points Related to Learning

■Health and Physical Education Guidance Method

1. Training of nursery and school teachers who will have an understanding of the children from infancy to primary school age.

Learn about methods of education relating to a child’s spirit, physical growth, and development. Therefore, subjects such as “guidance methods,” “child studies,” and“genetic psychology” are treated as major areas of study.

2. Emphasis on preschool education and the importance of elementary school education. Courses are designed to enable students to obtain two kinds of elementary school teacher licenses and two kinds of kindergarten licenses in two years, and at the same time acquire a nursery teacher qualification.

Knowledge and skills related to an understanding of child development from infancy to primary school age are of paramount importance for preschool – that is, kindergarten and nursery – teachers and elementary school teachers.

3. Stress on rigorous training to become effective nursery and elementary school teachers.

Students receive training and experience at actual nurseries and educational facilities and at our affiliated kindergarten, and thereby they gain the ability to develop the abilities and potential of children.

Affiliated Jiyugaoka Kindergarten

There is a kindergarten (Jiyugaoka kindergarten) affiliated to our university, which has an excellent environment for teacher training. Not only as a place for student teacher training, it also serves as a place for students to do volunteer activities such as reading story books, participate in plays for Christmas and Tanabata events in the preschool education system.

Apron Theater

Apron Theater is a tool to tell stories to children using an apron which has stories or animals attached. Not only the assigned story attached to the apron, students can freely be creative in forming their own original stories. Let’s begin a story with some small tools in the apron pockets.