Teaching

 

English Teaching


At Hokkaido University my main teaching duties are English classes for undergraduates. I was honoured to receive a 2009 Hokkaido University Commendation for Excellent Teaching based on the results of student evaluations.


From 2007-2009 I was on the online English team in charge of materials production. These materials are gradually being released on Hokkaido University Open Courseware (OCW).

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Research Area Teaching


I also teach on my research interests. The course ‘War History and Memory in Japan’ is part of HUSTEP (Hokkaido University Short Term Exchange Program) for international exchange students, and my postgraduate courses in the Graduate School of Education are ‘History Education and Historical Consciousness’ and ‘Education in Britain’. At Hokusei Gakuen University I teach a course on ‘Modern Japanese History’.


In the Graduate School of Education I supervise postgraduate research on topics relating to Japanese history and society. Here is a list of my current or past thesis supervisions.


2010 - present (MA Thesis): Representations of China in the Japanese Media

2009 - present (PhD Thesis): International Students in Japan

2009 - present (MA Thesis): War memories in Hokkaido and Okinawa

2008 - present (PhD Thesis): Historical Reconciliation and Civil Society in Japan.

2007-9 (MA Thesis): International Education and Volunteer Work in Japanese High Schools.



A Commitment to Open Access


In teaching as well as research (particular in my role as an associate of the online journal The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus), I am committed to open access online. Course outlines, teaching materials and instructions for my students for the Spring Term 2010 are all available via the blue button above. Please feel free to use the materials as either a learner or teacher, subject only to proper acknowledgement that the materials originated from my website.


Other materials (either at external sites or for courses not currently being taught) are below:


  1. 1)All syllabi available via the Hokkaido University homepage.


  1. 2)Materials on Hokkaido University Open Courseware (“Introducing England” and “Introducing Hokkaido University”).


  1. 3)A reading list of articles on The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus for my HUSTEP course ‘War History and Memory in Japan’.



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