The
School of Education witnessed
steady growth since it founded
in 1949 and the first classes
began in 1951. In order to carry
out its teaching and research
activities effectively and efficiently,
it is currently divided into two
departments: the Science of Education
and Educational Psychology.
The Department
of Science of Education is pursuing
research and teaching on the foundations
of education and schooling in
such areas as Philosophy of Education,
Comparative Education, Methodology
of Education, Sociology of Education,
Educational Administration and
Social Education. This department
is composed of two programs including
the International Educational
Culture program and Social Educational
Planning program. The former intends
to educate students with broad
knowledge and expertise to enable
them to take part in various fields
in an era of internationalization.
The latter program intends to
train individuals who can perform
leading roles in the planning
and implementation of social and
educational plans.
The Department
of Educational Psychology is pursuing
research and teaching related
to various issues from psychological
perspectives in such areas as
Developmental Psychology, Cognitive
Psychology, Social Psychology,
Counseling, |
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Psychoanalysis,
Science of Disabled Children,
Lifespan Developmental Psychology
and Environmental Psychology.
This Department has two programs
including Human Behavior and Clinical
Psychology. The former program
intends to train experts who will
be able to cope with problems
occurring in today,s changing
world based on broad psychological
perspectives and knowledge. The
latter program intends to train
experts who will be able to sympathize
with the distressed, or the handicapped,
and to help them solve their problems.
The Graduate
School of Human-Environment Studies,
as a graduate course, is most
related to the School of Education.
This graduate school was established
in 1998 after the structural change
of the Graduate School of Education.
In the recent organizational reform
of Kyushu Unversity, the Faculty
of Human-Environment Studies was
created and all staff members
of the School of Education have
come to belong to this faculty.
One recent emphasis
of the School of Education has
been on the international exchange
of both staff members and students.
At present, 7 international students
from 2 countries study in the
School of Education. |
Classroom
of ’Methodology of Education’
