KASEDA Yoshinori    Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  College of Asia Pacific Studies    Position   Professor
Type	Practical Example of Education Technique
Period	2015/04/01
Item	Educational efforts
Details	1.Based on the past students’ evaluation of the courses , reviewed and modified the course contents. 2.To facilitate students' understanding on and interests in the subject matter , tried to make effective use of handouts , Power Point slides , photos , and videos. 3.To promote students' active learning , gave them the occasions to discuss in groups and present the results of the discussion , in addition to giving the whole class questions. Distributed a question/comment sheet in every class session so that students can submit questions and comments. Answers to them were given during the next class session. In response to the questions and comments , tried to make my explanations more understandable. 4.To promote students' active learning and their development of a habit of reading news articles , gave them the chances to write a short review of an article of their interest related to the subject matter. (Implemented in relatively small classes.)