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科目名 Topic Studies I  The Meaning of Life
担当教員 中井　弘一
授業の目的、または到達目標 Students can express their own opinion on the meaning of life through reading a variety of topics on the crisis of life.
授業の概要 Mitch Albom's “Tuesdays with Morrie” is one of the main topic-giving texts in this course. The book touches the topics of death, the world, regrets, family, emotions, fear of aging, love, culture, money, and so on. Supplementing and expanding the ideas of these topics with other materials related to them, we discuss the meaning of life.
科目群/ベンチマーク Adv.
授業の形態 lectures, discussion, presentations, quizzes, summaries
時間割   概要 宿題(予習・復習等)
1
  • Introduction: The meaning of Life The Curriculum to the 1st & 2nd Tuesday
  • Opinion Writing 1 "What is Life?"
2
  • The 3rd Tuesday; Sorry for yourself, Regrets Presentation : Low Birth Rate
  • Opinion Writing 2 "A Baton of Life"
3
  • The 4th Tuesday; Death Presentation : Buying Organs
  • Opinion Writing 3 "Goodbye Grandma Elma"
4
  • The 5th Tuesday; Family Presentation : Telecommuting
  • Opinion Writing 4 "Four Episodes on Family"
5
  • The 6th Tuesday; Emotions Presentation : Hikikomori
  • Opinion Writing 5 "Tomorrow --- The Mugonkan Museum (Silent Art Museum)"
6
  • Explanation of Paperwork Spot Reading & Discussion: Cosmetic Surgery
  • Summary of Discussion
7
  • The 7th Tuesday; Fear of Aging Presentation : Baby Boomers Retire
  • Opinion Writing 6 "Fear of Aging: Getting Old"
8
  • The 8th Tuesday; Money Presentation : Net Cafe Refugee/Working Poor
  • Opinion Writing 7 "More than Money"
9
  • The 9th Tuesday; How Love Goes on Presentation : Baby Hatch
  • Opinion Writing 8 "A letter of Love"
10
  • The 10th Tuesday; Marriage Presentation : Loser Dog
  • Opinion Writing 9 "Marriage"
11
  • The 13th Tuesday; Perfect Day Presentation : Eating Disorder
  • Opinion Writing 10 "Last Words to Leave"
12
  • The 14th Tuesday; We say goodbye Presentation : False Accusation
  • Reflection & Response Paper
13
  • Consolidation: The meaning of Life Summary of Research Presentation
  • Reflection & Response Paper
14
  • Group Presentation: Morrie's Messages on the meaning of life
  • Reflection & Response Paper
15
  • Discussion: The Meaning of Life
準備学習 Class work: Every class, students will read the text and some other related materials on each topic. Students need to prepare for discussion and presentation on each topic.
教科書 Original Materials presented by the instructor
Albom, Mitch. (2002). Tuesdays with Morrie. Time Warner Paperbacks
Stapleton, Paul. (2008). Keywords for Japan Today. Cengage Learning
参考文献 McCoy, Kathy. (1999).The Teenage Body Book. Perigee
Aoki, Hideo. (2006). Japan's Underclass: Day Labourers and the Homeless. Trans Pacific Press
Lewis. Steven J. (1989). Aging & Health: Linking Research and Public Policy. InformaHealth Care
Mkinzbrunner, Barr. (2002). 20 Common Problems: End-of-life Care. McGrawhill professional
Tsuyan, Noriko. (2004). Marriage, Work, and Family Life in Comparative Perspectives. University of Hawaii Press
成績評価方法・基準 Class work (class participation, quizzes, assignments) ……40％
Group Research Presentation …… 20%
Summary of Research Presentation & References …… 10%
Reflection & Responses Papers …… 30%
関連リンク hikikomori: http://towakudai.blogs.com/Hikikomori.Research.Survey.pdf
Eating disorders: http://www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm
Late Marriage: http://nels.nii.ac.jp/els/110004025013.pdf?id=ART0006282199&type=pdf&lang=jp&host=cinii&order_no=&ppv_type=0&lang_sw=&no=1264427839&cp=

Working poor: http://www.japanfocus.org/-Hiratate-Hideaki/2529
Organ transplant: http://www.lifestudies.org/specialreport02.html

時間割

担当教員 開講学期 開講曜日 開講時限 履修クラス 単位数
中井　弘一 春学期 火曜日 １時限 A1 2