I believe that the main mission of any teacher training faculty is to train teachers who will be confident in the classroom in front of all their students, who will have the ability to make the classes they teach attractive to children, and who will be able to work hard towards achieving these goals. I think that this is not just a distant dream but a mission that must be realized.

Teaching is not an easy profession. With a large number of factors involved in a constantly changing situation, teaching has become a specialized high-level profession that has to be quick to demonstrate its expertise. At the Faculty of Education at Kagawa University, our aim is to work tirelessly to produce teachers with such abilities.

The curriculum at the Faculty of Education is characterized by an emphasis on practice and follow-up learning. Each course at the Teacher Training course has a core curriculum of on-the-job training covering four years. After admission to the faculty, students will deepen their understanding of the teaching profession and develop their practical teaching skills through their experiences and practical teacher training activities both inside and outside the classroom and through their reflections on these. At the same time, students deepen their knowledge of their fields of specialization and this leads to the writing of their undergraduate thesis.

In addition, as well as a full student life, and to assist students’ development as people, there are also a variety of activities and events organized by the individual departments and courses. At the Faculty of Education there are a lot of opportunities for students to interact with each other. Every year there are several events open to the public held at the faculty. Students from the various departments and courses work together to prepare and put on events including, “International Students from the Future”, “Kagawa Prefecture Science Fair”, and the music “Waku Waku Concert”.

The Faculty of Education at Kagawa University will make every effort to encourage those who are aiming at becoming teachers to grow over their four years of study with their peers. I am looking forward to welcoming such enthusiastic new students.

The Dean of the Faculty of Education,

Taira Atsushi