著者

古谷 圭一

出版者

恵泉女学園大学

雑誌

人文学部紀要 (ISSN:09159584)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, pp.63-80, 2002-01-01

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A new type of course program has been developed for freshman seminar adjusting to the change in students' characters, caused by the recent decrease of the student population in Japan. Most Japanese students are educated memorizing a limited range of knowledge in order to survive severe examination struggle but not for creative thinking. This program has a stress on the cultivation of creative thinking experiences through a variety of games and quizzes which attract students' interests and participation. Twelve exercises for each 90 minutes session are introduced. 1. Introduction ; Survey of the meanings of "think" and "study" with dictionaries. 2. "Answer is not limited to one"; Brain storming of impression of a picture and mapping by KJ method. 3. "Dichotomized patterns and sentences" 4. Movie, "Rashomon"; Different testimonies of an affair. 5. "How to utilize library services" ; Consulting encyclopedia, 6. "Enjoy zigsaw puzzle"; Observation of mental process from the start to the end, 7. "Merits of classification" ; Classification games, 8. "Find the sequence"; Find the right sequence of comic strips, 4-line poems and sentences. 9. "Wrong signboards and top sentences"; Importance of guiding words, 10. "How to write a letter" ; Style and manner of letter writing, 11. "How to write a report"; Requirements of a report, its style and preparation, 12. "How to write a written test". The results of student evaluation showed very high points.