Major Dept.

Special Needs Education Vocational Course

What is the special majors?

As a teacher training course for incumbent teachers or those who have obtained (expected) teacher's license, we study more advanced expertise, and individual children have at local educational sites, centered on special needs schools. The purpose is to train special support education specialists who can demonstrate problem-solving skills in response to various actual conditions and educational needs.

In this major department, by acquiring the prescribed credits, you can obtain the necessary qualifications for granting a special support school teacher license (intellectually disabled, physically handicapped, and sick). As a basic qualification of the license, it is necessary to have a bachelor's degree and have a normal license of elementary school, junior high school, high school or kindergarten teacher.

Special support education is "Special Needs Education = Education that responds to special educational needs". In Japan, in order to realize inclusive education, all teachers are required to understand the educational needs of each child, regardless of disability, and to respond appropriately. In this major department, considering "what is disability", and based on the history and definition of special support education, changes in related systems and policies, and the actual situation of special support education in other countries, etc. The goal is to train teachers who can have a vision on the ideal way of education and educational philosophy.

Acquisition of three educational areas

Intellectually disabled

People with physical disabilities

The sick

In one year, students acquire philosophy, attitudes, knowledge, and skills for teachers engaged in special support education at special support schools, special support classes, elementary, middle and high schools, and young children, and special support school teaching theory (intellectually disabled)・ Special teaching profession course to acquire necessary credits for physically handicapped persons and sick)

Fostering expertise

1.: [Human comprehension] based on psychology, physiology and pathological knowledge and diversity understanding
2.: [Scientific analysis] and [problem solving ability] from grasping the educational needs of children
3.: [Coordination ability] to provide seamless educational support both inside and outside the school
4.: [logical explanation skills] and [communication ability] for multi-occupation cooperation and collaboration

Acquisition of licenses

Special support school teacher type's license (knowledge, limb, disease)

License Acquisition Status

Status of license acquisition in FY2023
Of the six graduates in FY2023, all six have obtained a special support teacher's license (knowledge, limbs, and illness).
Acquisition of licenses in fiscal 2022
Of the three graduates in 2022, all three have obtained a special support teacher's license (knowledge, limb, disease).
Status of license acquisition in FY2021
Of the three graduates in 2021 have obtained a special support teacher's license (knowledge, limbs, and illness).

Curriculum

A total of 30 credits required for obtaining a total of 30 credits required for obtaining a license of 27 required units for obtaining a license and 3 credits required for selective compulsory credits. Subjects with parentheses in the number of credits are elective subjects.

Subject categories stipulated in the Educational Staff License Act Enforcement Regulations			Subject Name	Number of credits	Education Area		Date of opening	Remarks
			Subject Name	Number of credits	Central Area	Areas included	Date of opening	Remarks
Column 1	Subjects concerning basic theory of special support education		Outline of special support education	2			Autumn
Column 2	Subjects related to special support education	Subjects related to the psychology, physiology and pathology of infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities	Psychology, physiology, and pathology of intellectually disabled people	2	Knowledge	Limb disease Watching	Spring
			Psychology of persons with physical disabilities Physiology and pathology	2	Limb		Spring
			Psychology, physiology and physiology of the sick Pathology	2	Disease		Spring
		Subjects related to the curriculum and teaching methods for infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities	Education for the intellectually disabled	2	Knowledge	Limb disease	Autumn
			Education for people with physical disabilities	2	Limb		Autumn
			Education for the sick and sick	2	Disease		Autumn
			Inclusive Education and Guidance Law I	2	Limb		Year-round	Biweekly
			Inclusive Education and Guidance Law II	2	Disease		Year-round	Biweekly
			Inclusive Education and Guidance Law III	(2)	Knowledge		Year-round	Biweekly
Column 3	Subjects related to areas other than the special support education area specified in the license	・Subjects related to the psychology, physiology and pathology of infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities ・Subjects related to the curriculum and teaching methods for infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities	Psychology, physiology, and pathology of children with disabilities or students	2	Duplicate LD (duplicate, LD, ADHD)	Intellectual limb disease	Spring
			Education for the visually impaired	1	Visibility		Spring	Concentration
			Hearing impaired education	1	Hearing		Autumn	Concentration
			Education for Developmental Disabilities	1	Duplicate LD (emotional, LD, ADHD)		Spring	Concentration
			Education for persons with disabilities	1	Duplicate LD (duplicate/language)		Autumn	Concentration
			Diversity Education Practice Research IA	(1)	Duplicate LD (LD)		Spring
			Diversity Education Practice Research IB	(1)	Duplicate LD (LD)		Autumn
			Diversity Education Practice Research IIA	(1)	Duplicate LD (ADHD)		Spring
			Diversity Education Practice Research IIB	(1)	Duplicate LD (ADHD)		Autumn
			Diversity Education Practice Research IIIA	(1)	Duplicate LD (emotional)		Spring
			Diversity Education Practice Research IIIB	(1)	Duplicate LD (emotional)		Autumn
Column 4	Educational training for infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities		Special Needs Education Practice Research	1			Year-round
Column 4			Special support education training	2			Autumn
Compulsory units for obtaining licenses (a)				27 units
Completion requirements (a+3 credits or more required)				30 units

※The curriculum is subject to change.

Teacher introduction

Teachers in charge	Subjects in charge	Major specialized fields
NAKABAYASHI Hiroko (Professor)	Diversity Education Practice Research IA, IIA Diversity Education Practice Research IB ・ IIB Outline of special support education	Diversity education Theories, systems and policies
CHO Chaeyoon (Associate Professor)	Psychology, physiology, and pathology of intellectually disabled people Psychology, physiology, and pathology of children with disabilities or students Inclusive Education and Guidance Law I Psychology, physiology, and pathology of physically handicapped persons	Psychology, physiology, and pathology of intellectual disability Rehabilitation medicine Psychology, physiology, and pathological areas of physical disabilities Inclusive education
KIM Minji (Associate Professor)	Psychology, physiology, and pathology of the sick Psychology, physiology, and pathology of children with disabilities or students Psychology, physiology, and pathology of intellectually disabled people	Psychology, physiology, and pathology of disease Psychology, physiology, and pathology of intellectual disability
Mamiko Ota (Associate Professor)	Education for Developmental Disabilities Education for the intellectually disabled Inclusive Education and Guidance Law III Diversity education practice research IIIA and IIIB	Education for developmental disorders Education for intellectual disabilities Inclusive education Diversity education
KOHARA Aiko (Associate Professor)	Psychology, physiology, and pathology of intellectually disabled people Psychology, physiology, and pathology of the sick Education for the sick and sick Education for persons with disabilities Inclusive Education and Guidance Law II Diversity Education Practice Research IIA / IIB	Disease Education Area Duplicate Disability Education Area Inclusive education Diversity education

Teachers in charge	Subjects in charge	Affiliation and Main Activities
Yoji Kanehara	People with intellectual disabilities Psychology, Physiology, and pathology	Director of Kanehara Pediatrics Department Jinjo Chair Chairman of Shimonoseki City Special Needs Education Promotion Committee Chairman of Shimonoseki City Independence Support Council Chairman of the Shimonoseki City Council for the Protection of Children Needed Protection Vice Chairman Chaildillin Shimonoseki Special Olympics Japan Deputy Chair Yamaguchi Director of Shimonoseki City Japan National Council of Social Welfare Director of Shimonoseki City Social Welfare Corporation
Masahiro Kozuki	A sick man Psychology, Physiology, and pathology	Yamagata Prefectural University of Health and Medical Science Chair President Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University Vice Chairman of Tohoku University Medical Association Japan Society of Kidney Rehabilitation Society Chair Director of the Japan Society of Recommendation Medicine Director of the Japan Society of Heart Rehabilitation Director of the Japan Society for Exercise Therapy TV appearance: "Today's Health", "Gatten", "Try Gatten", "Q for a famous doctor", "Asaiichi", etc.
Uzushi Nakamura	Education for the visually impaired	Professor, Faculty of Education, Fukuoka University of Education Chairman of Kitakyushu City Disability Measures Promotion Council Director of Special Needs Education Center attached to Education Research Institute Deputy Director of Support Center for Disabled Students
Akira Yamamoto	Hearing impaired education	Senior Researcher, National Special Needs Education Research Institute Received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award (201401)
Natsuki Yano	Outline of special support education Education for physical disabilities	Special support education lecturer at the University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Education, National University Corporation

Students taking courses

By taking advantage of the "Course Students" system, you can acquire credits from the courses offered in Special Needs Education Vocational Course, you can earn credits to switch from two types of special support school teacher's license to one type and add areas. For details, please refer to the application guidelines for students and other students and consult in advance.

Submission destinations

〒751-8510 Shimonoseki City University Student Affairs Department Educational Affairs Divisiton

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