<Research Papers>Development of Generic Competencies in the Regular Curriculum at Minerva University: An Interview Survey with Minerva Students

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  • <研究論文>ミネルヴァ大学の正課教育における汎用的能力の育成 --ミネルヴァ大学生へのインタビュー調査を通して--

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At Minerva University, generic competencies called core competencies are broken down into HCs (Habits of mind and Foundational Concepts) and the regular curriculum is systematically designed based on HCs, which aim to develop generic competencies in a way that is transferable to the real world and real life. In this paper, we conducted a semi-structured interview survey with five students at Minerva University to examine how students apply and transfer HCs, and they appropriate HCs. The result shows that students consciously apply HCs inside and outside of class, and by realizing their effectiveness, HCs have become a common language within the Minerva community. On the other hand, some of HCs were found to be more general and limited in terms of applicable contexts and situations, and some of HCs were difficult to apply across different disciplines, indicating that not all HCs are necessarily highly generic. Thus, while Minerva University’s approach to developing generic competencies is highly effective in that it allows students to learn generic competencies with a concrete and broadly applicable granularity, there are a few challenges with regard to some HCs having a limited range of applicability.

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  • CRID
    1050854717994104832
  • NII Article ID
    120007192870
  • NII Book ID
    AN10487452
  • HANDLE
    2433/268222
  • ISSN
    13414836
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Article Type
    departmental bulletin paper
  • Data Source
    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles
    • KAKEN

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