Undergraduate Education and Growth of Students

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  • 大学教育と学生の成長
  • ダイガク キョウイク ト ガクセイ ノ セイチョウ

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For any reform attempts for improving college education, grasping the actual process and outcome of student learning in relation with various inputs is indispensable. What are the students learning, how are they learning, and which are the more important determinants? Positive analyses in this research is just beginning in Japan. From this perspective, this paper first tries to delineate a frame of reference for analyzing the different aspects, or dimension, of knowledge and ability that are expected to be obtained through college education (Section 1). In the following sections, major determinants of the outcomes are examined with respect to specialized knowledge (Section 2), generic competencies (Section 3), and development of self-identity (Section 4) based on a survey data on forty-eight thousand Japanese under graduate students. The major findings include; 1) motivation to learn is the most consistent and significant factor determining the learning outcomes at the three dimensions; 2) the style of teaching, such as the posture to entice students interests and students participation, also plays significant roles, especially in forming generic competence; and 3) even for forming self-identity, the teaching styles have positive contribution.

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