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Nakamura Gakuen University

Academics

Undergraduate

Faculty of Education, Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education

This Department nurtures teachers and childcare workers who shoulder the growth and development of children through instruction and practical capabilities, based on abundant on-site experience.

Features

1High performance every year in passing the Elementary School Teacher Employment Examination
Performance in passing the Fiscal 2022 Elementary School Teacher Employment Examination（2021）
Many students passed again in fiscal 2022!

In the Fiscal 2022 Elementary School Teacher Employment Examination, 120 out of 141 examinees passed while still students, maintaining the Department’s high rate of passing.
The Department maintains this capability through thorough guidance possible only at Nakamura, which boasts strength in obtaining qualifications.

  • Special needs school teachers are included in passing examinees.
  • Student examinee passing rate = number of passing student examinees ÷ number of student examinees
2Licenses/qualifications for achieving the dream of becoming a teacher
  • The Category 1 Special Needs School Teacher’s License (Intellectual, Physical, Infirm) must be acquired together with the Category 1 Elementary School Teacher’s License.
  • The Category 1 Elementary School Teacher’s License and Nursery Teacher’s License cannot be acquired simultaneously while enrolled in school.
3Abundant opportunities to experience childcare at attached kindergartens and nursery schools
Asahi Kindergarten Iki Kindergarten Ohisama Nursery School Ohori Nursery School Akebono Nursery School
4Learning schedule

The first year begins with an eight-class structure. In the second year, classes are reorganized into elementary school teacher training-related and childcare worker training-related classes, with an increase in specialized classes. The third year enhances qualities for teachers/childcare workers while nurturing practical capabilities through practical work. From the 3rd year, students are assigned to a research seminar and begin 2 years of research guidance leading to graduation.
The 4th year progressively deepens expertise as teachers and childcare workers.

Employment and career support

Stages for active roles

  • Fields for elementary school teachers, kindergarten teachers, special needs school teachers, and other education professionals
  • Fields for childcare workers and social welfare at child welfare facilities, etc.
  • Occupations that contribute to society on the basis of professional backgrounds in childcare and education
  • Advancement to graduate school, etc.
  • Working as a nursery school teacher at a certified center for early childhood education and care (childcare-center-type and kindergarten-type) requires both a kindergarten teacher’s license and a nursery teacher’s license.

Licenses and qualifications that can be earned

  • Category 1 Elementary School Teacher’s License
  • Category 1 Special Support School Teacher’s License (Intellectual, Physical, Infirm)
  • Category 1 Kindergarten Teacher’s License
  • Nursery Teacher’s License (National Qualification)
  • The Category 1 Special Needs School Teacher’s License (Intellectual, Physical, Infirm) must be acquired together with the Category 1 Elementary School Teacher’s License.
  • The Category 1 Elementary School Teacher’s License and Nursery Teacher’s License cannot be acquired simultaneously while enrolled in school.

Educational objectives

The Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education aims to train teachers and childcare workers who possess abundant human qualities and embody our founding spirit. Specifically, the Department trains human resources who are equipped with advanced expertise and practical capabilities in education and childcare for infants and children, and who are able to play active roles with enthusiasm and a sense of mission in the fields of education and childcare.

Three policies

Admission Policy

The Division seeks persons who are equipped with knowledge, skills, capabilities, sense of purpose, and ambition as follows.

  1. Persons who are equipped with basic academic ability in all subjects studied through high school
  2. Persons who possess a sense of purpose to contribute to society through education and childcare
  3. Persons who are highly motivated to learn and who possess an attitude of self-direction in all undertakings
  4. Persons who are equipped with the logical thinking and expressive capabilities to read and analyze materials and literature and to draw conclusions
  5. Persons who are equipped with a spirit and attitude of dialog and cooperation

Curriculum Policy

The Department organizes a curriculum centered on the development of three abilities: assured ability as a teacher or childcare worker, ability to integrate theory and actuality, and ability to creatively solve problems. Students systematically learn these three abilities through lectures and exercises at the University and through practical work at kindergartens and schools.

Diploma Policy

The Department awards a Bachelor’s degree (Education) to persons who are equipped with specialized knowledge related to child development, principles of education and childcare, and programs and policies, knowledge, and skills related to curricula and teaching methods, as well as qualities and capabilities including basic skills for working adults, and who have love for children and the enthusiasm and sense of mission to contribute to the development of society through education and childcare.