Joetsu University of Education(Niigata Prefecture)

Joetsu University of Education provides opportunities for of advanced expertise and research
to in-service teachers who have acquiring rich experiences in teaching.
◇ University overview① Characteristics and history
Joetsu University of Education was founded on
October 1st, 1978 as a national university that aims
to promote the theoretical and practical studies
regarding school education, incorporating theGraduate School of Education, which intends toprovide mainly school teachers for primary andsecondary education with opportunities in academic
research and training, along with the College ofEducation, offering undergraduate courses to train
future teachers of primary education.
In addition, in 2008, The Professional Degree
Program (Graduate School of ProfessionalTeaching) was established in the Graduate Schoolof Education by the development of the Teaching
Profession Graduate School System. The purposesof this degree course are to promote knowledge
about teaching professionalism, and to train
educators who have abilities to deal quickly andeffectively with various problems and phenomena inschool education.
Joetsu city, where the university is located, is ahistorical city with full of cultural properties. It isalso famous as one of the most snowy cities withnatural beauty in Japan. It takes about 2 hours by
Hokuriku Shinkansen: bullet train from Tokyo.

② International exchange (As of Oct 2023)
・ Number of international students
AY 2023：30
AY 2022：31
AY 2021：37
・ Number of Teacher Training Students
AY 2023：4
AY 2022：2
AY 2021：5◇ Outline and characteristics of thecourse for Teacher Training Students④ Requirement for program completion
Although it varies depending on their academic
supervisor, students will generally receive thesis
guidance from their supervisor once a week,lectures on approximately 4 subjects per week(including supplementary Japanese language
classes), and practice at school approximately
two days per week. At the time of completion,students will be required to present the resultsof one year research under the guidance of theiracademic advisor and Japanese language
instructors, and submit a completion report(approximately 30 pages).

① Characteristics of the program
Since one of the aim of the Graduate School of Education is toprovide the recurrent education including the theoretical andpractical studies for teachers, two-thirds of the quota of thegraduate students is allocated to incumbent teachers in Japan.
Thus, the international students can exchange their views andexperiences with these students including teachers to leadproductive student lives.
② Number of students to be accepted 5③ Period of scholarship
From Oct, 2024 to March, 2026

Number of teachers and students (As of May 2023)
Teachers : 142
Students / Undergraduate : 673/ Graduate : 505[ Teacher Training Student Completion Ceremony ][ Presentation of Research Result ]⑤ Outline of the course
・ Japanese language education
Students will take a six-month intensive Japanese
language course designated by MEXT. However, if thestudent has a certain level of Japanese language
ability, he or she will receive specialized training at
JEUN for one and a half years.
We offer supplementary Japanese language course
according to student’s stage in Japanese ability.

◇ Accommodations◇ Contact

JUEN has an international dormitory where Japanese andinternational students live together in a corner of our campus
with richness of nature.

Address○ Number of rooms
・ Single room : 15 rooms

1, Yamayashiki -machi, Joetsu-shi, Niigata,Japan 943-8512

Department

・ Specialized training○ Monthly rent

【One year course】

・ Single room : ￥5,900 per monthInternational Exchange andRegional Cooperation Team, the Research
Cooperation Office, Joetsu University ofEducation

Students are enrolled in each major/course,participate in seminars, receive specialized individual
guidance from their academic supervisors. At thesame time, students will take Basic Japanesesupplementary classes (composition, conversation,and reading comprehension). As a result of Teacher
Training Program, create a report and give apresentation on their research content.

・ Couple room : ￥9,500 per month

TEL +81-25-521-3299

・ Common Service fee : ￥1,500 per month

FAX +81-25-521-3621

We automatically the rent for the month by your registeredbank account every month.

E-mail ryugaku@juen.ac.jp【One and a half year course for students who are
NOT required the intensive course】

Kitchenette, toilet, hot water supply facilities, air conditioner
for heating and cooling, single bed, desk with drawers and chair,and so on.

Students are enrolled in each major/course,
participate in seminars, receive specialized individual
guidance from their academic supervisors. At thesame time, students will take Academic Japanesesupplementary classes (composition, conversation,and reading comprehension). As a result of Teacher
Training Program, create a report and give a
presentation on their research content.

・ Couple room: 3 rooms○ Facilities

URL https://www.juen.ac.jp/･Single room：･Couple room：

Full kitchen, unit bathroom, toilet, hot water supply facilities,
air conditioner for heating and cooling, 2 single beds, desk withdrawers and chair, and so on.
○ Information for daily life
・5 minutes walk to the campus.
・Cafeteria and a stand/ small shop on campus.

[ Ski Experience ]・Practical training, participatory subjects such as
field trips and regional exchanges
Students can enroll participatory subjects such as
educational practicum at elementary schools.
・ Others
A Japanese student adviser is allocated to a student.
We provide international students with experiencesof local and Japanese culture etc.

◇ Follow-up for graduates
We provide information to all graduatesafter completion, with international student
networks and monthly news letters.

[ International House ][ Japanese Culture and History Experience ]Joetsu University of Education（No.18）◇ Course Description, Number of students to be accepted, Qualifications and, etc.
Name ofdepartment
Course code

Graduate School of Education

Name of adviser

E-mailTeaching field（s）
InternationalEducation
Pre-service and Inservice Teacher
Education

18001

Fujitani Motoko(AssociateProfessor)

fujitani@juen.ac.jp

18002

Hori Takeshi(AssociateProfessor)

thori@juen.ac.jp

18003

Ando Tomoko(Professor)

tomoko@juen.ac.jp

18004

Kawano Masami(AssociateProfessor)

masami@juen.ac.jp

18005

Yamada Tomoyuki(Professor)

tomoyuki@juen.ac.jp

18006

Terado Takeshi（Lecturer)

terado@juen.ac.jp

18007

Kobayashi Yuko
(AssociateProfessor)

yuuko@juen.ac.jp

18008

Sakaguchi Kana（Lecturer)

kana@juen.ac.jp

Course description

Targets fortraining☑Elementary
school teachers
Development and evaluation of curriculum for pre- ☑Junior/Seniorservice and in-service teacher trainings
high schoolteachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
・Training for sociology of the transition fromschool teachersschool to work
☑Junior/Senior
Educational Sociology
・Training for sociology of school educationhigh school・Training for sociology of genderteachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
Educational
school teachers
Management (School Training for School Organization Management,☑Junior/Senior
Organization,
Educational System and Educational Policyhigh school
Educational System)
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
Study of Educational
school teachers
Lesson study, comparative study between
Methods, Curriculum☑Junior/Seniortextbooks and lessons and discourse analyses ofStudy andhigh school
lessons
Instructional Methods
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
school teachers
Training and research related to career education ☑Junior/Senior
Career Educationin schools, etc.
high school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers☑Junior/Senior
Prevention Education Training on Problem Preventive Student Guidancehigh school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Special Needs
Training for SNE, mainly of education for the☑Junior/Senior
Education: SNE
children with hearing deficits in Japanhigh school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Special Needs
Training for hearing disabilities and language☑Junior/Senior
Education: SNEteaching in Japanhigh school
teachers□Others ( )Language

Number ofstudents to be
accepted

Qualification and requirement for students,
number of students in past 5 years

Japanese, English
and/or French

2

Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in dailylifeJapanese

1Japanese proficiency as a level of participation in availablelectures

Japanese

1Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding lectures(Republic of India : 1 )Japanese and/or
English

1Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in dailylife( Mongolia : 1, Kazakhstan : 1, Colombia : 1 )Japanese

1

Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding lectures

Japanese

1Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding lectures

Japanese

1

Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in daily
life

Japanese

1

Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in dailylife

Course code

Name of adviser

18009

Oshiki Hideki（Professor）

18010

Ono Yuji(Professor）

E-mailoshiki@juen.ac.jp

yuji@juen.ac.jp

18011

Ohba Hiromasa(Professor)

hohba@juen.ac.jp

18012

Brown Ivan
(AssociateProfessor)

brown@juen.ac.jp

18013

Hashimoto Daiki(AssociateProfessor)

daiki@juen.ac.jp

18014

Watanabe Masatoshi(Lecturer)

masatosi@juen.ac.jp

18015

Takizawa Noriko(Assistant Professor)

tnoriko@juen.ac.jp

18016

Kojima Nobuyuki（Professor）

kojima@juen.ac.jp

18017

Shimura Takashi(Professor)

shimura@juen.ac.jp

18018

Yamagata Kotaro(Professor)

kotaro@juen.ac.jp

Teaching field（s）

Course description

Targets fortraining☑Elementaryschool teachers
・Training for Japanese handwriting education
Handwriting Education☑Junior/Senior・Study for handwriting and characters as theand Calligraphyhigh schoolbasisteachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Training of Japanese and Japanese education as ☑Junior/SeniorJapanese Literature
first language education.
high school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
English Education,
Trainings concerning English education as a☑Junior/Senior
Educational Methods foreign language and Educational Methods
high schoolteachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
Interculturalschool teachers
Intercultural communication & conversationCommunication,☑Junior/Senior
analysis related to English language & English
English Language
high school
language education
Educationteachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Phonetics andPronunciation and Phonetics of Japanese and☑Junior/Senior
Phonology
Englishhigh school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
school teachers☑Junior/Senior
English Education
Training on English Education as a Foreign Language
high school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
school teachers
Foreign Language
Research on Primary and Secondary School☑Junior/Senior
Education
English Education in Japanhigh school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Theoretical and practical training concerning the ☑Junior/Senior
Jurisprudence
modern nations and societyhigh school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Social Studies
Training of Social Studies Education and☑Junior/Senior
Education,
Geographic Educationhigh school
Geographic Educationteachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Training concerning the disciplines of geography, ☑Junior/Senior
Geography
environmental sciencehigh school
teachers□Others ( )Number ofstudents to beaccepted

Qualification and requirement for students,
number of students in past 5 years

1・The Japanese ability that is equivalent to or higher than
JLPT-Japanese Language Proficiency Test-N2
・Having foundation for professional discipline and a
distinctive topic of research

1・The Japanese ability that is equivalent to or higher than
JLPT-Japanese Language Proficiency Test-N2
・Having foundation for professional discipline and a
distinctive topic of research

Japanese and/or
EnglishLimitless

Having both Japanese proficiency as a level ofcommunication in daily life and basic knowledge of one's
field of research is desirable.
( Republic of Costa Rica : 1, Republic of the Union ofMyanmar : 1, Federative Republic of Brazil : 1, Islamic
Republic of Pakistan : 1, Republic of Malawi : 1 )English1

Have the attitude for interacting actively with communities
both on and off campus in daily life, improving one's skills
in both Japanese and English.

Japanese and/or
English2

If you are keen to study pronunciation and phonetics inJapan, you will be the most welcome:) Please talk to me
beforehand (daiki@juen.ac.jp).

Japanese and/or
English1

Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in dailylife

Japanese, English
and ElementarySpanish

1

Basic Japanese Communication Skills

Japanese

1Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding lecturesJapanese2

Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding lectures

Japanese and/orEnglish

2

The research theme should be clear.
( Republic of Malawi : 1 )Language

JapaneseJapaneseCourse code

Name of adviser

E-mail18019

Yoshida Masayuki(Professor)

18020

Iwasaki Hiroshi(Professor)

iwasaki@juen.ac.jp

18021

Nunokawa Kazuhiko(Professor)

nunokawa@juen.ac.jp

18022

Hayashida Shuichi(Professor)

hayasida@juen.ac.jp

18023

Shimomura Hiroshi（AssociateProfessor）

yoshida@juen.ac.jp

simomura@juen.ac.jp

18024

Tani Tomokazu(AssociateProfessor)

tani@juen.ac.jp

18025

Abe Ryotaro（Professor）

aberyo@juen.ac.jp

18026

Ueno Masato(Professor）

mueno@juen.ac.jp

18027

Ozaki Yuji
(Professor)

ozaki@juen.ac.jp

18028

Tamamura Kyo（AssociateProfessor）

tamamura@juen.ac.jp

Teaching field（s）

Course description

Targets fortraining☑Elementary
school teachers
Lectures, seminars and tutorials concentrating on ☑Junior/Senior
Economics
economics and topics related to economies
high school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
Mathematics
school teachers
Theoretical and practical training with lectures,
Education, Lesson☑Junior/Seniorseminars and tutorials etc. on mathematics
Study, Teacher
high school
education
Educationteachers□Others ( )☑Elementary
Training with lectures, seminars, tutorials andschool teachersschool visit etc. regarding development ofMathematics☑Junior/Seniorteaching materials and instructional design for
Educationhigh schoolmathematics at elementary school and junior highteachersschool□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers☑Junior/Senior
AlgebraStudy concerning algebrahigh school
teachers□Others ( )Theoretical and practical training with lectures,☑Elementaryseminars and tutorials etc. The development of school teachers
Chemical Education
hand-made analytical equipments for educational ☑Junior/Senior
Inorganic and Inorganicuse. The fundamental environmental analyses
high school
Analytical Chemistrywith titrimetry, colorimetry and graphite furnace teachers
atomic absorption methods.
□Others ( )☑Elementary
Participation to the graduate program in plantschool teachers
Botany, Biologicalscience or biological education.
☑Junior/Senior
Education
Development of teaching materials for planthigh school
science or general biology.
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Attendance to the graduate school class of the☑Junior/SeniorCompositioncomposition.
high school
Attendance to private lesson of the composition.
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Attendance to the graduate school class of the☑Junior/Senior
Vocal music
Vocal music.
high school
Attendance to private lesson of Vocal music.
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers☑Junior/SeniorMusic Education
Practice of Japanese School Music Educationhigh school
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
Attendance to the graduate school class of the☑Junior/SeniorMusicology
Musicology and related subjects.
high school
teachers□Others ( )LanguageNumber ofstudents to be
accepted

Qualification and requirement for students,
number of students in past 5 years

Japanese1・Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding lectures
・Distinctive topic of research

Japanese1・Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding lectures・English proficiency to read related literatures
・Basic knowledge on mathematics and/or mathematics
education

Japanese,(simple)English

1・Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in daily
life・Interest regarding materials and learning of mathematics

Japanese, English
and/or German

1Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in daily
lifeJapanese1Having Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding
lectures and a distinctive topic of research

Japanese

2Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in dailylife

Japanese

1・Japanese proficiency as a level of registering lectures toearn a credit
・Basic competency in music

Japanese1・Japanese proficiency as a level of registering lectures toearn a credit
・Basic competency in music

Japanese

1

Japanese proficiency as a level of understanding lectures( Republic of Zimbabwe : 1 )Japanese

1・Japanese proficiency as a level of registering lectures toearn a credit
・Basic competency in music

Course code

Name of adviser

E-mailTeaching field（s）

18029

Hasegawa Masanori(AssociateProfessor）

18030

Ikarashi Shiho（Professor）

shiho@juen.ac.jp

18031

Abe Yasushi（AssociateProfessor）

abeyasu@juen.ac.jp

18032

Matsuo Daisuke(Professor）

matsuo@juen.ac.jp

Sculpture

18033

Kichun YOO(Lecturer)

yoo@juen.ac.jp

Ceramics

18034

Shuto Kazuyoshi(Professor)

shuto@juen.ac.jp

Physical Education
Theory of Sport
Movement andBehavior

hasegawa@juen.ac.jp

Instrumental music(awind instrument), theconducting

Art Education

Visual Design

Course description

Targets fortraining☑Elementary
Attendance to the graduate school class of theschool teachers
relating instrumental music and the conducting.
☑Junior/SeniorAttendance to private lesson relating instrumental high schoolmusic and the conducting.
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers・Japanese school art education practices☑Junior/Senior・Participation in the graduate school class andhigh school
workshops
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementary・Participation to the graduate school classschool teachers
relating Art course☑Junior/Senior
・Tutorial for skills relating Visual Designhigh school
・Producing your own artworks
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementary・Participation to the graduate school classschool teachers
relating Art course☑Junior/Senior
・Tutorial for skills relating Sculpture
high school
・Producing your own artworks
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementary・Participation to the graduate school classschool teachers
relating Art course☑Junior/Senior
・Tutorial for skills relating Ceramics
high school
・Producing your own artworks
teachers□Others ( )☑Elementaryschool teachers
・Training for P.E. class in Japan☑Junior/Senior
・Training for teaching method in movement inhigh school
sportsteachers□Others ( )Language

Number ofstudents to be
accepted

Qualification and requirement for students,
number of students in past 5 years

Japanese

1・Japanese proficiency as a level of registering lectures toearn a credit
・Basic competency in music

Japanese

1

Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in daily
life, also as a level of understanding lectures in case ofparticipating in the graduate school class.
( Republic of Chile : 1 )Japanese

1

Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in daily
life

Japanese

1

Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in daily
life

Japanese and/orKorean

1Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in daily
life

Japanese(English asnecessary)

2

Japanese proficiency as a level of communication in dailylife※Please check the applicable box in the “Targets for training” column. (If both apply, check bothboxes.)