授業の目的 【日本語】
Goals of the Course(JPN) | | |
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | This course offers an introductory to research and study skills. It is broken up into two parts.
The first part is taught by Dr. Nishino. A vital part of research skills involves identifying multiple biases each one of us has. Many of us would like to think that we are rational, sensitive and sensible, and that we do not need further reminders. Yet so many of us fall into implicit biases and make decisions based on unexamined assumptions. How can this phenomenon happen? What can we do about it? In the first part of the course, Dr Nishino will facilitate workshops around Hans Rosling’s best-selling book, Factfulness (2018). Rosling argues that we must cultivate sound habits of analysing and using facts to see the world. We will learn what Rosling names ten instincts and how we can put these instincts into practice. The skills we build now will lay the foundation for your daily lives and research skills.
In the second part of the course, Professor McGinty will introduce students to specific skills that are necessary for doing undergraduate research in the legal field. Specifically we’ll look at how to use legal databases, how to set relevant research questions for use in research essays, and how to develop methods of answering those questions. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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到達目標 【英語】
Objectives of the Course | | | By the end of the course, students will be able to identify how implicit biases can affect research, and have developed sound habits for analyzing and using facts to understand the world. They will also have developed skills in legal research. Specific skills will include using databases to find and locate relevant laws, judicial decisions and academic articles; setting relevant legal research questions for use in undergraduate essays on law, and using appropriate methodologies to answer those questions. |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | Week 1: Course Introduction
(Week 2 to 8: Nishino)
Week 2: Course overview and Factfulness
• Our perceptions about the world:
• Take this quiz and how we fare: https://factfulnessquiz.com/
• Introduce each other to the class
• Introduce a group assignment
Rosling, Factfulness, Factfulness Rules of Thumb.
Week 3:
Rosling, Factfulness, Chapters 1 and 2
• The gap instinct
• The negativity instinct
Week 4:
Rosling, Factfulness, Chapters 3 and 4
• The straight line instinct
• The fear instinct
Week 5:
Rosling, Factfulness, Chapters 5, 6 and 7
• The size instinct
• The generalization instinct
• The destiny instinct
Week 6:
Rosling, Factfulness, Chapters 8 and 9
• The single perspective instinct
• The blame instinct
Week 7:
Rosling, Factfulness, Chapters 10 and 11
• The urgency instinct
• Factfulness in practice
Week 8:
Student presentations
(Week 9 to 15: McGinty)
Week 9:
Finding the Law: How to use Legal Research tools
Week 10:
How to set a legal research question
Week 11:
Research Methodologies
Week 12:
Presenting Research Results
Week 13:
Case Study Presentations
Week 14:
Case Study Presentations
Week 15:
Case Study Presentations |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | First Half (Nishino)
Contribution and participation to weekly class discussions. 20% aggregate
Group work: presentation and report: 30% (20% report; 10% presentation)
Second Half (McGinty)
Report: 25%
Presentation: 25%
In order to pass the course students must receive a passing grade on all the above components of the course evaluation. |
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten reasons why we’re wrong about the world — and why things are better than you think (London: Sceptre, 2018).
Available in hard copy and e-book. Translations in many languages.
Other materials will be distributed on NUCT. |
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参考書
Reference Book | | |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Students are expected to do the required readings and come to class prepared to engage in active discussion of the topic each week. |
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | | The course format will be a mix of lectures and student presentations, conducted in person. |
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遠隔授業（オンデマンド型）で行う場合の追加措置
Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
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