北海道大学工学部環境社会工学科資源循環システムコースにおける教育改善の取り組み

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Department of Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, which was renamed to Course of Sustainable Resources Engineering in 2005, was established in 1972 based on Department of Mining. Number of coal mines in Japan rapidly decreased at that time by the governmental policy and the department was not popular with students from the beginning. Students with very low GPA (Maximum GPA was 1.6 in 1981, for example) were distributed to the department and the department was filled with full of dull students. Teachers also lost eagerness for high quality education. A negative spiral was formed and the situation went worse and worse. As time goes, attempts were made to revolutionize the department. One is “Curriculum Petit Committee” . And the other is “Committee for Education System Improvement” . These two committees significantly improved the education in the department. As a result, the department was filled with full of vivid students, and teachers. For exampe, in 2007, students′ maximum, minimum and average GPA was 3.3, 2.0 and 2.5, respectively,
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2008-09-20