Faculty of Education Department of Education and Welfare

In the "pre-training," I was taught how to introduce myself in a way that captures the children's hearts and how to interact with restless children. I also learned how to create lesson plans, so I think I was able to respond calmly at the internship. In the "post-training," I reflected on what I learned during the teaching internship and what challenges arose. I will use this valuable experience in my next internship and in the future.

We learned a wide range of knowledge to support the healthy development of children, from health to hygiene, diet, exercise, and play. In the practical exercises, all students played both the role of a childcare worker and a child. By seeing things from the children's perspective, we were able to understand how important it is for a childcare worker to interact with them and create a good atmosphere. My goal in the future is to become an elementary school teacher, but I feel that what I learned in early childhood education will also be useful from the perspective of connected education.

I am currently the homeroom teacher for fourth graders. In addition to teaching Japanese, math, science, social studies, and physical education, I am also involved in classroom management, such as lunch and homeroom. When I teach my classes while thinking about how to interact with the children and what kind of encouragement I should give them to help them, and when that leads to good results, I feel that my hard work is worth it. I am still in the process of discovering what I should be doing, but I feel that I need to improve my teaching skills and my ability to understand the children.
The main reason I chose Kansai University of International Studies was because the campus is located in Amagasaki, where I was born and raised, and I wanted to work in my hometown in the future. After actually enrolling, I felt that the advisors were very close to us students. They not only helped me with classes and my future career, but also with my student life and family. Thanks to that, I was able to spend time in an ideal environment where I could boldly take on the challenges I wanted to take on.