MLO 2: Culture
2.1 Students develop a comprehensive understanding, appreciation and knowledge of Japanese culture: perspectives (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), practices (patterns of social interactions) and products (both tangible and intangible, for example, art, history, literature, music).
2.2 Students develop analytical and critical thinking in areas such as how Japan’s cultural background influences modern Japanese life, how to compare their own culture with the Japanese culture, or how Japanese culture relates to other world cultures in an age of global inter-relatedness.
Courses taken:
JAPN 302: History of Japan
JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind
JAPN 305: Pop Culture
JAPN 313: Manga, Anime and Modern Japan
JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan
MLO Narrative:
2.1: Through these courses I have developed a deeper understanding of the Japanese Language and Culture. Each class has focused on a specific aspect of the Japanese culture. I am now able to see the Japanese culture not as a foreign thing but see the rich and colorful culture that Japanese people are so proud of. Along with the appreciation of the culture I can now see how Japanese develop different attitudes, values and philosophies.
Prior to these courses I had many questions to why it was that the Japanese people acted the way they did. By taking JAPN 302: History of Japan I know understand the strong self Identity that the Japanese community has, because of its isolation during the meiji period Japan has created its own sense of unity within its country. Yet, for the same reason Japan was able to develop its own individual cultures because of the restrictions of transportation's that they had.
2.2: Along with the past I was also able to learn about the present mindsets of Japan through JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind. In this course I was able to focus on a topic that interested me and explore its subject. I decided to contrast both Education Systems of Japan and America; in the end my findings were that these two systems were too different to be able to integrate any methods to either America or Japan. Although this was disappointing I noticed that some programs were possible to integrate to either system, the only issue would be to the board of education to fund these programs.
These courses have made me realize that it is important to teach about other cultures to be able to better understand the world the people that live in it.
2.2 Students develop analytical and critical thinking in areas such as how Japan’s cultural background influences modern Japanese life, how to compare their own culture with the Japanese culture, or how Japanese culture relates to other world cultures in an age of global inter-relatedness.
Courses taken:
JAPN 302: History of Japan
JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind
JAPN 305: Pop Culture
JAPN 313: Manga, Anime and Modern Japan
JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan
MLO Narrative:
2.1: Through these courses I have developed a deeper understanding of the Japanese Language and Culture. Each class has focused on a specific aspect of the Japanese culture. I am now able to see the Japanese culture not as a foreign thing but see the rich and colorful culture that Japanese people are so proud of. Along with the appreciation of the culture I can now see how Japanese develop different attitudes, values and philosophies.
Prior to these courses I had many questions to why it was that the Japanese people acted the way they did. By taking JAPN 302: History of Japan I know understand the strong self Identity that the Japanese community has, because of its isolation during the meiji period Japan has created its own sense of unity within its country. Yet, for the same reason Japan was able to develop its own individual cultures because of the restrictions of transportation's that they had.
2.2: Along with the past I was also able to learn about the present mindsets of Japan through JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind. In this course I was able to focus on a topic that interested me and explore its subject. I decided to contrast both Education Systems of Japan and America; in the end my findings were that these two systems were too different to be able to integrate any methods to either America or Japan. Although this was disappointing I noticed that some programs were possible to integrate to either system, the only issue would be to the board of education to fund these programs.
These courses have made me realize that it is important to teach about other cultures to be able to better understand the world the people that live in it.