JAPN 306: The Japanese Mind
Course Description
A project-based course that looks behind the Japanese social mask to understand how Japanese people build relationships, community, and lives worth living. Covers modes of thinking and communicating, negotiating, and decision making; ethical systems; the central role of social status and hierarchical relationships; patterns of making friends and influencing others; psychological factors such as dependence and duty; and the Japanese aesthetics and ideology.
A project-based course that looks behind the Japanese social mask to understand how Japanese people build relationships, community, and lives worth living. Covers modes of thinking and communicating, negotiating, and decision making; ethical systems; the central role of social status and hierarchical relationships; patterns of making friends and influencing others; psychological factors such as dependence and duty; and the Japanese aesthetics and ideology.
Reflective Course Narrative
This course contributed to the fulfillment of MLO 2. This was one of my secondary culture courses. We learned much about the values and common stereotypes of Japan and Japanese people. We often compared different aspects of Japanese culture to the culture in the United States. One great thing was that about half the class was made up of Japanese exchange students. This helped validate or invalidate what was being taught about Japanese culture. It helped us to identify true stereotypes and false ones. We also examined "wabi-sabi" and how it affects the Japanese culture. We looked at haiku, tea ceremony, forms of dressing, seasonal colors, etc. In this class. There were many presentations including individual and group. I wrote many papers in this class. The one that I will include as a link is about Japanese Haiku and how they can capture the Japanese essence in 3 lines and 17 syllables.
This course contributed to the fulfillment of MLO 2. This was one of my secondary culture courses. We learned much about the values and common stereotypes of Japan and Japanese people. We often compared different aspects of Japanese culture to the culture in the United States. One great thing was that about half the class was made up of Japanese exchange students. This helped validate or invalidate what was being taught about Japanese culture. It helped us to identify true stereotypes and false ones. We also examined "wabi-sabi" and how it affects the Japanese culture. We looked at haiku, tea ceremony, forms of dressing, seasonal colors, etc. In this class. There were many presentations including individual and group. I wrote many papers in this class. The one that I will include as a link is about Japanese Haiku and how they can capture the Japanese essence in 3 lines and 17 syllables.
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