TDUQL

Is Methods and Techniques of Education Required for a Teaching Licence?

The 2-credit course Methods and Techniques of Education (including the Use of ICT) is required for both junior-high and high-school teaching licences in the covered curricula.

Licence requirement and course details

Methods and Techniques of Education (including the Use of ICT) is a 2-credit course in the fourth category of subjects related to teaching subjects and the teaching profession. It corresponds to the legal category covering educational methods and techniques, including educational theory and methods using information and communications technology. The course is required for both junior-high and high-school teaching licences.

The course is assigned to the third year and is taught as a lecture. Curriculum records show different semester and course-code details by curriculum record: one record lists the course in the second semester under code 10303, while the 2026 Faculty of Engineering, Division II teacher-training curriculum lists it in the first semester under code 3404. Some tables label the course as elective in the course-selection column, but separately identify it as required for the teaching licence.

Official sources

The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.