Curriculum Development for a Short Course in Logical Thinking in Teachers Training (and In-service Teachers Training) of Japanese

该项目致力于在两年的计划中，（2005-2006），应用古老的思维艺术，称为Topica（Topoi集）在古典修辞学中，构建逻辑思维快速训练的理论，本课程旨在提供一种培养学生逻辑思维能力的课程和方法，2005年，我们利用阿斯特丽德的拓扑伊理论，构建了基于权力数量化的思想转移（论证思路）的理论和方法。本研究成果发表在《教师阅读的艺术：增加思考量的阅读方法》（明治东总，2006）一书中，2006年与小学、初中和高中教师合作，对该理论和方法在这些学校的日语教学中的应用进行了调查，并将结果整理成教科书。这本书将于2007年11月以《反驳的艺术：实践训练材料》（明治时代）为题出版。

This project endeavors, on a two-year plan(2005-2006), to apply the ancient art of thinking called Topica(collection of topoi ) in classical rhetoric, to construct a theory of rapid training of logical thinking, for the purpose of presenting a curriculum and method to develop the ability of logical thinking of students who want to be teachers of Japanese and in-service teachers of Japanese in teachers training courses.In 2005, we made use of Aristotelian topoi to construct the theory and method of diversion of thoughts( lines of argument ) based upon reduction of power to amount. We published the result in a technical book titled The Art of Reading for Teachers : Reading Method to Increase the Amount of Thoughts (Meiji Tosyo, 2006 ).In 2006, in cooperation with teachers of elementary schools, and junior and senior high schools, we investigated to apply this theory and method in teaching of Japanese in those schools, and organized the result in the form of textbook. This book will be published under the title The Art of Refutation: Materials for Practical Training in November in 2007( Meiji Tosyo ).