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

本课题在2005-2006年的两年计划中，致力于运用古典修辞学中被称为TOPICA(拓扑集)的古老思维艺术，构建一种逻辑思维快速训练的理论，目的是在教师培训课程中提出一种培养日语教师和在职日语教师逻辑思维能力的课程和方法。2005年，我们利用亚里士多德的TOPOI构建了基于权量约简的思维转移(论点线)理论和方法。我们在一本名为《教师的阅读艺术：提高思考量的阅读方法》(Meiji Tosyo，2006)的技术书籍中发表了这一结果。2006年，我们与小学、初中和高中的教师合作，调查了这一理论和方法在这些学校的日语教学中的应用，并将结果以教科书的形式组织起来。本书将于2007年11月出版，书名为《反驳的艺术：实训材料》(明治东洋出版社)。

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 ).