Sep 13 – 14, 2025
Hitotsubashi University
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Building News Awareness Through Science Articles in University Classes

Sep 14, 2025, 3:05 PM
25m
Main Building 2nd floor (Hitotsubashi University)

Main Building 2nd floor

Hitotsubashi University

2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601, Japan
25-minute presentation College and University - Related Sunday 3 Room 26

Speaker

Ryoko Hatomoto (The University of Tokyo)

Description

In my science article reading class at the University of Tokyo, I noticed that many first-year students didn’t read newspapers. I found this a bit worrying, since many of them will probably work or do research in global fields in the future. So I brought in science news articles, mostly from the New York Times, and had students read, discuss, and present in groups. In this talk, I’ll introduce how the class worked and share some student feedback. I also hope to check whether their attitude toward news changed after the course ended.

Author

Ryoko Hatomoto (The University of Tokyo)

Presentation materials