Episode
The eight competencies developed at Ritsumeikan Academy.
We introduce how they are developed through daily experiences, along with diverse episodes.
*These episodes are based on responses actually submitted by students at every level of education—including elementary, junior high, and high school students, as well as university and graduate students—in the Quantitative Survey for Ritsumeikan Academy Competency Framework conducted in the 2024 academic year. Information that could identify individuals has been removed or modified before publication.
Competency
Episode
- Classes
- StudyAbroad
- ExtracurricularActivities
- ClubsAndSocieties
- StudyingOutsideOfClass
- Research
- SchoolEvents
- ExtracurricularLessons
- Community
- Family
- FriendsAndPeers
- TeachersAndMentors
- Goals
- Effort
- Achievement
- Growth
- Collaboration
- SeekingAdvice
- GivingUp
- Worries
- Happiness
- Anxiety
- Confidence
- Change
- EntranceExamsAndQualifications
- JobHuntingAndInternships
- PartTimeJobs
The reason why I decided to study in AECAL is the integrity with which Affect is approached academically. Through Kansei Engineering and similar perspectives, the design of technology has Empathy as a solid basis for all what comes next. It implies thinking of the users and their emotional experience, as well as the functionality of the solutions we propose.
Empathy
Communicating with other students at the university.
Empathy
I am already a really empathic person but due to this experience studying my whole masters abroad it really helped to open up even more to other cultures not only coming to my home country but to live in a foreign country together. The experience of being "foreign" as well helps a lot to be more sensitive and empathic to other international and local people. I think while being available to listen to people around me, they really felt heard by someone with maybe similar experiences. One situation was maybe that a friend was having a hard time so I offered her a hug which made her cry. Afterwards she told me that she normally doesn't cry and her reaction was unexpected even for her. She thanked me to be supportive and that she needed that hug more than she expected it. That was really cute and reinforced my intercultural sensivity.
Empathy
Process of Research Topic discovery was quite challenging due to the fact of consistent involving of technology makes the target of research had become obsolete or more difficult to be pursued.
Resilience
I have a goal to work in Japan after graduating from Ritsumeikan University, so I am doing my best to improve my Japanese skills. Since I enrolled in an English-based program, balancing my laboratory work with Japanese self-study has been quite challenging. Despite my busy schedule, I am making an effort to attend Japanese classes offered by the Graduate School of Life Sciences. As a doctoral student, it isn't easy to juggle research commitments with my Japanese learning. However, with the support of my lab mates and faculty staff, I believe that achieving my goal is possible. Last July, I challenged myself to take the JLPT test for N2 level; unfortunately, I did not pass. I was frustrated by the result because I missed passing by just 2 points. Everyone encouraged me to focus on the future and not dwell on past failures. So, I continued to seek more Japanese classes and eventually discovered a business Japanese course provided by Kyoto City. In this class, I encountered many new words that I had rarely heard before, along with valuable lessons in business manners. After joining this class, I resolved to take the JLPT test again in December 2024, though I am still waiting for the test results. In conclusion, no matter how many times I fail, I will keep striving to achieve my goal.
Resilience
The research works provided by my supervisor help enhance my understanding as well as time management skills to finish it on time.
Resilience
I learned how to conduct scientific experiments and extract new insights from the process. In this way, I learned that my intuitions and initial guesses could be wrong, and I might constantly fail to finally understand the problems and come up with solutions. It was hard to maintain strong mental health during everything. Then I learned that failure is not a bad thing; it is a way for the research subject to tell its story, and I will understand more about the subject after each failure. It will refine my hypothesis and my knowledge. To balance learning and processing new information from experiments, I usually use the school gym as a way to escape from lab work, allowing my brain to go into diffused mode, which greatly benefits me in refining ideas and concepts. Sometimes I use different working spaces on campus to achieve a fresh working mode.
Resilience
I published paper with my teammates.
Resilience
While living and studying in japan my friends talks about my behavior and after analyzing it .
Resilience