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
I started believing more of myself, knowing what I can do and what i can't do. This made me realize self value and it made it me doing task much easier.
Self-efficacy
It was more like an overall feeling that I have managed things better
Self-efficacy
My self efficacy grow so much because I start to spend much more time for self studying as well as increase my concentrative skills.
Self-efficacy
Research project in high school in the topic of “Creating a class schedule with a more constant daily load using genetic algorithms”.
Self-efficacy
I gained a lot of experience and understanding on the things that I have never done before. I have never done research to this extent and throughout the semester, I have learned how to conduct primary research.
Understanding
I developed this skill mostly during working in groups. Through most the group work, I was able to learn some leadership skills and also some other skills such as, getting things done before the deadline.
Teamwork
In Ritsumeikan University, I had the opportunity to attend few cross cultural interactive courses. Here, I had classmates who only speak Japanese with very little English whereas, I am still learning very basic Japanese. Due to the language barrier, at the beginning, I found it difficult to cooperate in team activities. However, with the expert guidance of my professors and my classmates, I gradually found a middle ground and was more confident in contributing to the team and class. This opportunity has helped me feel confident while working with people from different cultures and backgrounds which I can use more in my life.
Teamwork
Before joining university I attended a Japanese comprehensive high school which ment that I didn't have many chances or opportunities to work as a team so I didn't have much experience working in groups. The first few times that I worked in a group I didn't know what to do and I could say wasn't a very good team member and might have brought my team down. I asked a friend on how to work better in groups and they told me that I had to listen and try to communicate better. After doing this I saw a big increase in the efficiency of my work while in a group and I became a better team mate.
Teamwork
Prior to coming to Ritsumeikan, I have no experience in working with other people. Here, we have to do group project and at first, I thought I was not gonna be able to do it. But when I was actually put into team, I realized like "Oh this is actually not as hard as I expected" and I was able to gain experience in teamwork and how to work well with other people. My grades in group project are the proof of the competency I acquired in teamwork.
Teamwork