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
Me and my team were working on a project until they broke apart. Then, I eased the tension and gave good reasons why that was dumb, and then we united hence I believe Im good at teamwork
Teamwork
I wasnt doing well on a science project, then I thought about changing things up a bit, but that failed too. I kept on changing and innovating until I got the perfect one and I passed.
Resilience
When my parents scolded me
Empathy
My greatest teacher told me to continue plugging away because’ it's great.
Understanding
I am a self financial student, that means that I donˋt have any scholarship. My parents are my guarantors, still, because I have the opportunity of work a part time job here, I am working here to reduce the economically burden for them. Still, because I work here, I have to find the balance between school, work, and a healthy lifestyle. At the start I realized that I was doing things wrongly because I was doing a wrong schedule of foods and sleeping, making me more tired. But after my first vacations I could realized how I should organize in order to fulfill all my goals, now I am doing much better enjoying all the small or big moments that this new experience had give me.
Initiative
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