EducationLab Seminar

Format

• Presentation: The presenter introduces a paper or reports research progress, followed by discussion.
• Discussion: We welcome questions that go to the essence—discussion is for improvement, not criticism.
• Sharing: Materials are prepared digitally and shared within the laboratory.

The seminar format may be adjusted depending on research themes and timing (e.g., before conferences or degree examinations).

Journal Club

In journal club, we read papers (often in English) with careful attention to research aims, methods, results, and interpretation. We practice critical reading from the perspectives of reproducibility, validity, and novelty. Presentation and Q&A also serve as training for academic communication in international settings.

• Is the research question and hypothesis clear and meaningful?
• Are the methods appropriate, and what alternatives exist?
• Is the interpretation logically supported by the results?
• How can the insights connect to and improve our own research?

Research Conference

In research conference sessions, members share progress and refine their work through discussion. Students are expected to organize their work in terms of background, objectives, methods, results, and the next steps, clarifying both the overall research narrative and their current position within it.

Depending on the timing, sessions may also focus on rehearsal for conference presentations, thesis defenses, and post-conference debriefings. Practice Q&A in realistic settings helps identify weaknesses in explanation and logic early, enabling improvements before formal presentations.

Integration of Future Design

Depending on the research theme, Future Design perspectives are incorporated into seminar discussions. We explore how to reframe research questions from a future-oriented viewpoint while ensuring that they remain academically rigorous and empirically testable.