The Business Certification Certificate (President Hirokazu Kuniyama, Tokyo) is an educational book that evaluates the understanding of the basic content of copyright and the ability to apply it appropriately in the field of education for teachers in the field of education and students in the teacher training course. The right test will start in February 2018.
According to the certify, the exam will have 60 multiple-choice questions in 30 minutes.The contents include basic knowledge about copyright, copyright law and related laws, information ethics on the Internet, and appropriate use of copyrighted works in educational activities.There are no restrictions on the examination, such as educational background and age, but it is assumed that university students who aim to become teachers and teachers in the field will take the examination.
Yutaka Kubota, Managing Director of the Computer Software Copyright Association, Professor Masanao Katagiri of the Faculty of Education, Osaka Kyoiku University, and Professor Tomohisa Kimura of the Faculty of International Comprehensive Science, Yamaguchi University will be accredited members.
With the spread of ICT education, the digitization of teaching materials used in schools is progressing, but teachers themselves are not blessed with the opportunity to learn the correct knowledge of copyright, and there are cases where copyright is infringed with incorrect knowledge. There is no end.
Plagiarism and unlicensed use in school newsletters, booklets issued by the Board of Education, event materials, etc. are occurring one after another, and the Japan Writers' Association and others have issued a statement calling for copyright infringement.
Since 2004, Certify has conducted the only qualification test in Japan that specializes in copyright, the "Business Copyright Test," and in order to optimize the educational environment, we are newly conducting a new test for teachers. Invented.
