Signifi cance and Potential of "Teacher Assistance" by SA, from the Viewpoint of "Improvement of Sociality of Students": An Analysis of the Student Assistant System at Kokugakuin University, ARAI Daisuke, KOHAMA Ayumu, CHUJO Yutaka, The Bulletin of Institute for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning KOKUGAKUIN UNIVERSITY, 第8号, 1, 31, Mar. 2017, Institute for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning KOKUGAKUIN UNIVERSITY, 小濱 歩,中條 豊 , The Student Assistant System (SA) was introduced to the educational structure at Kokugakuin University in 2009. Whereas in other universities, student staff often participate in activities helping faculty staff improve the quality of education and providing peer-support in learning, the system at Kokugakuin University has been limited to the provision of assistance for teachers in large-scale classes. The "SA" system has been adopted across Japanese universities after the release of "Hironaka Report" in which student-orientedness through their increasing participation, responsibility,independence and sociality was emphasized. Having this as a background, there is a sceptical view that the “SA” system being “faculty assistance” in which the students
basically deal with chores in class, as oppose to the roles in assisting FD or providing peer-support, is not adding valuable skill-set to the students. In this paper, signifi cance of the system at Kokugakuin University is discussed. It fi rst explores the history of the system. Subsequently, the opinions on the infl uence of the system collected from both the students and teachers will be analyzed. The results demonstrate growing initiatives,responsibilities, sense of belonging, and refl ective skills which can be potentially applied to a variety of situations both within and beyond one’s campus life.