This book will introduce fourteen of the most important soft skills in the field of education. It will explain how each skill is used in teaching as well as ideas for how to model and explain them in college classrooms, field experiences, and student teaching. The chapters also contain ideas for administrators and mentor teachers who are working with beginning teachers. Hopefully, by learning the soft skills of teaching, pre-service education students and beginning teachers will become successful instructors and models of good citizenship in future classrooms.

The number of international students coming to Japan is on the rise, and it is important for them to focus on having a productive, successful academic life in Japan. To this end, this book offers a great deal of important information. This book was written as a guide for international students already studying in Japan, students living outside Japan who are considering studying in Japan, international student advisors, international student academic counselors, personnel at universities who advise international students, and Japanese students who are considering studying abroad. The wealth of information contained within will be of use to students in Japanese universities and graduate schools. The author of this book was born in Sri Lanka and is currently serving as an assistant professor at Tokyo University of Science. He spent approximately eleven and a half years as an international student in Japan. This book is based on his experiences.