Yokohama National University

The List of Professors Available

Please make use of this list (data as of October 1, 2011) to find your potential academic advisor. Further information such as the titles of his/her classes and contact address are available from Academic Research Staff http://er-web.jmk.ynu.ac.jp/index-e.jsp . If you cannot find his/her contact address from the site, please contact the appropriate Graduate School.

Education Graduate School of Education http://www.edu.ynu.ac.jp/category07/index.html

Contact: edu.gakumu2@ynu.ac.jp

The Doctoral Program is provided at Tokyo Gakugei University United Graduate School of Education which comprises four universities: Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, Chiba University and Yokohama National University.

Major in Teacher Education

Students are, in principle, required to have Japanese language skills higher than or equivalent to JLPT N2 Level, but asked to consult their potential advisors for details.
Type of Students Accepted

Title

Name

Research Field

Language Requirements
Doctoral Master's Research

Remarks

Professor

ARAI Hideaki

Educational Administration and Finance; School Law, Educational Policy Consumer Education, Financial Literacy, Consumer Affairs History of Education in Japan

Japanese

Professor Professor

NISHIMURA Takao

Japanese Japanese

OHTO Yasuhiro

Professor

YANO Izumi

Lifelong Learning and Education, Educationalogy of Diversity, Sociological Japanese and Narrative approach, Learning and Society Sociology of Education, Education and Social Dynamics Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Development, Learning & Memory Guidance; Extracurricular Activities, Educational Counseling Modern Japanese History Constitutional Law; Human Rights, Judicial Review in France Social Studies; Clinical Pedagogy, Teaching Method of Social Studies Japanese Japanese or English Japanese Japanese

Students are required to be capable of reasoning in Japanese.

Associate Prof. SHINTANI Yasuhiro

Professor

FUKUDA Sachio

Japanese

Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor

INUZUKA Fumio KATO Chikako

KITAGAWA Yoshihide

Japanese Japanese

SHIGEMATSU Katsuya

SHIMOJO Hajime Ethics; Human Conscience, Self Control

SHIRATORI Michihiro

Japanese History of Education; Youth Mobilization

YAMAMOTO Yasuo

Modern German Thought; Frankfurt Japanese or English School, T.W.Adorno, Philosophy in Japan Japanese or English

Associate Prof. IKEGUCHI Akiko Human Geography; Cultural Ecology

Associate Prof. KATAOKA Koji

Economics; Monetary theory, Market Theory

Japanese

Associate Prof. TANAHASHI Nobuaki

European History (Cities and Bourgeoisie Japanese in Modern Germany)

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Associate Prof. TAWADA Masayasu History of Japan Associate Prof. YOSHIDA Keiichiro Physical Geography: Vegetation Science

Japanese Japanese or English

Professor

BABA Yutaka

Operations Research; Queueing Theory, Applied Probability Theory Topological Graph Theory; Information Communication Education Physics Education, Experimental Solid State Physics Japanese or English

Associate Prof. YAMAMOTO Ko

Professor Professor

YAMAMOTO Ikuo

Japanese or English
Japanese and English

FUJIMORI Tamio Sculpture; Carving and Modeling Art Education; Teaching study Optical Measurement, Information Technology Education History of Technical and Vocational Education Wood Science and Technology; Wood

Associate Prof. KOIKE Kenji

Japanese

Professor

TAJIMA Fumiaki

Professor

YOKOO Tsunetaka

Japanese

Associate Prof. KOBAYASHI Daisuke Working, Living Environment and

Japanese

Lecturer Professor

Amenity Technology Education, Information KITO Akihito Japanese Education Home Economics Education; Gender HORIUCHI Kaoru Issues in education, Curriculum, Teacher Japanese Education KANEKO Kayoko Food and Nutrition; Nutritional Physiology, Nutrition Education Clothing Environment, Clothing hygiene, Japanese

Only those who are specialized in Home Economics Education are acceptable.

Professor

Professor

SATSUMOTO Yayoi Clothing Construction, Clothing

Japanese and English

Psychology, Clothing Education Professor

SUGIYAMA Kuniko

Food Science; Cookery Science, Food Education Home Economics Education; Family Problems (Gender Role) and Life Security, Family Life

Japanese

Professor

SUZUKI Toshiko

Japanese Japanese Japanese

Japanese and English

Associate Prof. SONODA Natsumi Child Studies; Child Development

Lecturer Professor

SAKUWA Azusa SAIDA Chisato

Living Science Applied Linguistics; Assessment and Evaluation

Professor

Psycholinguistics; Language Development, Biological Foundations of HAYASHIBE Hideo Language, Functions of Language; Biingual Development SEKIDO Hidenori

Japanese or English

Professor

Special Education; Children with Autism, Japanese Language Intervention Clinical Psychology, History of psychology Japanese

Associate Prof. SUZUKI Tomoko