Education and Human Sciences Chair studies education and human beings from diverse perspectives. Research agendas are wide ranging, including but not limited to theory building for curriculum development and instructional designs, pedagogy and educational assessment, historical analyses of education, empirical studies on human minds and brain development, philosophical investigations into social and global issues, and education studies on cultural aspects including arts, religions, and customs.
Prof. Takeshi KOMAGOME
Japanese history of education, history of Japanese colonial education, post-colonial studies
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Prof. Masako MYOWA
Development of social cognition, comparative cognitive science, mother-infant relationship
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Prof. Tadashi NISHIHIRA
Life-cycle studies, philosophy and psychology of spirituality
Prof. Kanae NISHIOKA
Curriculum development, classroom instruction, educational assessment
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Prof. Shoko SUZUKI
Pedagogy, philosophy of education
Assoc. Prof. Tomoko TANAKA
Japanese modern history, history of higher education institution
Assoc. Prof. Yuzo HIROSE
Philosophy of education, moral education, pedagogical anthropology
Assoc. Prof. Terumasa ISHII
Curriculum development, classroom instruction, educational assessment
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Assoc. Prof. Jeremy RAPPLEYE
Sociology and philosophy of education in comparative perspectives
Assoc. Prof. Naoko SAITO
Philosophy of education, American philosophy
Assoc. Prof. Niels VAN STEENPAAL
Japanese (intellectual) history of education, media history, moral culture