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.
Faculty Directory
Assoc. Prof. Yuzo HIROSE
Philosophy of education, moral education, pedagogical anthropology
Assoc. Prof. Niels VAN STEENPAAL
Japanese (intellectual) history of education, media history, moral culture
Prof. Tomoko TANAKA
Japanese modern history, history of higher education institution
Prof. Takeshi KOMAGOME
Japanese history of education, history of Japanese colonial education, post-colonial studies
Interdisciplinary Studies in Education Division
Philosophy and History of Education Course
Curriculum & Instruction and Developmental Science Course
Clinical Philosophical Pedagogy Course
Cognitive Psychology in Education Course
Clinical Psychology Course
Clinical practice instructor training course
Education and Culture Course
Comparative Educational Policies Course
Higher Education Studies Course