Towards child education that respects the cultural diversity of today’s society
Degree Programs: School Education, Early Childhood Education
Aiming to realize a shared global society through educating the next generation, this department fosters primary-level educators who possess a broad, inclusive perspective on global society and the skills to recognize and practically solve issues among children and schools from various viewpoints. The department has established two academic areas to achieve these aims.
- School Education: We engage in education and research with a focus on primary education, including education philosophy, education systems, education program contents and methods. We also concentrate on special support from the perspective of inclusive education.
- Early Childhood Education: We engage in education and research with a focus on infant education, including education philosophy systems, daycare programs and methods. We also examine primary education from the perspective of infant-primary collaborative education.
For both areas, by combining pedagogy with practical training in schools, we cultivate the fundamental research abilities needed to explore childhood education, while at the same time, foster practical leadership skills in a primary educator.
Staff
| Kazushige Akagi | Associate Professor | Psychology of Developmental Disabilities |
| Toshio Funaki | Professor | Japanese History of Education, Pedagogy |
| Ryo Hasegawa | Associate Professor | Music Education, Philosophy of Music Education, Improvisation |
| Shigenori Inagaki | Professor | Science Education |
| Ayako Kawaji | Associate Professor | Instruction, Curriculum, and Human Development |
| Takashi Kinoshita | Professor | Developmental Psychology |
| Sachiko Kitano | Associate Professor | Early Childhood Education |
| Shohei Kokudo | Professor | Growth and Development of Children, Test and Measurement in Health and Physical Education |
| Tsuyoshi Meguro | Associate Professor | Children's Literature, Japanese Language Education |
| Natsuko Nakatani | Associate Professor | Early Childhood Care and Education, Family Relations |
| Yasuyuki Okabe | Professor | Mathematics Education |
| Kazuko Okuyama | Associate Professor | Japanese Language Education |
| Kimie Teshigawara | Associate Professor | Art Education |
| Miyuki Torii | Professor | Clinical Studies of Developmental Disabilities |
| Akio Watanabe | Professor | Educational Administration, Regional Sciences on Education, Special Needs Education |
| Takanobu Watanabe | Professor | History of Western Education, Philosophy of Education |
| Etsuji Yamaguchi | Associate Professor | Science Education |
| Takahiro Yamane | Associate Professor | Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Family Support for Developmental Disabilities |
| Koichi Yamashita | Associate Professor | Educational System |
| Jun Yoshinaga | Professor | Contents and Methods of Social Studies Education |