About the Project Team Members

 
 

Name: Shin’ichi Ichikawa

Qualification: PhD (The University of Tokyo)

Institutional Affiliation: The University of Tokyo

Position: Professor, Dean of Faculty

E-mail: ichikawa @ p.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Website: http://www.p.u-tokyo.ac.jp/lab/ichikawa/

Project Role: Professor Ichikawa is primarily responsible for ensuring that the findings of the project have direct relevance and application to schools and other educational settings. His expertise is in classroom design from an educational psychology perspective.




 

Name: Emmanuel Manalo

Qualification: PhD (Massey University)

Institutional Affiliation: Kyoto University

Position: Professor

E-mail: manalo.emmanuel.3z @ kyoto-u.ac.jp

Website: http://educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cogpsy/en/member/Emmanuel%20Manalo-webpage.htm

Project Role: Professor Manalo is Principal Investigator of the project and has overall responsibility for its successful execution. He is an expert in the development of methods for promoting successful learning outcomes, and in addressing various forms of difficulties in student learning.

This project comprises of researchers from Waseda University, The University of Tokyo, Sagami Women’s University, Seigakuin University, and Aoyama Gakuin University. On this page you will find brief introductions to the project team members. Brief profiles of research collaborators from other institutions will also be added later.

Name: Yuri Uesaka

Qualification: PhD (The University of Tokyo)

Institutional Affiliation: The University of Tokyo

Position: Assistant Professor

E-mail: y_uesaka @ p.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Website: http://home.att.ne.jp/blue/yuriuesaka/top.html

Project Role: Assistant Professor Uesaka is responsible for the management and organization of the project. She is an expert in the promotion of effective learning strategies from the personal tutoring level through to the level of experimental design, implementation, and analysis.




Name: Mikiko Seo

Qualification: PhD (The University of Tokyo)

Institutional Affiliation: Japan Women’s University

Position: Associate Professor

E-mail: seom @ fc.jwu.ac.jp

Website: http://researchmap.jp/seo_mikiko/

Project Role: Dr Seo is an expert in investigating students’ cognitive process and social interaction in learning and instruction. Her interests include elucidating why many students cannot effectively use learning strategies such as lesson induction, and why teachers vary in their practices regarding the provision of explicit learning strategies instruction.




Name: Yoshinori Oyama

Qualification: PhD (The University of Tokyo)

Institutional Affiliation: Chiba University

Position: Assistant Professor

E-mail: y_oyama @ chiba-u.jp

Website: http://researchmap.jp/y_oyama

Project Role: Assistant Professor Oyama is in charge of a questioning strategy research group examining learners’ self-questioning skills. He analyzes the mechanisms and processes of questioning as these occur in learning. He also creates in-class teaching methods to promote learners’ questioning skills, and studies their effects.




Name: Yuichiro Wajima

Qualification: PhD (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Institutional Affiliation: Osaka University

Position: Assistant Professor

E-mail: wajima @ iai.osaka-u.ac.jp

Website: [Osaka Univ webpage under construction]

Project Role: Dr Wajima is an expert in various statistical analysis procedures and will provide other members of the team with the necessary advice and support in this area.



SUPPORT STAFF MEMBER

Name: Noriko Ishii

Institutional Affiliation: Non Profit Organization for the Promotion of Early Childhood Education from Birth

Position: Executive Officer

Project Role: Ms Ishii’s role is to provide administrative and a wide range of other support to the research team and its sub-groups. She has had extensive experience in providing such support to other research teams and educational organizations.