This lab, which is part of the University of Tokyo's Division of Social Sciences in Education,
conducts research into comparative education systems theory and educational sociology.

Alumni

2011 academic year

Degree Name Graduate research project
Master’s 喜多下 悠貴 Individuality, university applicant screening, and education: Future paths of study and counseling with regard to AO entrance examinations
Undergraduate 沼 穂高 Empirical research into the educational benefits of public college preparatory schools in rural areas: Combining academics and martial arts as a model
Undergraduate 川畑 東陽 The populism of worry: Recursive

2012 academic year

Undergraduate 野田 鈴子 Research into the willingness of students at public college preparatory schools in rural areas to relocate to other geographic areas: Gender differences in factors that encourage geographic mobility
Undergraduate 新村 美帆 Significance of student achievements at public college preparatory schools in rural areas: Conclusions of a survey of high-school students’ attitudes toward choosing their future path of study
Undergraduate 大川 悠介 Verification of the phenomenon of localism at elite universities

2013 academic year

Master’s 高松 拓哉 An analysis of maps in Japanese world history textbooks: Conclusions of an international comparison of how space is represented
Undergraduate 明石 優菜 Helping young people with psychological illnesses find jobs
Undergraduate 辻田 匡哉 A quantitative analysis of diversity in standards of masculinity and femininity at public college preparatory schools in rural areas
Undergraduate 谷口 大祐 Changes in how applicants are selected at public secondary schools: The process by which a composite selection method was established in Aichi Prefecture
Undergraduate 胡中 孟徳 School achievements and perception of belonging to a particular social class: Students who go to non-elite universities
Undergraduate 三原 裕人 Cram schools that offer career education: A case study of a cram school in Tokyo
Undergraduate 三宮 宏介 Attitudes toward future studies at elite high schools in the Tokyo region: Conclusions of a comparison of values with regard to students who fail to get accepted at the school of their choice

2014 academic year

Degree Name Graduate research project
Master’s 元濱 奈穂子 Quantitative research into the development of aspirations toward specialized jobs and occupational achievement
Master’s 布川 由利 Systematizing college counseling: Counseling logic based on advice offered by high-school teachers
Master’s 柳 煌碩 Systematizing college counseling: Counseling logic based on advice offered by high-school teachers
Master’s 野田 鈴子 A reexamination of the structural benefits of regional opportunities in the process of individual educational achievement: Empirical research using microdata
Undergraduate 中村 文昭 On criticism of educational background-based elitism: Observations based on an analysis of newspaper articles
Undergraduate 納 朋子 A reexamination of research into income and education differentials in Japanese educational sociology
Undergraduate 村松 直和 Community school theory and practice: A case study in a ward of Tokyo

 

2015 academic year

Degree Degree Graduate research project
Master’s 胡中 孟徳 A sociometric analysis of how middle-school students spend their days: Rethinking the sociology of entrance examination preparation
Undergraduate 山崎 輝史 Research into the “I-turn” career strategy: Reasons workers transfer from highly prestigious jobs

 

2016 academic year

Degree Name Graduate research project
Master’s 林川 友貴 Quantitative research into the mechanisms that generate the benefits of educational background in Japanese society: An analysis of the progressive development of differences in skill levels
Master’s 豊永 耕平 The causes of income inequality among bachelor’s degree holders: A sociometric analysis of differences among majors
Undergraduate 荒木 美希 Female attitudes toward career and continuity of work: Work habits of female university graduates
Undergraduate 佐川 雄紀 Research into changes in how teachers are portrayed in the media: Manga animations from the 1990s and later