Professor Takayasu Nakamura
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News
Japanese Association for Social Research Award
Professor Nakamura received the 2012 Japanese Association for Social Research Award (Outstanding Research Activities Award).
Please see the Association’s website for more information.
Publications
- Young People in Crisis: A Five-year Tracking Survey on Education and Careers. Akio Inui, Yuki Honda, and Takayasu Nakamura (ed.). University of Tokyo Press, 2017.
- Frontiers in Educational Sociology 1: Development as a Discipline and Related Issues. Yuki Honda and Takayasu Nakamura (ed.). Iwanami Shoten, 2017.
- Educational Background, Competition, and Life: What All Teenagers Should Know. Toru Kikkawa and Takayasu Nakamura. Nihon Tosho Center, 2012.
- An Easy-to-understand Introduction to Educational Sociology. Akira Sakai, Futoshi Taga, and Takayasu Nakamura (ed.). Minerva Shobo, 2012.
- Popularization and Meritocracy: The Paradox of Examination and Recommendation Regimes in the Screening of University Applicants. Takayasu Nakamura. University of Tokyo Press, 2011.
- Processes and Structures in Choosing a Future Path of Study: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches from High School Enrollment to Graduation. Takayasu Nakamura (ed.). Minerva Shobo, 2010.
- Going On to University: Screening and Connections. Takayasu Nakamura (ed.). Tamagawa University Press, 2010.
- Comparative Sociology of Educational Background, University Applicant Screening, and Schools: Japan and South Korea from the Perspective of Education. Takayasu Nakamura, Takeshi Fujita, and Shin Arita (ed). Toyokan Publishing, 2002.
Professor Nakamura in the news
- Comments by Professor Nakamura were included in an article entitled “Why Single-sex Education: University of Tokyo” in the University of Tokyo Newspaper (September 26, 2017).
- Comments by Professor Nakamura were included on the “University Strengths 2017” page in the Yomiuri Shimbun. (July 14, 2017)
- Comments by Professor Nakamura were included in an article entitled “Introducing a Civil Examination: Yes or No” in the Nihonkai Shimbun (morning edition of June 13, 2017).
- An article describing an interview with Professor Nakamura was published in UTokyo Research, the University of Tokyo’s public relations website.
- Professor Nakamura wrote a series of articles that were published in the Daigaku Shimbun (July 6, 2016, to March 7, 2017).
- An article introducing Professor Nakamura’s survey practicum appeared on the Japanese Association for Social Research’s website (October 20, 2016).
- Professor Nakamura’s lab was introduced in the “Front Lines of Learning” sidebar in the Koukousei Shinbun. An article describing an interview with fourth-year student Tomohiro Sakuma also appeared in the paper (April 10, 2016).
- An article describing an interview with Professor Nakamura appeared in the April 2016 edition of Dream Navi (February 18, 2016).
- Comments by Professor Nakamura were included in a special article entitled “70 Years after World War II: Memories from the Classroom” in the Yomiuri Shimbun (July 30, 2015).
- Comments by Professor Nakamura were included in an article entitled “Considering a Separate System of Entrance Examinations” in the University of Tokyo Newspaper (March 23, 2015).
- Professor Nakamura contributed to a special feature entitled “Educational Focus” on the Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute’s website (April 1, 2015).
- Comments by Professor Nakamura were included in an article entitled “What Is the Significance of the Japanese Section of College Entrance Examinations?” in the University of Tokyo Newspaper (March 3, 2015).
- An article describing an interview with Professor Nakamura appeared in a special feature in Gakken Future Studies magazine (March 1, 2015). A thesis written by seminar student Yusuke Okawa was also covered.
- Comments by Professor Nakamura were included in an article entitled “One of Every Six Students Who Passed the AO Entrance Examination Went On to Drop Out” in the Yomiuri Shimbun (morning edition of July 9, 2014).
- Comments by Professor Nakamura were included in an article entitled “Early Admission as a Way to Give Play to Talent: Issues with Widespread Adoption” in the Chunichi Shimbun (April 29, 2014).