Division of Professional Development of Teachers

OverviewStaff

Course Description

Our goal is the advancement of professional teaching quality and skills, essential in improving school education. We encourage cutting-edge research into the design of lessons and curriculum content, teachers’ professional development, and action research, to train teacher leaders in pre-school, elementary, junior high and high school, as well as university researchers of education (including those who are already working as teachers).

Staff

Yasuhiko FUJIE

Professor (Research on Teaching and Curriculum)
Faculty member of the Division of Educational Practices and Policies

My major is to research on teaching and curriculum. I explore the interaction between a participant and its environment in school. With ethnographical research, I study sociocultural and material formation of classroom discourse, teacher learning and development through school-based curriculum development. In recent years, I focus on the schools integrating primary schools and junior high schools. I have been examining how the activities of teachers and children are linked to organizations and school architecture.

Publications
  • The Future of Research on Teachers : Methodologies for Research on Teachers in 20 Case Studies.(Tokyo-Tosho)
  • Future Qualitative Research Methods : Research on School Education Practices in 15 Case Studies.(Tokyo-Tosho)
  • “Creation of Learning in the 21st Century : Development of Learning Science” (Kitaoji-Shobou)

Sachiko ASAI

Professor (Research on Teaching and Curriculum);
Faculty member of the Division of Educational Practices and Policies

I study pedagogical practice through a variety of approaches. (1) I have been studying history of primary school education and early childhood education in modern Japan. Through the examination of teachers’ narrative descriptions, I ask how the relationship between teachers and children in the classroom was structured and how their experiences were made sense of. (2) I participate in in-school training in primary schools and early
childhood institutions, learning about pedagogical practice and school reform, and explore the theories that might support them. (3) In recent years, I have been working on studying the Reggio inspired early childhood education, with a focus on pedagogical documentation.

Publications
  • Teachers’ Narrative Descriptions and New Education (University of Tokyo Press).
  • Teachers’ Narrative Descriptions and New Education (University of Tokyo Press).

    • Tomonori ICHIYANAGI

    Associate Professor (Research on Classroom lessons);
    Faculty member of the Division of Educational Psychology

    My major is research on the learning and developmental processes of children and teachers in schools, and the sociocultural environment that supports these processes. In particular, I focus on communication through language
    (spoken, written, and nonverbal), while exploring how children learn and how teachers design and support their learning. In recent years, using elementary and junior high schools as a field, I have been examining teachers’ practical knowledge for organizing inquiry and collaborative children’s learning.

    Publications
    • “Psychology Giving Back to Schools”(Nakanishiya)
    • Future Qualitative Research Methods : Research on School Education Practices in 15 Case Studies.(Tokyo-Tosho)
    • “Iwanami, Education, Prospects for Change 5: Learning and Curriculum”(Iwanami-syoten)