Faculty Members (Graduate School of Human Behavior, Department of Clinical Education) | Kansai University of International Studies

Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Human Behavioral Science: Mayumi Yamamoto

Main subjects

Certified psychologist/clinical psychologist qualification training courses (developmental psychology, psychiatry, basic clinical psychology, etc.)

Main research themes

Developmental clinical psychology, support for children with developmental disabilities and their parents

Main publications, etc.

Children with Learning Disabilities - An Introduction for Parents and Teachers - Minerva (Co-translation)

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Ishiyaku Publishing Co., Ltd.

Active learning of developmental psychology Kitaoji Shobo (co-author)

Professor Assistant to the Dean: Shigeki Nakao

Main subjects

Special Needs Education Practical Research, Human Behavior Seminar, Developmental Disability Education Special Seminar I/II, Master's Thesis Guidance

Main research themes

Special support education (specific educational support for mental and motor development from infants to adolescents, severe multiple disabilities, children with developmental disabilities and intellectual disabilities, creation of a special support education system in the community), clumsy children and athletes sensorimotor guidance

Main publications, etc.

"Non-Special Education for Special Needs" Series XNUMX-XNUMX (Meiji Tosho)

"'Special Needs Education' Handbook" (Meiji Tosho)

"Handbook for Disabled Sports Trainers" (Seiunsha), etc.

Professor President　: Atsushi Hamana

Main subjects

Human Behavior Seminar, Master's Thesis Guidance

Main research themes

Japanese-style development of universal higher education, reconstruction of the role of universities in a society with declining population, and regional revitalization

Main publications, etc.

"Historical Sociology of the Samurai" (Nagoya University Press), "Key Words for Successful University Reform 30: To Survive the 'University Winter Era'" (Gakuji Publishing), "Current and Future of First-Year Education" (Sekai Shisousha), "What is Quality Assurance in Universities?" Sekai Shisosha), "Theory and Practice of Practitioner Teachers" (Social Information Graduate University Press), etc.

教授　: Yoko Hamana

Main subjects: Special Lecture on Education I, Crisis Management in Schools and Gardens I, Seminar on Human Behavior, Master's Thesis Guidance

Main research themes

Sociology of Home Education and Early Childhood Education

Main publications, etc.

"Changes in Early Childhood Education and the Sociology of Early Childhood Education" (Research on the Sociology of Education Vol. 88)

“Design for Creative Communities - Public Spaces of Education and Culture” (Yuhikaku/co-author)

“Sociology of Education [New Edition]]” (Yuhikaku/co-author)など

教授　: Hikaru Kawamura

Main subjects: Special lecture on teaching profession, special lecture on sociology of education, field seminarⅠ・II. Master's thesis guidance

Main research themes: Teacher Culture, Teacher Life History, Teacher Life Course, Teacher Education

Main publications, etc.

“To become a teacher who continues to grow as a professional – Detailed explanation of the teaching profession” (Ningondo, co-author)

"Activate Pedagogy ③ Contemporary Society and Education" (Co-authored by Minerva Shobo)

“Teacher Learning and Growth” (Co-authored by Minerva Shobo)

"Life History of a Junior High School Teacher Who Experienced the 'Roughness' of Schools in the 1970s and 80s: Focusing on Authoritarianism in Teacher Culture" (Educational Sociology Studies Vol. 85)

教授　: Kazuo Momose

Main subjects: school internship

Main research themes: School management, class management, lesson planning, etc. that make use of the knowledge of special needs education

Main publications, etc.

"From Kobe City!Specific Guidance and Support Measures for Children Who Need Special Consideration” (Meiji Tosho Co., Ltd.)

“Recommendation for Shoiku I” “Recommendation for Shoiku II” (Sandaru Bunko)

"Recommendation of Shoiku - Changing Education with the Power of 'Smiles'" (HS Publishing)

"Shoiku Drill - Making 'Raising' More Fun and Interesting" (Koyo Shobo), etc.

教授　: Yoshiki Nagase

Main subjects: Advanced Language Acquisition I, Advanced Language Acquisition II

Main research themes: Second Language Acquisition Theory, Linguistics, English Linguistics (Phonetics/Phonology), Elementary English Education Methodology

Main publications, etc.: "Fundamentals of English Phonetics" Kenkyusha, "British English Intonation" Nanundo,
"English Intonation" Kenkyusha, "English Picture Dictionary for Elementary School Students" Kenkyusha,
"Corex English-Japanese Dictionary" Obunsha, "Corex English-Japanese Dictionary" Obunsha,
"Chirp Machine" Eishosha, etc.

教授　: So Ito

Main subjects: Undecided

Main research themes

Contrastive linguistics/cognitive linguistics (linguistic relativity, grasping and describing situations in Japanese and English)

Main publications, etc.

“Differences in the way Japanese and English native speakers depict situations and how they perceive them”
Language Research” No. 154)
``Re-examining the language view that ``International English Theory'' considers to be self-evident'' (Sociolinguistics No. 22, co-author)
"Two subject-intrinsic relative clause constructions - Classification of the same constructions and conditions for their establishment from the perspective of production motivation"
(Japanese Grammar Vol. 13 No. 2) etc.

教授　: Yasuko Koshiyama

Main subjects

Undecided

Main research themes: Cross-cultural understanding, foreign language education

Main publications, etc.: "Survey of high school Japanese language teachers' attitudes toward Japanese language teacher certification in California"
“Professional Development of Japanese Language Teachers” (Japanese Language Education Society, edited by Yasuhiko Tosaku, co-author)
Japanese and English Language Ability of Students at Supplementary Japanese
Schools in the US Teaching Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Heritage Language
Students Curriculum Needs, Materials, and Assessment (Routledge, edited and co-authored by Kimi Brown Kondo)

教授　: Masahito Kitamura

Main subjects

Information Management Theory in Early Childhood Education

Main research themes

Corporate governance (management philosophy/CSR theory), IT management (information security)

Main publications, etc.: “Thinking about the medical device industry – its issues and trends” (Annual Report of the Japanese Society of Industrial Science, No. 35)

“A study on “purpose” management – from the perspective of comparison with “management philosophy”” (Keizai Shushi, Vol. 92)

“Changes to the Corporate Philosophy in Response to Corporate Globalization”

　-A Case Study of Globalization in Olympus-”

(Co-author, “Cultural Translation of Management Philosophy in Asian Companies” by Springer), etc.

Associate professor　: Takehiro Yoshida

Main subjects

Special Lecture on Education System

Main research themes

Educational Institutions, Educational Administration (Educational Policy, United States of America, Federal Government)

Main publications, etc.: "Teacher Employment Examination and Teaching Education Subjects" (Yaichi Wakai, "Teacher Training, License, Recruitment, and Training" Educational Development Institute), etc.

Associate professor　: Yoshiyuki Mukuta

Main subjects

Special lecture on cooperation and sustainability between kindergartens and elementary schools

Main research themes

Kindergarten and elementary school collaboration, early childhood education, in-school training, principal leadership, and business succession

Main publications, etc.

“Creating a richer school through in-school training” “Gifts from the children”
"Dictionary of childcare/early childhood education/child and family welfare" "Dictionary of elementary school education terms"
“Fundamentals of Educational Inquiry” “First Steps to Childcare Learning”
"Nursery school/kindergarten/nursery school collaboration type certified childcare center training"

Introduction of Faculty (Graduate School of Human Behavior, Department of Clinical Education)