A ．Faculty of Education

Field of Research	Title and Name	Theme of Research
Japanese Linguistics	Professor MORIYAMA,Takuro	Modern Japanese（Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics）
Japanese Literature	Professor MUNEYUKI,Shuzo	The Tales of Genji （Japanese Classic Literature）
Japanese Literature	Associate Professor OKUNO, Kumiko	Modern Japanese Literature
Teaching Japanese	Professor UEYAMA,Toshihiro	1)Explanatory sentences at Primary and Secondary Schools 2)History of the Teaching Japanese
Teaching Japanese	Associate Professor TERADA, Mamoru	1)Reading Instruction 2)Teaching Media Literacy
Chinese Classics	Professor TANIGUCHI,Tadashi	Evolution of Ancient Chinese Prose
Teaching Japanese as a Second Language	Professor HAMADA,Mari	1)Teaching Japanese for Children 2)International/Multicultural Education 3)Teaching Multicultural Chirdren
Ethics	Professor HIRAISHI,Takatoshi	1)Social Philosophy 2)Applied Ethics 3)NIE
Sociology	Associate Professor TSUCHIYA,Yuichiro	1)Environmental Sociology 2)Regional and Community Studies
Politics	Associate Professor OGINO,Takeshi	Political Philosophy
Economics	Professor TAOKA,Fumio	Macroeconomics and Japanese Economy
Social Studies Education	Professor MIZUYAMA,Mitsuharu	1)Citizenship Education 2)Education for Environment
1)Education of Social Studies 2)Environmental Education	Professor YAMASHITA,Hirobumi	Study on Energy and Environmental Education
Japanese History, Oriental History	Associate Professor TAKESHIMA, Yoshinari	1)Burma under the Japanese Occupation 2)Pacific War
Japanese History	Associate Professor YOSHIE, Takashi	Japanese Ancient History
Western History	Professor YATSUZUKA, Shunji	1)Medieval History 2)Crusades
Physical Geography	Professor TAKEDA, Ichirou	Coastal Geomorphology
Human Geography	Professor KAGAWA, Takashi	Urban Geography
Regional Science	Professor ISHIKAWA, Makoto	Economic Policy
Theory of Chaotic Dynamical Systems	Professor KIRIKI, Shin	Stability & bifurcations in dynamical systems for diffeomorphisms and flows, Shadowing property for Lorenz systems, Newhouse phenomena & SRB measures for Hénon family, Cubic tangency for diffeomorphisms, Index changes on heteroclinic cycles
Algebra	Associate Professor MIYAZAKI, Mitsuhiro	1)Commutative Algebra 2)Combinatorics
Complex Analysis	Associate Professor OHTAKE, Hiromi	1)Quasiconformal Mappings 2)Discontinuous Groups 3)Teichmuller Spaces
Nonlinear Analysis	Associate Professor FUKAO, Takeshi	1)Functional Analysis 2)Evolution Equations 3)Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Mathematics Education	Professor YANAGIMOTO, Akira	1)Curriculum and Contents Development for Mathematical modeling and Application 2)Using Technology in Mathematics Education
Mathematics Education	Associate Professor WATANABE, Nobuki	1)Curriculum and Contents Development for Math Education 2)Cultural History of Mathematics
Cognitive Science	Associate Professor SATAKE, Nobuo	Learnability of Natural Languages
Particle Physics	Associate Professor TAKASHIMA, Ryuichi	Physics in High Energy Hadron Collision
1)Science Education 2)Physics Education	Professor OKIHANA, Akira	Developments of Teaching materials of Science
Physics Education	Associate Professor TANIGUCHI, Kazunari	1)Plasma Processing 2)Physics Education in the UK
1)Science Education 2)Physical Chemistry	Professor SHIBAHARA, Hiroyasu	Development of Teaching Materials and Lesson Research using Microscale Experimental Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry	Professor MUKAI, Hiroshi	Analytical Separation Based on Liquid-liquid Distribution
1)Physical Chemistry 2)Biochemistry 3)Enzymology	Assosiate Professor MAKIMOTO, Shoichi	Enzyme Reaction under High Pressure
Animal Development	Professor KAJIWARA, Yuji	Experimental Study of Normal and Abnormal Development in Mammals (Mice)
Animal Ecology	Professor MATSURA, Toshiaki	Ecology of Predacious Insects
Plant Taxonomy	Professor BANDO, Tadashi	Taxonomy and Ecology of the Fresh Water Algae
Geophysics	Lecturer TANIGUCHI, Keisuke	Dynamic Character of the Fracture Zone
1)Environmental Geology 2)Sedimentology 2)Paleopedology	Associate Professor TANAKA, Satoshi	1)Study of Terrestrial Sediments 2)Study of Environmental Geology in the Kyoto region
Science Education	Professor MURAKAMI, Tadayuki	Curriculum and Materials Development for investigation learning in Science Education
Science Education	Associate Professor NAKANO, Hideyuki	Development of Teaching Materials for Science Education
Vocal Music	Professor AIBA, Tomoaki	1)Opera 2)Songs 3)(Bel・ Canto) Voice Training
Piano	Associate Professor OGASAWARA, Shinya	1)Piano playing 2)Ensemble technique 3)Piano education
Piano	Associate Professor YAMAGUCHI, Hiroaki	1)Piano playing 2)Ensemble technique 3)Piano education
Composition	Professor OSAWA, Hiroyuki	1)Chamber Music 2)Song and Chorus
Music Education	Professor KAKIUCHI, Yukio	1)Music Education in Japan 2)Japanese Traditional Music
Music Education	Associate Professor SAITO, Yuriko	Music Educational Practice
Musicology	Professor TANAKA, Takako	1)Ethnomusicology 2)Study of Indian Music 3)Study of musical instruments of the world
Drawing	Professor IWAMURA, Shinichi	Studies in Drawings
Contemporary Art	Lecturer KOBAYASHI, Nagako	Studies in Contemporary Arts
Sculpture	Professor TANIGUCHI, Junichi	Sculpture and Studies of Materials
Ceramics	Associate Professor TANGE, Hirofumi	Ceramic Art and Studies of Materials
Metal Art	Professor KOBAYASHI, Shigeo	Studies in Castings of Metal Arts and Clafts
Graphic Design	Associate Professor YASUE, Tsutomu	Graphic Design
Calligraphy	Professor OKADA, Naoki	Studies of Calligraphy of "Kana"
Art Education	Professor ISHIKAWA, Makoto	Art Appreciation, Museum Education
Art Education	Professor MURATA, Toshihiro	Analysis of Child Arts and Teaching Methods
1)Sport Coaching　 2)Budo Theory	Professor　 YABUNE, Toshikazu	1)Budo Theory and Coaching 2)Sports Coaching
Curriculum and Method for Physical Education	Professor　 ITANI, Keiko	1)Physical Education Curriculum 2)Gender Studies in Sport & Physical Education
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy	Associate Professor　 KOMATSUZAKI, Satoshi	1)Effective Teaching of Physical Education 2)Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) Curriculum
Sport Psychology	Professor　 WADA, Hisashi	1)Skill Learning and Teaching Method 2)The Study of Social Psychological Aspects in Sport
1)Sport Management 2)Measurement and Evaluation of Physical Fitness	Professor NAKA, Hiroshi	1)The Study on of physical education and sports Management 2)Children’s Physical fitness, sports and play research 3)Research of sports promotion policy
History of Ideas on Physical Education	Associate Professor　 HAYASHI, Hideaki	The Philosophy of the Body and Physical Education in Ancient Greece
School Health	Professor　 INOUE, Fumio	Childhood Obesity
Outdoor Education	Associate Professor ENDO, Hiroshi	Adventure Education Outdoor Programs
1)Technology Education　 2)Plant Husbandry 3)Environmental Education	Professor TSUCHIYA, Hideo	Stidies on the Significance of Crop Cultivation for Technology and Environmental Educations
Electrical Engineering	Professor FUKUMA, Norio	Theoretical Studies on Automatic Control Systems
System Engineering	Associate Professor NAKAMINE, Hiroshi	Studies of Systems with Human-Nature-Artifical Work and technical education by robotics materials
Mechanical Engineering	Professor SEKINE, Fumitaro	Studies on Press-Working of Precise Electronic Machine Parts
Information Science	Associate Professor TADA, Harumasa	Studies on Networks and Distributed Systems
Information Science	Associate Professor ITOH, Shinichi	Solid State Physics
Food and nutrition	Associate Professor YUKAWA, Natsuko	1)Studies on cooking activities for elderly people 2)Dietary education 3)Food culture
Food Science	Professor NAKANISHI, Yoko	1)Studies on Preservation of Food 2)Studies on Enzyme in Food
1)Clothing Physiology 2)Environmental Ergonomics in Clothing System	Associate Professor FUKAZAWA, Takako	1)Analytical and Experimental Heat and Water Vapour Transfer from Human through Clothing 2) Physiological responses and Thermal Comfort in Human
Housing Environment	Associate Professor NOBUHARA, Rie	1)Safety Promotion through Environmental Design 2)Living Environmental Education
Family Relations	Professor SUGII, Junko	1)Issues of Family in Aging Society with Fewer Children 2)Family Violence and Abuse
Home Economics Education	Professor SAKAKIBARA, Noriko	Teaching Method and Materials of Home Economics Education
Home Economics Education	Associate Professor INOUE, Eriko	Home Economics Education
English Linguistics	Professor NIEDA, Mitsuko	1)Cognitive Grammar 2)Pragmatics
English Linguistics	Associate Professor KODAMA, Kazuhiro	1)Cognitive Linguistics 2)Construction Grammar 3)Language Acquisition
British Drama	Professor OTA, Kojin	Shakespeare Studies
English Literature	Associate Professor OKUMURA, Maki	1)Studies in British Women Writers 2)Studies in Victorian Literature and Culture 3)Literature and Film
English Language Education	Professor IZUMI, Emiko	1)Classroom Research and Reflective Teaching 2)Communication Breakdown and Strategies 3)Teaching English for Young Learners
Teaching English as a Foreign Language	Professor　 NISHIMOTO, Yuichi	1)Vygotsky Studies　 2)EFL Reading
English Language	Associate Professor　 OBERMEIER, Andrew Stanton	Teaching English as a Foreign Language
1)Child Neurology 2)Medicine for Children with Disabilities	Professor GOMA, Hideyo	1)Quality of Life of People with Disabilities 2)Developmental Features of Present-day Children 3)Medical Care and Education for Children with Developmental Disabilities
Developmental disabilities	Lecturer USHIYAMA, Michio	1)Cognitive-motor function in individuals with mental retardation 2)Manual skills of individuals with mental retardation
Education for Developmental Disabilities	Associate Professor　 SATO, Katsutoshi	1)Assessment for individuals with Developmental Disabilities 2)Instructional Method for individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Development and Disorder in Language and Cognition	Professor　 SHIMIZU, Yorio	Psycholinguistic Study of Disorders in Language Development
Psychology for Handicapped Children	Professor TANAKA, Michiharu	1)Relationships Between Aspects of Motivation & Cognition in Learning 2)Developmental Processes 3)Issues of Developmental-Difference Controversy
Education for Children with Disabilities	Lecturer MARUYAMA, Keishi	Lifelong Leaning and Leisure Activities of Children/Adults with Disabilities
Educational Method	Associate Professor　 YAMAGUCHI, Kazuo	Modern History of Infant Education Methods
Developmental Psychology	Professor　 KAYOU, Fumio	Developmental Study of Children' s Play
Music Education	Associate Professor HIRAI, Kyoko	Music Education for Pre-School Children
Philosophy of Education	Associate Professor　 AIZAWA, Nobuyuki	Philosophy and Anthropology of Modern German Education
Public Educational Administration	Professor　 SAKAKIBARA, Yoshihiro	Professional Development of School Staffs and Their Health Promotion
Sociology of Education	Professor　 MURAKAMI, Toshifumi	Sociological Study of Peace Education
1)Adult Education　 2)Human Rights Education	Professor　 ITO, Etsuko	Human Rights Education (Dowa Education)
Educational Methods	Associate Professor　 TOKUOKA, Keiichi	Theory of Learning and Instruction
Educational History	Associate Professor　 OKABE, Mika	Study on theoretical and cultural History of Education and Human Development
Educational Psychology	Professor　 FUJIOKA, Hideki	1)Educational Evaluation 2)Academic Achievement 3)Life Environment Studies and Integrated Learning
1)Educational Psychology 2)Learning Psychology	Associate Professor ITO, Takamichi	Learning Process and Motivation
Clinical Psychology	Lecturer　 NISHIMURA, Sayako	Ambiguity and Clinical Psychology
Developmental Psychology	Professor　 MIZUTANI,Muneyuki	Perceptual and Cognitive Development
Education & Clinical Psychology	Associate Professor UCHIDA, Toshihiro	Study on the Treatment of School nonattendance at school

 

B ．The United Graduate School of Professional Teacher Education

 

Field of Research	Title and Name	Theme of Research
1)Teacher Education 2)Educational Method	Professor　 TAKANORI, Hideaki	Teacher Education
1)Teacher Education 2)Educational Evaluation	Professor FUJIMURA, Noriko	1)Teacher Education 2)Curriculum Evaluation and Management
1)Media Education 2)Teacher Education	Professor ASAI, Kazuyuki	Modern Issues of Education in Interdisciplinary Fields
1)Informaiton Education 2)Teacher Education	Associate Professor TOMINAGA, Naoya	Assistive technology of special education
1)Science Education 2)Curriculum 3)Environmental Education	Professor MIYANO, Junji	1)Science Education and Environmental Education in Germany 2)Curriculum Evaluation and Management 3)Environmental Education for Sustainable Development
1)Educational Technology 2)Information Education 3)Distance Education	Associate Professor SASAKI, Naomasa	A Study of Design and Evaluation of Teaching Materials by Using Computer and Networks
Clinical Psychology	Professor KAKUTA, Yutaka	Study on Empathy
Clinical Psychology	Associate Professor KOMATSU, Takahiro	Psychotherapy of adolescent
Teacher Education	Associate Professor IKEGAMI, Yuji	1)Teacher Education 2)Advancement in Academic Ability in Public School
School Management	Professor OJIMA, Hiromichi	Study on the School Management, School Management Policy, and School Leadership
1)Educational Administration 2)School Management	Professor ISHIMURA, Takuya	1)Reform of the Educational System of The Postwar Period of Japan 2)Teacher Evaluation System

 

 

Organization of Educational Research and Practice Centers

 

C. Educational Support Center

 

Field of Research	Title and Name	Theme of Research
1)Curriculum Development 2)Educational Method	Associate Professor HIGUCHI, Tomiko	Literacy Education
Sexuality and Human Rights Gender	Associate Professor SEKIGUCHI, Hisashi	1)Comprehensive Sexual Education 2)Gender Education

 

D. Educational Clinical Psychology Training Center

 

Field of Research	Title and Name	Theme of Research
1)Clinical Psychology 2)School Counseling	Professor　 HONMA, Tomomi	A Study of School Counseling and School Maladjustment
1)Family Psychology 2)Brief Theraapy and Family Therapy 3)Law and Clinical Psychology	Associate Professor　 HANADA, Ryoko	A Study of Communication in Clinical Psychology

 

E．Center for Environmental Education

 

Field of Research	Title and Name	Theme of Research
Bioproductional Education	Professor　 YANAGAWA, Tadashi	1)Propagation of Horticultural Plants and Wild Plants by Tissue Culture 2)Educational & Environmental Functions in Horticulture

 

F．Center for Research and Training in Special Needs Education

 

Field of Research	Title and Name	Theme of Research
1)Special support education 2)Intellectual disability 3)Developmental disability	Associate Professor　 AIZAWA, Masafumi	Social Developmental Support for Children with difficulty adapting in group settings