General Education

Title
Professor

Field of Specialization
Applied Linguistics
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

I have focused on classroom assessment, writing assessment, and learner affect. Particularly, I have had an interest in investigating the learning process of learners and exploring effective ways of formative assessment.I have focused on classroom assessment, writing assessment, and learner affect. Particularly, I have had an interest in investigating the learning process of learners and exploring effective ways of formative assessment.

Title
Professor

Field of Specialization
Health science, Analytic chemistry

My research subject is health disorders caused by excess and/or deficiency of biological essential elements. I also have studied the behavior of rare earth elements widely used in industrial fields, using experimental animals. Intake, distribution, time-dependent change and their biological effects were different depending on the element, their chemical forms and exposure routes. I consider effective health education in classes using some simple experiments and topics of recent problems concerning nutrition and environmental health.

Title
Professor

Field of Specialization
Christian theology, Catholic theology

Speaking of Syria today, it is an area where there are many refugees in the civil war situation, destruction of cultural heritage by Muslim countries and genocide of minority residents. However, this area was a place where the proprietary Christian culture using Syrian language flourished, which is one of the Aramaic dialects that Jesus and the apostles were supposed to have spoken before the rise of Islam. My research topic is to elucidate the ideological characteristics of authors who wrote works in Syrian language. Despite its historical and thought-historical importance, Syrian-Christian literature is little known in our country. I aim to fill up the scholarly gap.

Title
Professor

Field of Specialization
Japanese language education, Japanese teacher training

With regard to Japanese oral management ability measurement based on ACTFL-OPI, I am interested in "reaction of listeners", especially "ability to listen and speak" such as "cooperative utterance" in language learners, Can-do-statements and Japanese language acquisition of Korean learners. In addition, I am also researching on training of students' ability of Japanese teacher training courses.

Title
Professor

Field of Specialization
Cognitive science, Information security psychology

Transfer and acquisition of domain knowledge in education. Evaluation and selection of learning strategies, utilization of existing knowledge, construction of object models, utilization of external resources, especially when the domain knowledge on learning objects is poor.

Title
Professor

Field of Specialization
Moral development, Moral education

The cognitive process and criteria of our moral judgments. Problems of current moral education and methods of moral education based on cognitive process of moral judgment.

Title
Specially Appointed Professor

Field of Specialization
Social studies education, History education, Civic education

"Social studies to think"
I research what kind of classes are necessary in order for children to "think". In those classes it is necessary to have such things as interesting talks, to present the actual things, DVDs, and effective questions after a sufficient research of the teaching materials. The evaluation would be based on how much meanings the class gives to each child. All of these activities of teachers will lead to "plan strategies of questions”.

Title
Specially Appointed Professor

Field of Specialization
Counseling Psychology　　School Counseling
Career Guidance and Counseling　　　Career Education　　Counseling Supervison

・The career development and decision making process of high school students

Title
Associate Professor

Field of Specialization
Philosophy of education

What is the significance of learning at universities? How are universities involved with society? What are the differences among vocational schools, preparation schools and universities? I am thinking about the significance of existence of universities from the viewpoints of "classics" and "liberal arts".

Title
Lecturer

Field of Specialization
Education
Library and Information Science

How do children learn through various media in inquiry learning and reading activities utilizing the school library?