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CURRICULUM VITAE

Ryoko Tsuneyoshi

Office: Graduate School of Education

The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku

Tokyo 113, Japan Tel: 81-3-5841-3956 Fax: 81-48-647-0360 tsuney@ p.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Birth: 1961 Nationality : Japan Female

Education:

Ph.D. Princeton University, Sociology, 1990 (U.S.A.)

M.A. Princeton University, Sociology, 1987

B.A. Hitotsubashi University, Sociology, 1984 (Japan)

Dissertation : "The Formation of Behavior Patterns in American and

Japanese Elementary Schools"

Present Position:

Professor of Comparative Education, Graduate School of Education, The University

of Tokyo, Japan (2007--present)

Past Positions:

2009-2010 Advisor to the President of the University of Tokyo (socho hosa) for the

Graduate School of Education.

2000 —2007 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, The University of

Tokyo

2003-2007 March. Chief, International Unit, Center for Research of Core Academic

Competences, Graduate School of Education, Univ. of Tokyo.

Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (January

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1996—March 2000).

Assistant to Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration,

Bunkyo Women's College (April 1990--December 1995)

Lectures at other universities

―Nihon no kyoshitsu bunka to kokusaika,‖ the University of Tokyo, Department of

Education (1997-1998)

―Hattatsu shakaigaku,‖ Ochanomizu Women‘s University (2001-2002) Developmental

Sociology

―Hikaku kyoiku shakaigaku,‖ Bunkyo Women‘s University (2000, 2001) Comparative

Educational Sociology

―Hikaku kyoikugaku koza I,‖ Nagoya University (2002, intensive lecture) Comparative

Education I.

―Kyoiku shakaigaku,‖ Rikkyo University (2006), Educational Sociology.

Publications

I. Books by Author or Coedited by Author

(1992) Ningenkeisei no nichibei hikaku: kakureta karikyuramu (A

Comparison of Socialization in Japan and the United States:

The Hidden Curriculum ). Tokyo: Chuokoronsha.

(1997) Ikujikan no kokusai hikaku: kodomo to shakai to oya. (A

Comparative Study of Childrearing: Children, Society, and Parents) .Tokyo:

Nihon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai (coedited with Sarane Boocock).

(1999) ‘Kyoiku hokai’ saiei no puroguramu: Nichibei gakko moderu no genkai to kanosei .

( Combating Educational Failure: The Limits and Possibilities of the Japanese and

American School Models). Tokyo: Tokyo Shoseki.

(2001) The Japanese Model of Schooling: Comparisons with the United States. New York:

RoutlegeFalmer.

(2005) Kyoiku kenkyu no mesodoroji—kyoiku sankagata maindo e no izanai (Research

Methods in Educational Research: An Invitation to Participatory Educational

Research), edited by Kiyomi Akita, Ryoko Tsuneyoshi and Manabu Sato. Tokyo:

University of Tokyo Press.

(2008) Nihon no kodomo no mittsu no “kiki” o kangaeru—kokusai hikaku kara miru

Nihon no mosaku (Analyzing the Three “Crises” of Children in Japan: Japanese

Efforts from a Comparative Perspective). Tokyo: Keiso Shobo.

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(2010) Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan: An Interactive Perspective,

edited by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori Okano, and Sarane Boocock. New York:

Routledge

Forthcoming

Multicultural globaru shakaigaku-bunka o koeta kyoiku no sekai(Multicultural Global

Sociology). Tokyo: The University of Tokyo Press (forthcoming).

Globaru jinzai (Global Talent, tentative title). Tokyo: Chokoronshinsha (forthcoming).

II. Chapters in Books

(1991) "Reconciling Equality and Merit." Pp. 167-178 in Transcending

Stereotypes: Discovering Japanese Culture and Education, edited by

B. Finkelstein, A. E. Imamura, and J. J. Tobin. Yarmouth, ME:

Intercultural Press.

(1994) "Shakai to gakko kyoiku" (The Society and School Education). Pp.

32-51 in Amerika no shakai (American Society), edited by T.

Onishi and K. Matsuo. Tokyo: Waseda Daigaku Shuppanbu.

(1995) "Kyoshitsu to shakai: nyukama no kodomo ga Nihon no kyoiku

ni teiki suru mono"(The Classroom and Society: The Japanese

Classroom and the Impact of the Newcomer Children). Pp.

186-214 in Kyoshitsu to iu basho (A Place Called the Classroom) ,

edited by M. Sato. Tokyo: Kokudosha.

(1995) "Shakaigaku kara no apurochi" (The Sociological Perspective). Pp.

131-140 in Shogai hattatsu shinrigaku (Life-Span Developmental

Psychology) , edited by Y. Yamada and others. Tokyo: Kaneko

Shobo.

(1996) "Tabunka kyozon jidai no nihon no gakko bunka" (Japanese School

Culture in a Multicultural Age). Pp. 216-240 in Gakko bunka toiu

jiba (The Magnet Field Called School Culture) , edited by T. Horio

and others. Tokyo: Kashiwa Shobo.

(1996) "Shitsuke" (Discipline). Pp. 209-214 in Kosodate "taihen na jidai"

(Childrearing in an Age of Uncertainty) , edited by T. Niibori and

A. Harada. (Special edition for teachers' training), 3rd edition,

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Tokyo: Kyoiku kaihatsu kenkyujo.

(1997) "Kokusai hikaku kenkyu nitsuiteno komento" (Comments for Comparative

Study). Pp. 141 --151 in Shoshi Shakai no kodomotachi (Children in a

Childless Society), edited by A. Yoda. Tokyo: Brainsha.

(1997) "Nihon o koete--bodaresu shakai e no chosen" (Transcending Japan:

Towards a Borderless Society). Pp. 160--168 in Nyumon Nihon no

kyoiku '97--'98 (Introduction to Japanese Education 1997--8). Tokyo:

Daiamondosha.

(1998) "Nihon-gata kyoiku moderu no genjyo to kadai" (The Japanese

Education Model: Present and Future ). Pp. 345--356 in Sekai no naka

no Nihon-gata sisutemu (The Japanese System in the Global

Context), edited by H. Eshun. Tokyo: Shinyosha.

(1998) ―Nyukama no kodomo to Nihon no kyoiku.‖ (Newcomer Children and Japanese

Education). Pp. 187-202 in Kokusaika jidai no kyoiku. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten.

(1998) "Kodomo no shuhen kara mita nihongata ‗kyozon‘ genri " (The

Japanese Style of Coexistence as Seen From the Child). Pp. 222-235

in Nihongata shisutemu no hensei genri (The Principles of the Japanese

System), edited by H. Eshun. Tokyo: Nihon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai.

(1998) "Shudanshugi tai kojinshugi o koete." (Overcoming Groupism vs.

Individualism). Pp. 35--47 in Shin chi no giho (Revised Version: The

Techniques of the Mind) edited by Y. Komayashi and T. Funakoshi.

Tokyo: Todai Shuppankai.

(1999) ―Kyoshi wa tabunka jidai ni taiko dekiruka.‖ (Can Teachers Respond to the

Muticultural Age?) Pp. 97-113 in Kyoshi no genzai, kyoshoku no

mirai--asu no kyoikuzo o mosaku suru, edited by S. Yufu. Tokyo: Kyoiku

Shuppan.

(2001) ―Kyoiku no kokusaika to tayona ‗tabunka kyoiku‘-Nichibei no kyoshitsu kara‖ (The

Internationalization of Education and Multiple Routes Towards ―Multicultural

Education‖—A Comparison of Japanese and American Classrooms). Pp. 61-89 in

Kokusaika to Identity, edited by M. Kajita, Tokyo: Mineruva Shobo.

(2003) ―Kyokai o koeta hitoito-gurobaruka suru shakai no Nihon sagashi‖ (Crossing

Boarders: Identity Seeking in a Globalizing Society). Pp. 396-428 in Gendai Nihonjin

no ikikata (Contemporary Japanese Life), edited by Takashi Miyajima et al. Tokyo :

Fujioka Shoten.

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(2005) ―Kyoiku ni okeru America/seiyo moderu to bunkateki jirenma—Nihon to Malaysia

no sentaku.‖ (The American/western model in Education and Cultural Dilemmas:

Issues of Choice for Japan and Malaysia). Pp. 113—130 in Henbosuru America

taiheiyo sekai , edited by Y. Takita. Tokyo: Sairyusha, pp.121-138.

(2006) ―Kokusai hikaku no naka no Nihongata gakuryoku.‖ Pp. 91-106 in Nihon no kyoiku

to kisogakuryoku: Kiki no kozu tokaikaku e no tenbo (Basic Achievement in the

Japanese Context). Tokyo: Akashi Shoten.

(2008) “Bunka no kyokaisen kara shakai o himotoku: shitsuteki shakaigaku kara no

mondaiteiki," T. Muto and T. Aso eds. Sodachi to manabi no seisei (Series, Qualitative

Psychology). University of Tokyo Press, pp. 217-232.

(2007) “L’esprit de groupe et l’école japonaise.” Pp. 137—155 in Enseignants et Écoles au

Japan: Acteurs, système et contexte, edited by Claude Lévi Alvarès et Manabu Sato,

Paris: Maisonneve & Larose.

(2009) “Gurobaru shakai ni okeru gakuryokukan” (Views of Ability in the Global Society).

Pp. 55-79 in Kisogakuryoku o tou, ch.3, Tokyo:Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankyokai (Univ.

of Tokyo Press).

(2009) “Aratana Nihon no kyoiku kaikaku to „kiki‟ ronso.” (“The New Japanese

Educational Reforms and the Achievement „Crisis‟.”) Pp. 225-254 in Sekai kara

mita Nihonno kyoiku (Japanese education seen from the world), edited by

Lawrence Macdonald．Tokyo: Nihon Tosho Senta (translation of article in

Educational Policy 18: 364—394 (2004).

(2010) “Cultural Diversification and Japanese Education: Social Constructions of the

New Diversity,” Pp. 787—792 in The International Encyclopedia of

Education, vol.1, 3rd Edition, edited by Penelope Peterson, Eva Baker, and

Barry McGraw, Oxford: Elsevier.

(2011) “The „Internationalization‟ of Japanese Education and the Newcomers:

Uncovering the Paradoxes.” Pp. 107—126 in Reimagining Japanese

Education: Borders, Transfers, Circulations, and the Comparative, edited by

David Blake Willis and Jeremy Rappleye. Oxford: Symposim Books.

(2012) “Junior High School Entrance Examinations in Metropolitan Tokyo: The

Advantages and Costs of Privilege.” Forthcoming in Japanese Education in

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an Era of Globalization: Enduring Issues in New Contexts, edited by Gary

DeCoker and Christopher Bjyork. New York: Teachers College Press.

(2013) Ryoko Tsuneyoshi. “Communicative English in Japan and „Native Speakers of

English‟ .” Pp. 119-131 in Native-Speakerism in Japan: Intergroup Dynamics in

Foreign Language Education, edited by Stephanie Ann Houghton and Damian J. Rivers.

Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Forthcoming

Ryoko Tsuneyoshi and Kiyomi Akita,“The Japanese Solution to the East Asian Syndrome:

The Establishment of the Integrated Studies Period and Its Implications,” in Asia's

Educational Miracle: Psychological, Social and Cultural Perspective, by Uchiol Kim

et al. Springer, forthcoming.

Ryoko Tsuneyoshi. “Japanese Approaches to Classroom Management.” Classroom

Management: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by, Scarlett W. George et al. New York: Sage,

forthcoming.

III. Research Articles

(1989) "Japanese Women: Subordination or Domination?" The International

Journal of the Sociology of the Family 19: 49-58.

(1990) "Meanings of Equality: Lessons from Japanese Debates." The

Educational Forum 54: 185-200.

(1992) "The Japanese Corporate Model and Schools: A Working Paper."

Bunkyo Jyoshi Daigaku Kenkyu Ronshu 2: 43-55.

(1992) "Japanese and American Childrearing Manuals: A Working Paper."

Bunkyo Jyoshi Daigaku Kenkyu Ronshu 1: 43-54.

(1992) "Bunka to shakai kozo: nihonjinron no hikaku shakaigakuteki kosatsu"

(Culture and Social Structure: Nihonjinron from a Comparative

Sociological Perspective). Shiso (January) 811: 2-18.

(1993) "Child-Rearing Values and Children's Rights: Japanese and American

Child-Rearing Manuals." The Annals of the International Institute of

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Sociology III 1992/1993: 253-260.

(1993) "Nichibei rinrikan to kosodate no kenkyu: ikujisho naiyo no hikaku

bunseki" (A Study on Ethical Values and Childrearing in Japan and

the United States: A Content Analysis of Childrearing Manuals). 4th

grant report of the Uehiro Rinri Zaidan: 116-148 (with S. Boocock) .

(1994) "Ikuji shuppanbutsu kara mita Amerika no ikujikan no hensen"

(The Transition of American Childrearing Values Seen from Child

Care Publications). Katei Kyoiku Kenkyujo Kiyo 16: 82-90.

(1994) "Small Groups in Japanese Elementary School Classrooms:

Comparisons with the United States." Comparative Education 30:

113-127.

(2003) ―Gurobaruka no naka no Nichibei shoto kyoiku sysutemu—atarashi kyosei e no

mosaku.‖ (The Japanese and American Educational Systems amidst Globalization)

Amerika Kenkyu 34: 71-85.

(2000) ―Kokyoiku ni okeru hai steikusu na kyoiku kaikaku—Prince George‘s gun no

rikonstitushon.‖( High-Stakes Educational Reform in Public Education:

Reconstitution in Prince George‘s County) Kyoikugaku Kenkyu 67: 417-426.

(2001)―Hikaku shiten kara miru Nihon no kodomo no kankeisei no ‗kiki‘‖（The ―Crisis‖ of

Japanese Children from a Comparative Perspective） Kokuritsu Fujin Kyoiku

Kaikan Kiyo 5:27－33.

(2004) ―The New Japanese Educational Reforms and the Achievement ‗Crisis‘ Debate.‖

Educational Policies, Vol 18, No. 2, May: 364-394.

(2004) “The 'New' Foreigners and the Social Reconstruction of Difference: The Cultural

Diversification of Japanese Education“ Comparative Education, Vol. 40, No.1,

February : 55-81.

(2004) “Ikuji no kokusai hikaku” Shonika Rinsho, June issue on “Kodomo no kokoro to

kea-- atatakaku hagugumu tameni” 57: 101－6。.

(2005) “Internationalization Strategies in Japan: The Dilemmas and Possibilities of Study

Abroad Programs Using English.” Journal of Research in International Education

Vo.4, No.1, April: 65-86.

(2005) “Kokusaika to kyoiku: “uchinaru kokusaika”no shiten to Nihon no kyoiku.” Kakei

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KeizaiKenkyu 67: 40-48.

(2005) “Education Reform in Japan: Competing Visions for the Future.” Phi Delta Kappan,

(April): 619—626 (Christopher Bjork, Ryoko Tsuneyoshi).

(2007) “Hai suteikusu na gakuryoku tesuto o mochita mikuro reberu no kyoiku

kanri—AmerikaMerirando shu gakuryoku teihenko no jirei kara.” Kyoiku Mokuhyo/Hyoka Gakkaikiyo Vol. 17: 30－37．

(2007) The Portrayal of “Foreigners” in Japanese Social Studies Textbooks: Self-Images of

Mono-Ethnic Pluralism、Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook,

Japanese Educational Research Association 2: 31—44.

(2008) Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Atsuko Kondo, Chika Maruyama, “Kokusaika senryak toshite no

Eigo—Tokyo Daigaku tanki kokan ryugaku puroguramu no jirei,” (English as an

Internationalization Strategy), Tokyo Daigaku Kyoikugakubu Kiyo (The Tokyo

University Department of Education Journal) 47: 87-100.

IV Research Reports

"Nichi bei ei futsu chu gokakoku no ikujikan: ikujisho no naiyo

bunseki" (A Content Analysis of Childrearing Values in Five Countries:

Japan, the United States, Great Britain, France and China). A report

to the Chiiki Shakai Kenkyujo (with T. Owada, M. Jolivet, S. Boocock,

and K. Kato). 1994.

―Tabunkakasuru shakai deno jiubun sagashi‖ (Finding Yourself in a Culturally

Diversifying World), Gendai Nihonjin no ikikata (Lifestyles of Contemporary

Japanese), edited by T. Miyajima and others, issued by the Uehiro Rinri Zaidan, 2000.

―Shudansei to Nihon no gakko—A sensei o toshite.‖ (L‘esprit de groupe et l‘ecole

japonaise), Gakko ni okeru kyoshi soshiki to kyoshi bunka no Nihonteki tokushitsu ni

kansuru kenkyu (The Japanese Characteristic of Teacher Organization in Schools and

Teacher Culture), (Ministry of Education Grants-in-Aid, kiban C2, representative, M.

Sato), 2000.

―Tokyo daigaku tanki ryugaku puroguramu chosa.‖ (An Investigation of the Tokyo

University Short-Term Overseas Program), Tanki ryugaku puroguramu no karikyuramu

kaihatsu-deta besuka ni muketeno kenkyu (Ministry of Education Grants-in-Aid, kiban

B2, representative, J. Boccerali), 2000.

Senmon/gogaku togo karikyuramu/kyozai kaihatsu ni mukete no soshikiteki Nichibei kyodo

kenkyu (Development of Specialized Courses-Language Curriculum and Teaching

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Material: A Collaborative Effort between the U.S. and Japan). Report for the grant

from the Ministry of Education, Japan (kagaku kenkyu hi, kiban kenkyu B2, 10551009,

representative, author), 2001.

―Saijiku no kadosei to tagenteki ‗shimin‘ zo no mosaku-kokusai hikaku shiten karano

Nihon kosatsu‖ (The Flexibility of Axis of Difference and the Move Towards a

Diversified ―Citizenship‖ Image), Shiminsei to kokyoteki moraru ni kansuru kokusai

hikaku kenkyu (Ministry of Education, Grants-in-Aid, kiban B2, representative, M.

Sato and R. Tsuneyoshi), 2003.

―Kyoiku ni okeru America/ Seio moderu to bunkateki dilemma—Nihon to Malaysia no

sentaku‖ (The American/Western Model in Education and Cultural Dilemma),

Asia-taiheiyo no bunkahenyo ni okeru beikoku no ichi to yakuwari (The Position and

Role of the U.S. in the Cultural Transformation of the Asia-Pacific, Ministry of

Education, Grants-in-Aid, tokuteiryoiki, representative, D. Yui)

―Internationalization Strategies in Japan: Study Abroad Programs Using English and the

Dilemmas of an Asian Nation.‖ Tanki ryugaku seido no taikokukan hikakukenkyu (A

Comparative Study of Study Abroad Systems) (Ministry of Education, Grants-in-Aid,

kiban B2, representative, A. Kondo), 2004.

Reconsidering Japanese Education, report from the Center for Research on Core Academic

Competences, The University of Tokyo, representative, author, 2004.

―Tokyo Daigaku tanki ryugaku puroguramu chosa,‖ (issued jointly by the AIKOM office,

Univ. of Tokyo, and the grant, Kokusaika senryaku toshite no Eigo no kyojyu

yogoka—tanki ryugaku puroguramu no takokukan hikaku kenyu (Internationalization

strategies using English as the medium of instruction). (Ministry of Education,

Grants-in-Aid, kiban B2, representative, author), March, 2004.

Local izongata kyosei imeji o bunseki suru—Kawasakishi no jireikara

(Locally-definedcoexistence images and their analysis—the case of Kawasaki City)

(Newcomer no kodomotachi ni taisuru kyoiku shien no kenkyu, Ministry of Education,

Grants-in-Aid, kiban C2, representative, Kokichi Shimjizu), 2004, pp. 27—34.

“Nihon, Amerika, Chugoku, Singaporu ni okeru kyoikukan no kokusai hikaku

kenkyu-bideo intabyu ni yoru kosatsu.” R. Tsuneyoshi et al, in the report from the Center

for Research on Core Academic Competences, The University of Tokyo, 2004.

―Kokusai gakuryoku tesuto to Nihongata gakuryoku o kangaeru.‖ Nihon no kisogakuryoku:

Genjo to tenbo (with 9 others). Pp. 19-27 in the report from the Center for Research on

Core Academic Competences, The University of Tokyo, 2004.

Kokusaika senryaku toshite no Eigo no kyojyuyogoka—tanki ryugaku puroguramu no

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takokukan hikaku kenkyu (English as an Internationalization Strategy: A Cross

National Comparison of Study Abroad Programs), Grants-In-Aid from the Ministry of

Education, report (Head: Ryoko Tsuneyoshi), Kiban B(2), No. 15330174、2006.

R. Tsuneyoshi, K. Akita, B. Finkestein, C. Lee, Z. Tainian, C. Lewis, C. Bjork. ―Teaching

for Thinking in Four Nations: Singapore, China, the United States and Japan,‖Core

Academic Competences: Policy Issues and Educational Reform, report from the 4th

international meeting of the Center for Research of Core Academic Competences, The

University of Tokyo, 2005, pp. 39-71.

“Internal Internationalization and the Emerging Multicultural Outlook in Japan: The Impact of the New

Foreigners.” report, Chinese Association for Curriculum Studies (Chuka Minkoku Katei Ko

Kyougaku Gakkai), 38—58, 2006.

An International Comparison of Views of Education in Japan, the United States, China and Singapore:

A Video Interview Analysis）、21Century COE Program、Graduate School of Education, Center

for Research on Core Academic Competences, 2007。

Tracking and Equity in the Japanese Educational Context. Grants-In-Aid from the Ministry

of Education, report (Head: Ryoko Tsuneyoshi) Kiban C, No.19530746, 2008.

“Igirisu ni okeru gakubu reberu Nihon kankei kogi karano shisa-London daigaku to

Oxford daigaku no jirei yori,” (Japanese studies courses at the undergraduate level in

the U.K.) in Nihongo kyoiku no gurobaru standado no kochiku ni mukete (Towards the

establishment of a global standard for Japanese language teaching) (Head: Atsuko

Kondo, Kiban B), 2008.

IV. Academic Presentations

Equality and Quality in Japanese Education: Comparison with the United

States." Presented at the 81st annual meeting of the American

Sociological Association, New York City, September, 1986.

"State Structure and Educational Initiatives: A Comparative Study of the

United States and Japan." Presented at the 81st annual meeting of

the American Sociological Association, New York City, September, 1986

(with R. Liebman).

Discussant for session 58, "Sociologists Look at Japan," the 57th annual

meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, May, 1987.

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"Nichibei shogako kyoin no jidokan: sono bunkateki soi." Presented at

the 40th annual meeting of the Nihon Kyoiku Shakai Gakkai (Japan

Society of Educational Sociology), Nagoya, October, 1988.

"Rinri kyoiku wa dare no shigotoka: katei to gakko kyoiku no

yakuwari." Assistant discussant, 2nd Japan--U.S. Ethics Conference,

sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation and the Uehiro Rinri Kyokai,

Tokyo, November, 1991.

"Small Groups in Japanese Classrooms: A Comparative Analysis."

Presented at the 30th meeting of the International Institute of

Sociology, Kobe, August, 1991.

"Child-rearing Values and Children's Rights: Japanese and American

Child-rearing Manuals." Presented at the 30th meeting of the

International Institute of Sociology, symposium on "Children's Rights as

Social Resources," Kobe, August, 1991.

"Japanese Corporation and Schools: The Hidden Curriculum." Presented at the

meetings of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, August,

1992.

"Schooling and Corporate Values: Japanese Education from a Comparative

Perspective." Presented at the meetings of the International Sociological

Association, Kurashiki, Japan, July, 1992.

Discussant for "The World and Japan in the Age of Multiculturalism,"

third session on education, sponsored by Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo,

September, 1994.

"Gaikokujin jido to Nihonteki kyoiku ni kansuru kosatsu: Toshima-ku no

shogakko no jirei o tsujite." Presented at the meetings of the Nihon

Kyoiku Shakai Gakkai (Japan Society of Educational Sociology), Tokyo,

Japan (with B. Finkelstein), September, 1995.

"Shoshi katei no katei kyoiku--sukunai kodomo o do sodateruka."

Discussant for the Komai memoriamu katei kyoiku symposium (Odaira

Kinenkai). Yokohama, Japan, November, 1995.

"The Goals of Public Education and the Hidden Curriculum: Primary

Education in the United States and Japan." Roundtable for the

meetings of the Japanese Association for American Studies, Nagoya, Japan,

June, 1997.

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―Nihon no gakko ni ikanaru konyunikeshon kyoiku ga hitsuyo ka.‖

Opening Symposium for the Intercultural Education Society, Japan, panelist.

Kobe, May, 1998.

―Tokyo Daigaku kyoyogakubu tanki kokan ryugaku puroguramu 3nen no kiseki.‖

Roundtable at Naruto Education University, Naruto, May, 1998.

―The Newcomers in the Japanese Elementary School Classroom: ‗Internal

Internationalization‘ and Japanese Education.‖ Session on Diversity and the

Experience of Minorities and Foreigners in Japanese Schools: Towards a Multicultural

Framework. Meetings of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, March 2001.

―Nihongata kyoiku sisutemu no shinka,‖ Nihon Kyoiku Shaiagakkai (The Annual Meetings

of the Japan Educational Sociological Association), ending symposium, discussant,

Tokyo, Oct. 2001.

Coordinator, session VIII, Ibunkakan Kyoiku Gakkai (The Intercultural Education Society),

23rd

meetings, Surugadai University, Saitama, June, 2002.

Co-organizer, international symposium on Citizenship Education: Issues and its Future

(shiminsei kyoiku—kadai to tenbo), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, December, 2002.

Invited paper, ―Farewell to the Japanese Model of Achievement?: The New Educational

Reforms and the ‗Academic Achievement Crisis‘‖ in the ―Family, School, Organization

and Society in Korea and Japan: Psychological, Social, and Cultural Perspectives.‖

Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Department of Social Psychology,

University of Tokyo, Feb, 2003.

Organizer and presenter, panel on ―What Has Become of the Japanese Educational Model?:

Studies of Three Recent Educational Reforms.‖ Paper on ―A Japanese Vision of 21st

Century Abilities: The Integrated Period, Basics, and the Reforms.‖ Association of

Asian Studies, March, 2004.

―The Cooperative School, Japanese Style.‖ ―Cooperation and Collaboration: Diversity of

Practice, Cultural Contexts, and Creative Innovations.‖ Conference by the National

Institute of Education, Nanyang University, Singapore. June, 2004.

―Jyugyo kenkyu ni kansuru kyoshi no ishiki.‖ The 46th

meetings of the Japan Psychological

Association, Toyama Univ. (Kiyomi Akita, Ryoko Tsuneyoshi et al.), Oct. 2004.

―Comparative Educational Perspectives.‖ Presented at the symposium of the Center for

Research on Core Academic Competences, The University of Tokyo, Jan. 2004.

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Organization and session chair (yearly from 2001—2006) of the international symposium

by the Center for Research of Core Academic Competences, Univ. of Tokyo, as chief of

International Unit.

Organizing committee, discussant and chair,‖International Seminar on Core Academic

Competences: Building Agenda for Research and Action,‖ international symposium

of the Center for Research of Core Academic Competences, University of Tokyo,

March 2003.

―Educational Attainment and School Reform: Policy, Evaluation, and Classroom

Practice.‖ The 2nd

international symposium of the Center for Research of Core

Academic Competences, The University of Tokyo, March 2004. (Organizing

committee, and chair). (Speakers: Bruce Fuller, Barbara Finkelstein, Robert Croninger,

etc.)

―Educational Policy and Reform in a Global Age: Cross-Cultural Perspectives‖ The 3rd

international meeting of the Center for Research of Core Academic Comptences, The

University of Tokyo, Dec. 2004. (Organizing committee, and discussant)

(Speakers: David C. Berliner, Jouni Valijarvi, Yang-Boom Kim, Christing Kim-Eng

Lee, etc.)

―Core Academic Competences: Policy Issues and Educational Reform.‖ The 4th

international meeting of the Center for Research of Core Academic Competences, The

University of Tokyo, July 2005. (―Teaching for Thinking in Four Nations: Singapore,

China, the United States and Japan,‖ presentation and organizing committee).

(Speakers: Linda Darling-Hammond, Reijo Laukkanen, Chong Jae Lee, etc.)

―Gakuryoku tesuto no tsukawarekata to kyoiku e no eikyo –America no rei ni miru Nihon e

no shisa.‖ (The uses of standardized tests and the impact on education). Presented at

the annual meetings of the Kyoiku Mokuhyo/ Hyoka gakkai (Educational Goals and

Evaluation Association), symposium on ―Kyoiku hyoka to seijisei to

shakaisei—kokunaiteki kokusaiteki ―gakuryoku tesuto no jidai wa nani wo

motarashiteirunoka,‖ November, 2006.

Ri Yu and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi “Nichu shogakko kyoshi no jyugyou ni taisuru sogo

imeji—Singaporu, America to no taihi wo tsujite,” (The mutual image of Japanese and

Chinese teachers: a comparison with Singapore and the United States), Intercultural

Education Society of Japan, the 28th

annual meetings, June, 2007, Tokyo.

Kiyomi Akita and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, “Japanese Teachers‟ Pedagogical Reasoning and

Beliefs by A Comparison Study of Singaporean,Chinese and Japanese

Lessons,”Singapore, National Institute of Education, Nanyang University, Singapore,

May, 2007.

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“Rinsetsu kagaku kara no mondai teiki” (sociological perspective), symposium, Shitsuteki

Shinri Gakkai (the association for qualitative psychology), first of the series (kyoiku

hoiku no tame no shitsuteki kenkyu), Tokyo, March, 2008.

“Kakusa ga „mieru‟ shakai no kakusa wo „miseru‟ kyoiku kaikaku” (educational reform that

focuses on the educational gap in a society where the gap is visible), University of

Tokyo, Center for Excellence of School Education, symposium (Gakuryoku kara

gakko kyoiku o tou), 2008.

Discussant, international opening lecture on the new educational reform in the U.S.,

Linda-Darling Hammonds (shinsei Amerikca no kyoiku kaikaku), the 68th

meetings

of the Japanese Educational Research Association (Nihon kyoiku gakkai), August,

2009, Tokyo, Japan.

Tracking and Equity in the Japanese Educational Context, session coordinator, panel 39,

Association of Asian Studies, March., 2009. “Tracking and Equity in the Japanese

Educational Context,” March, 2009.

Discussant, “Higashi ajia no gakko kaikaku—„manabino kyodotai‟ o chushin ni” (school

reform in East Asia), Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo,

project on East Asia, July, 2009 (head, Manabu Sato).

Keynote Address, KAME (The Korean Association for Multicultural Education), Beyond

Nation-States, “Educating for Multicultural Coexistence in Japan: Towards a More

Inclusive Framework,”May, Jeonju, Korea, 2011.

V. Other Publications (shorter journal articles, articles for the public)

―The Impact of Women on Japan‘s Society.‖ The World & I, Vol. 6, No.4 (1991): 501-511.

―Amerika ni okeru gifteddo kyoiku no kangaekata‖ Kyoiku Kogaku Jissen Kenkyu 105

(1992): 62-65.

Kokusai Jyosei no Chii Kyokai eds. Jyosei sabetsu teppaijyoyaku chukai, section on

Canada, 1992.

―Taminzoku kyozon jidai no gengo kyoiku.‖ Gendai Eigo Kyoiku September issue (1992).

―Nihonteki shogakko moderu.‖ Seishonen mondai, Vol. 39, No.11, (1992): 14-21.

―Nichibei no katei kyoiku ga teiki surumono.‖ Kyoikushiryo 411, (1994).

―Tabunka jidai no eigo kyoiku.‖ Gendai Eigo Kyoiku, August issue: 24-26.

―Uchinaru kokusaika to Toshimaku no kyoiku.‖ Toshima no Kyoiku (special issue on

international understanding education), 1996.

―Kodomo no are to Nichibei kyoiku.‖ Monbujiho (Ministry of Education) September issue

(1998): 34-37.

―Amerika no tabunka kyoiku kara miru Nihon no genba eno shisa.‖ Zenkoku Kaigai Shijyo

Kyoiku/ Kokusai Rikai Kyoiku Kenkyu Kaigi, Vol. 60, 1998.

―Shin kyoiku katei ni okeru kokusai rikai kyouiku/gaikokugo—kokusai rikai no shiten kara

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mite.‖ Shin kyoiku katei no tenbo to 21 seiki no

Gakushu kankyo ya kyokasho no arikata, Shin Kyoiku Doko Kondankai (Tokyo Shoseki):

(1998): 31-38.

―Teaching Empathy: Family and Education in Japan.‖ Journal of Japanese Trade &

Industry (Sept/Oct)(1998): 40-43.

―21 seiki ni okeru yutakana ningensei, shakaisei.‖ Y. Oshitani eds. Yutakana ningensei

shakaisei , Tokyo: Kyoiku Kaihatsu Kenkyujyo, 1999.

―Kawaru Amerika no kazoku.‖ Genius English Course II revised (textbook)(1999): 34-39.

―Tokyo daigaku tanki kokan ryugaku puroguramu.‖ IDE Gendao no Kotokyoiku, (Special

issue on experimentation with internationalization), 1999,No.409: 55-59.

―Global na shishitsu no tameni ‗chisana kokusaijin‘ikko.‖ Wada eds. Shogakko eigo kyoiku

A to Z Kokusai rikai gakushu hayawakari gaido, vol.2, (1999): 51-54.

―Shogaikoku ni okeru ikujikan no kokusai hikaku.‖ Child Health 2, (1999): 55-57.

―Kyoiku saisei e no puroguramu—Amerika no mosaku kara manabu.‖ Koko Kyoiku Tenbo

Vol.6, (2000): 38-41.

Dictionary, Gendai no Amerika, edited by T. Oda, section on primary and secondary

education, Tokyo: Taishukan, 2000.

Shinpan Atarashi seiki no shaigaku chu jiten, Tokyo: Minerva Shobo, section on the family,

2001.

―21 seiki no Nihon no kodomo no shishitsu—kokusai hikaku kara mieru mono.‖ Kateika,

Vol. 2 (Zenkoku Kateika Kyoiku Kyokai) (2002): 1-4.

―Gakko wa ima, shijyoka no nami no naka de.‖ Eigo Kyoiku (2002): 9-11.

―Kokusai hikaku kara mita Nihon no kachi kyoiku.‖ Kyoiku View 21, Vol. 12 (moral

education issue) (2002): 9-12.

Atarashi Shakai 1-6 grade, editing committee (textbook), Tokyo Shoseki, 2002.

―Defining the Role of the International Specialist: A View from Japan.‖ International

Educator XI, fall (2002): 9-10.

―PISA o meguru shogaikoku no shakaiteki bunmyaku to Nihon eno shisa.‖ Special edition

I, PISA gata gakuryoku o tou (Questioning PISA Style Ability), Kyoiku 6: 13-20, 2011.

―Kokusai rikai kyoiku.‖ ―Tabunka kyoiku/ tagengo kyoiku.‖ K. Takahashi eds. Kyoiku Key

Word 137, Tokyo: Jijitsushinsha. (Resource book on multicultural

education/multilingual education), forthcoming.

Educational Consulting, etc.

*Academic consultant on Education for International Understanding

(senmonin) for the Kawasaki city 1998 to 2003.

*Advisory committee member for the Toshima ward board of education 2000 to 2002.

*The committee member for the planning of the Toshima ward policies 2002—to present.

*Lecturer for yearly Ministry of Education Workshops on International Education,

1999-2002

*Committee member, textbook for moral education, Tokyo Shoseki, 2000-2001,

2005--present.

*Committee advisory member, textbook for social studies, Tokyo Kyoiku Shuppan,

2005--present.

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*Referee for Hakuhodo prize for international understanding, Hakuho Jido Kyoiku

Shinkokai, 2001 to 2010.

*Evaluator for school reform, Shinagawa ward, Tokyo 2002-2003 (gaibu hyoka in)

*Advisory panel—National Association (educators) for Special Activities (Zenkoku

Shogakko Tokubetsu Katsudo Kenkyukai), 2009 to present.

*School advisory board (gakko hyogiin), Tokyo Meguro-ku, Haramachi Elementary School,

2010 to present.

*Gunma University, Multicultural Coexistence Personnel Training Unit Evaluation

Committee member (tabunka kyosei suishinshi). 2011—present.

Professional Membership and Positions American Sociolocial Association Association for Asian Studies

Comparative and International Education Society

Japan Sociological Society (Intercultural Committee member, 1994--1997, 1991 to

1997, assistant editor for the International Journal of Japanese Sociology, the English

journal of the Sociological Society, 1998--2000, renewed 2001--present, 1991,

August, organizing committee for the 30th international conference in Japan of the

International Sociological Association)

Japan Society of Educational Sociology (2002 -2003, committee member, thematic

organizing committee) (2005—2007, directory board member (riji)), (2011—to present,

international committee)

Japan Comparative Education Society ( 2009—present editing committee)

Japanese Association of International Women's Rights (1900-1995, organizing

committee)

Intercultural Education Society of Japan (Ibunkakan Kyoiku Gakkai) (2002-2003, editing

committee for the academic journal of the Society, 2007—2010 , directory board

member (riji) 2009—2010, 2011--present)

Japanese Educational Research Association, editing committee for English journal,

2010-present, directory board member (riji) 2011--present.

Areas of Concentration Comparisons of socialization processes across cultures

Sociology of education, cross-cultural studies, comparative education, qualitative methods