Shinji Imakawa

Last Updated :2023/03/03

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
E-mail
imakawahiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2020/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
  • 2013/04/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education, Professor
  • 2007/04/01, 2013/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education, Associate Professor
  • 2005/04/01, 2007/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education, Assistant Professor
  • 2000/04/01, 2005/03/31, Osaka University, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Research Associate
  • 1990/12/01, 2000/03/31, Osaka University, Research Associate
  • 1990/11/01, 1990/11/30, Osaka University, Research Assistant
  • 1989/04/01, 1990/10/31, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Special Postdoctoral Researcher

Educational Backgrounds

  • Osaka University, Graduate School, Division of Human Sciences, Japan, 1985/04, 1989/03
  • Osaka University, Graduate School, Division of Human Science, Japan, 1983/04, 1985/03
  • Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law and Literature, Japan, 1977/04, 1981/03

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. (Human Sciences), Osaka University
  • Master of Arts, Osaka University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Education : Life-long Activities Education : Human Life Sciences Education
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Educational Sciences : Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Educational Sciences : Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Human Life Sciences Education

Research Fields

  • Complex systems;Childhood science;Childhood science (childhood environment science)
  • Complex systems;Human life science;Home economics / Human life

Research Keywords

  • Human Development
  • Home Economics Education

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Japan Association of Home Economics Education, 2017/04
  • International Federation for Home Economics, 2015/10
  • Japan Society of Research on Early Childhood Care and Education, 2008/05
  • The Japan Society of Home Economics, 2008/04
  • Japan Socio-Gerontrogical Society, 2001/04
  • Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, 1989/04
  • The Japanese Psychological Association, 1988/04
  • International Primatological Society, 1989/07, 1999/12
  • ., 1989/04, 2005/03
  • Japan Society for Research on Emotions, 1989/04, 1999/03
  • Japan Ethological Society, 1986/04, 1995/03

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2022, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Home Economics for the Elementary School
  2. 2022, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Home Economics for the Elementary School
  3. 2022, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Introduction to Human Life Sciences(Home Economics)Education
  4. 2022, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Human Development and Early Childhood Care & Education
  5. 2022, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Human Development and Family Studies
  6. 2022, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Introduction to Human Lifelong Development
  7. 2022, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research Methods in Social Survey
  8. 2022, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Introduction Seminar on Human Development
  9. 2022, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  10. 2022, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
  11. 2022, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Research into Teaching Practice
  12. 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Research Methods and Ethics for Educational Sciences (Japanese Class)
  13. 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study in Human Life Sciences Education A
  14. 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study in Human Life Sciences Education A
  15. 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Basic Course in Teaching Material Design for Society and Life (Home Economics)
  16. 2022, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced Course in Teaching Material Design for Society and Life (Home Economics)
  17. 2022, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Study
  18. 2022, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Study

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. University Students' Morningness-Eveningness and Their Interpersonal Relationships, 68, 261-270, 20191220
  2. Awareness and Attitudes of Female University Students on Mass-Produced Fashion, 67, 279-287, 201812
  3. The effect of communication with parents on relationships and marriage on the marital views of university students, 213-222, 2017
  4. The Survey of the Mothers' needs to the Child-rearing Support in Onomichi City, 3, 123-134, 2015
  5. The effects of the child-rearing support program for reflective experience in Fukuyama City (2) : Based on the semistructured interview analysis of participant mothers, 2, 41-50, 20140228
  6. The effects of the child-rearing support program for reflective experience in Fukuyama City（1） : Based on the Questionnaire Study and the Descriptions, 2, 127-134, 20140228
  7. How Do Mothers Express Affection toward Their Children While Leaving Them at Kindergarten in the Morning?, Research on early childhood care and education in JAPAN JAPAN SOCIETY OF RESEARCH ON EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION, 51(1), 73-82, 20130801
  8. Subjects for Planning Ability of Home Econmics Education Classes by Wearing Yukata in Teacher Training Curriculum for Home Econmics Education -Through an assessment of teaching plans by each teachers of academic subject,curriculum and teacher trainning- , 99-108, 20130301
  9. Evaluation of Mothers’ Daily Care of Their Three-year-old Children and Their Feelings toward Their Children as the Latter Settle into Kindergarten, 63(4), 193-203, 20120401
  10. An Approach about the Lesson Plan of Life Planning for Seeking out Life Problems of Each Student in High School Home Economics Field, The Annals of educational research, 363-368, 2010
  11. Does parents' embrace of one's child affect their parental feelings and children's act in kindergarten?, 415-423, 20080320
  12. Grooming relationships of adolescent orphans in a free-ranging group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) at Katsuyama: a comparison among orphans with sisters, orphans without sisters, and females with a surviving mother., Primates, 46(2), 145-150, 20050401
  13. Simulation of contact learning with babies and infants in homemaking education, The Annals of educational research, 427-436, 2005
  14. Dominance relations among adult females in a free-ranging group of Japanese monkeys at Katsuyama., American Journal of Primatorogy, 37(3), 241-251, 19950901
  15. Interactions among adult males and females before and after the death of the alpha male in a free-ranging troop of Japanese macaques., Primates, 36(3), 385-396, 19950701
  16. Demography and reproductive parameters of a free-ranging group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) at Katsuyama., Primates, 33(1), 49-68, 19921001
  17. Parturition in a free-ranging Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata)., Primates, 33(3), 413-418, 19920701
  18. Development of co-feeding relationships in free-ranging Japanese monkeys during the first year of life., Primatology Today, 353-354, 19910801
  19. Playmate relationships of immature free-ranging Japanese monkeys at Katsuyama., Primates, 31(4), 209-521, 19901001
  20. Development of co-feeding relationships in immature free-ranging Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata)., Primates, 29(4), 493-504, 19881001

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Study on Food Education Practice and Its Effects in a Kindergarten, Shinji Imakawa & Hiroko Kaikiri, Shinji Imakawa & Hiroko Kaikiri, XXIV World Congress of IFHE, 2022/09/07, Without Invitation, English, International Federation of Home Economics, Atlanta, GA, USA
  2. Study on factors Influencing Course selection of Chinese Youth: Focusing on the Selection of Universities and Faculties, Yan Jin, Shinji imakawa, Yan Jin, Shinji imakawa, 20th Biennial International Congress ARAHE, 2019/08/21, Without Invitation, English, Asian Regional Association of Home Economics, Hangzhou, China
  3. Parental Beliefs about Making Bento and Diet Behaviors of Children, Shoko Asahara & Shinji Imakawa, Shoko Asahara, Shinji Imakawa, 19th Biennial International Congress ARAHE, 2017/08/07, Without Invitation, English, Asian Region Association of Home Economics, Tokyo, Japan
  4. Analysis of College Students' Affective Images of Children before and after Interacting with Actual Children, Azusa Gonda & Shinji Imakawa, Azusa Gonda, Shinji Imakawa, 19th Biennial International Congress ARAHE, 2017/08/06, Without Invitation, English, Asian Reagion Association of Home Economics, Tokyo, Japan
  5. Practice and Evaliation of the Father-Child Camping Program for the Reduction of Childcare Anxiety among Mothers, Masae Shouho, Shinji Imakawa, Michinori Hirata, Naomi Tamaru, Makiko Yaegashi, Masae Shouho, Shinji Imakawa, Michinori Hirata, Naomi Tamaru, Makiko Yaegashi, XXIII IFHE World Congress 2016, 2016/08/02, Without Invitation, English, International Federation of Home Economics, Daejeon, Korea

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. Council deligate, 2022/04, 2024/03, International Federation of Home Economics
  2. Council deligate, 2020/04, 2022/03, International Federation of Home Economics