NOZOMI SAKATA

Last Updated :2023/09/04

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University, Assistant Professor
E-mail
sakatanhiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2022/04/01, Hiroshima University, The IDEC Institute, Assistant Professor
  • 2020/04, 9999, Hiroshima University, Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Researcher
  • 2019/03, 2020/01, UCL Institute of Education, Department of Education, Practice and Society, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • 2016/09, 2019/08, UCL Institute of Education, Department of Education, Practice and Society, Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
  • 2015/09, 2015/12, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Visiting Scholar
  • 2011/09, 2012/03, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Reseach Associate

Educational Backgrounds

  • UCL Institute of Education, Department of Education, Practice and Society, PhD in Education and International Development, United Kingdom, 2014/09, 2019/02
  • Teachers College, Columbia University, Department of International Transcultural Studies, MA in Anthropology and Education, USA, 2010/09, 2012/02

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Education and International Development, University College London, Institute of Education
  • MA in Anthropology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Education;Sociology of education

Research Keywords

  • Education and International Cooperation
  • Comparative Education
  • Pedagogy
  • Educational Policy Analysis
  • Mixed Methods

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Theory and Practice in Education and Development

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Embracing the Messiness in Mixed Methods Research: The Craft Attitude, Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2022
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  2. Decolonising higher education: Black and Minority Ethnic students' experiences at an elite British university, CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 53(3), 397-411, 20230504
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  3. Teacher education as an enabler or constraint of learner-centred pedagogy implementation in low-to middle-income countries, TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION, 126, 202305
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  4. The outcomes of learner-centred pedagogy: A systematic review, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 94, 202210
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  5. ★, A systematic review of the implementation of learner-centred pedagogy in low- and middle-income countries, REVIEW OF EDUCATION, 10(3), 202212
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  6. Is learner-centred pedagogy associated with pupils’ positive attitudes towards learning? The case of Tanzania, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 1-19, 20220224
  7. Pupils’ experiences with learner-centred pedagogy in Tanzania, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 1-19, 20210630
  8. ★, Pedagogy and History: Ujamaa and Learner-Centered Pedagogy in Tanzania, Comparative Education Review, 000-000, 20210218
  9. Capability Approach to Valued Pedagogical Practices in Tanzania: An Alternative to Learner-Centred Pedagogy?, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 1-19, 20210215
  10. Educating entrepreneurial citizens: neoliberalism and youth livelihoods in Tanzania, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 51(6), 1-2, 20200529
  11. Knitting the Comparative Case Study (CCS) with mixed methods: an attempt to extend the methodological application of CCS, International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2020
  12. Addressing the messiness of data analysis: Praxis, readiness and tips from doctoral research, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 49(2), 318-336, 201902
  13. Learner-centred Pedagogy and Its Implications for Pupils' Schooling Experiences and Learning Outcomes : A Mixed-methods Case Study in Tanzania, 2019
  14. Editorial: Methodological innovations in qualitative educational research, London Review of Education, 17(3), 249-251, 2019
  15. Understanding, embracing and reflecting upon the messiness of doctoral fieldwork, COMPARE-A JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, 47(5), 773-792, 2017
  16. Efforts to Implement Learner-Centred Pedagogy in Tanzanian Primary Schools, Teachers College, Columbia University, 201202

Publications such as books

  1. 2022/10/01, Learner-Centred Pedagogy in the Global South: Pupils' and Teachers' Experiences, Learner-Centred Pedagogy in the Global South: Pupils' and Teachers' Experiences, Routledge, 2022, 10, Single work, English, Nozomi Sakata, 0000-0002-0030-4827, 206, 206
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. National Agenda for ICT in Education: A Comparative Analysis between South Africa and Japan, Sakata, Nozomi, Masayasu Sakaguchi, Asami Shimoda, and Takayoshi Maki, Masayasu Sakaguchi, Asami Shimoda, and Takayoshi Maki, Japan Society for Africa Educational Research, 2022/04/09, Without Invitation, English
  2. Challenging the Field of Education and International Development, Hashimoto, Noriyuki, Jun Kawaguchi, Takayo Ogisu, Yohei Sekiguchi, and Nozomi Sakata, Hashimoto, Noriyuki, Jun Kawaguchi, Takayo Ogisu, Yohei Sekiguchi, Japan Comparative Education Society, 2022/06/24, Without Invitation, Japanese
  3. Specialised Knowledge in Education and International Development, Kawaguchi, Jun, Nozomi Sakata, Noriyuki Hashimoto, Takayo Ogisu, Masayasu Sakaguchi, and Yohei Sekiguchi, Kawaguchi, Jun, Noriyuki Hashimoto, Takayo Ogisu, Masayasu Sakaguchi, and Yohei Sekiguchi, Japan Society for International Development, 2022/12/03, Without Invitation, Japanese
  4. Transversing Learner-Centred Pedagogy in Tanzania: How does History Play out in Current Pedagogical Changes?, Sakata, Nozomi, British Association for International and Comparative Education, 2018/09/13, Without Invitation, English
  5. Revisiting Comparative Case Study: A Critical Analysis, Sakata, Nozomi, Comparative and International Education Society, 2019/04/14, Without Invitation, English
  6. Locally Appropriate Pedagogy from Teachers' Perspectives: Exploring Pedagogy to Expand Valued Capabilities in Tanzania, Sakata, Nozomi, Human Development and Capability Association, 2019/09/11, Without Invitation, English
  7. Possibility of a Historical Lens into Pedagogical Analysis: The Case of Learner-Centred Pedagogy in Tanzania, Sakata, Nozomi, World Council of Comparative Education Societies, 2020/11/25, Without Invitation, English
  8. Network Analysis of Learner-Centred Pedagogy: The Case of Ghana, Sakata, Nozomi, and Hannah Edjah, Hannah Edjah, Comparative and International Education Society, 2021/03/22, Without Invitation, English
  9. Learner-Centred Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Sakata, Nozomi, Nicholas Bremner, and Leanne Cameron, Nicholas Bremner, and Leanne Cameron, Comparative Education Society of Asia, 2021/09/25, Without Invitation, English
  10. A Possible Nexus between Ujamaa and Learner-Centred Pedagogy in Tanzania, Sakata, Nozomi, and Nkanileka L. Mgonda, Nkanileka L. Mgonda, Comparative and International Education Society, 2022/04/18, Without Invitation, English
  11. Does Learner-Centred Pedagogy Typify a Dependency Relationship? Stakeholder Interactions and Negotiations during Policy Formation Processes in Ghana, Sakata, Nozomi, and Hannah Edjah, Hannah Edjah, Comparative and International Education Society, 2023/02/20, Without Invitation, English
  12. Associations between learner-centred pedagogy and learning outcomes: Implications from a case study in Tanzania, Nozomi Sakata, Comparative and International Education Society 2017 Conference, 2017/03/07
  13. The implementation level of learner-centred pedagogy in Tanzanian primary schools: Contradictions between observed- and perceived-level of LCP implementation, Nozomi Sakata, Japan International Education Society, 2016/09/10
  14. Does learner-centred pedagogy contribute to learning outcomes? Evidence from a case study in Tanzania, Nozomi Sakata, 英国比較教育学会, 2016/08/12

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research A), Locally-Driven Approaches to Valued Pedagogies: A Comparative Study between Latin American and Eastern and Western African Countries, 2023/04/01, 2025/03/31
  2. Female Researchers Joint Research Grant, Muslimness Cultivated through Early-Childhood Education in Tanzania, 2022/08/01, 2023/03/31
  3. Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Toward an Alternative Pedagogical Framework: Indigenous and Currently Valued Pedagogies in Tanzania and Ghana, 2022/04/01, 2025/03/31
  4. Female Researchers Joint Research Grant, Network Analysis of Learner-Centred Pedagogy in Ghana, 2021/08/01, 2022/03/31
  5. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up, Toward an alternative to learner-centred pedagogy: A bottom-up approach to valued educational practices in Tanzania, 2020/09, 2022/03
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  6. Hiroshima University Female Researchers Joint Research Grant, Network Analysis of Learner-Centred Pedagogy: The Case of Ghana, 2020/08, 2021/03