Takaharu Yamamoto

Last Updated :2025/04/21

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Hiroshima University
  • Master of Education, Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Education;Education on school subjects and activities

Research Keywords

  • Learning Development
  • Reader-Response Theories
  • Development
  • Reader-Response Theories
  • United States
  • Reader Response
  • Reading
  • United Kingdom
  • Literature

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Fundamental Seminar of Japanese Language Culture II
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, General lesson of Japanese language education II
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Seminar of Studies on Teaching Materials for Japanese Language Education for Natives
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Methods of teaching the Japanese Language
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Methodologies for Studying Japanese Language Culture II
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Reading and Humanity
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
  9. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Research Methods and Ethics for Educational Sciences
  10. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Research Methods and Ethics for Educational Sciences
  11. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study in Japanese Language and Culture Education B
  12. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study in Japanese Language and Culture Education B
  13. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Basic Study in Instruction and Evaluation Method Design
  14. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced Study in Instruction and Evaluation Method Design
  15. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Study
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Study
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Lesson Development and Evaluation (Fundamentals)
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Lesson Development and Evaluation (Application)
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Lesson Development and Evaluation (Expansion)
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Lesson Development and Evaluation (Development)

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Subject Pedagogy Research Methodologies: Analysis of Academic Journal Articles Published by Affiliates of Japan Consortium of Subject Pedagogy Associations, Research in Subject-matter Teaching and Learning (RISTAL), 7(1), 140-163, 20250124
  2. "De-Centering" and Reflections by Webbing Student’s Responses to Literature : Some Considerations of the Freshmen’s Responses to ’A Circus of Love’(Minoru Betsuyaku), Journal of Learning and Curriculum Development, 1(1), 51-61, 20000401
  3. The Role of Literature in the Process of Learning, Japanese literature, 47(3), 1-9,81, 1998
  4. What is the "Basic Theory" of Teaching Literature in Class? : A Review of a Theory of Readers' Response to Literary Works, 35, 44-51, 19880331
  5. Development of Children's Ability to Read Fictional Texts : Observing Children's Reaction to "The Window of A Little Fox (kitsune no mado)" Written by AWA Naoko, 37, 35-42, 19900331
  6. Understanding of Learners for Teaching Literature in Class : From an Analytical Perspective on Readers' Response, 39, 27-34, 19920331
  7. Textual Fragility and Literature Education(The 57th JLA Convention (1st Day), Japanese literature, 52(3), 26-37, 20030310
  8. Literature Education for "Memories"(Towards the 21st-Century Studies and Education of Japanese Literature), Japanese literature, 49(1), 60-68, 20000110
  9. Development of unit for elective subject from fifth to ninth grade to improve cooperative creation (3), The Annals of educational research, 127-132, 2008
  10. A study of reflection through "episodic recording method" in kindergarten: analysis of practical record and conference for improving childcare practice, The Annals of educational research, 229-237, 2008
  11. A Study on the Integrated Curriculum Development Including Learning of the Basics in Elementary and Junior High Japanese Language Instruction, The Annals of educational research, 37-44, 2000
  12. A Study on the Integrated Curriculum Development Including Learning of the Basics in Elementary and Junior High Japanese Language Instruction (IV) : Developing learning units for enhancing media literacy in elementary and junior-high Japanese language instruction, 143-150, 2003
  13. An Examination on the Theories of Reading Strategies, 16, 29-40, 19940120
  14. A Survey on Developmental Studies of Children's Response to Literature in the United States, 17, 19-33, 19950120
  15. An Examination on the Student-Centered Teaching of Literature., 18, 37-55, 199601
  16. On Kimiko Aman's "Onita no Boshi", 19, 31-38, 199701
  17. On the Dialogical Structure in Otsuberu and Zoh : A Fundamental Study of the Dialogical Teaching of Literature , 38(7), p50-58, 198907
  18. Towards the Theory of "Blanks" : Reading W.Iser's The Act of Reading. , 41(4), p82-86, 199204
  19. The Power of Performative Reading : Richness of "Misreading" , 45(1), 49-57, 199601
  20. Some conditions for the readers' organaization of consistency : from some considerations of children's responses to Imae Yosimoto's "No no Uma (A Horse in the field)", Research bulletin of educational sciences Naruto University of Teacher Education, 5, 151-166, 1990
  21. A study of fundamental theories fro teaching/learning of literature : some consideraions on Louise Rosenblatt's "The transactional theory", Research bulletin of educational sciences Naruto University of Teacher Education, 6, 59-78, 1991
  22. A Study on the Reading Materials for Morality in Elementary Education III : Critical Analyses of Reading Materials Used in Tokushima, Bulletin of Research Center for School Education, Naruto University of Teacher Education, 5, 23-36, 1991
  23. A Study on the Reading Materials for Morality in Elementary Education (IV) : Critical Analyses of Reading Materials Used in Tokushima, Bulletin of Research Center for School Education, Naruto University of Teacher Education, 6, 19-26, 1992
  24. A Study on the Reading Materials for Morality in Elementary Education (V) : Critical Analyses of Reading Materials Used in Tokushima-ken, Bulletin of Research Center for School Education, Naruto University of Teacher Education, 7, 77-85, 1993
  25. Subjectivity and Collaborations in the Classrooms of Literature : From some considerations on David Bleich's Explorations in Reading and Interpretation, Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University. Part. II, Arts and science education, 50, 105-114, 20020228
  26. Development of Children's Response to and Appreciation of Literary Works: Reading "Onita the Little Pixie's Hat, (onita no boshi)" Written by AMAN Kimiko, 43, 60-69, 19960331
  27. Aspiring to Literacy Education Centred around Literary Engagement, 54, 9-10, 20030930
  28. Noriko Sato, Re-viewing Modern Children Literature, Japanese literature, 46(9), 68-69, 19970910
  29. Junichi Tajika, Creative Reading and Independence and Symbiosis in Japanese Language Education, Japanese literature, 46(8), 76-77, 19970810
  30. A study on the teachers' support for improving the quality of young children's play: focus on the involvement of young children, The Annals of educational research, 105-110, 2009
  31. Development of Research in the Teaching of Japanese Language and Literature 1983-2000 , 41-51, 20020331
  32. Development of unit for elective subject from fifth to ninth grade to improve cooperative creation (2), The Annals of educational research, 287-296, 2007
  33. Does parents' embrace of one's child affect their parental feelings and children's act in kindergarten?, The Annals of educational research, 415-423, 2007
  34. Production of an index which perceives "the power of expression as self-expression", and "the power of expression for telling an object", The Annals of educational research, 87-91, 2008