Yōji Takikawa

滝川 洋二
Born1949
Alma materSaitama University
Tokyo Gakugei University
International Christian University
Scientific career
FieldsScience education
Science curricula
InstitutionsInternational Christian University High School
University of Tokyo
Tokai University
Doctoral advisorYoshinobu Kakiuchi[1]

Yōji Takikawa (滝川 洋二, 1949–) is a Japanese pedagogist and professor at the Center for Educational Research and Development, Tokai University, specializing in science education curricula. In 1986, he organized a circle for practice in science education, which has ultimately developed into a nonprofit organization named Garireo-Kōbō (literally, Galileo Studio) with Takikawa being the chairperson of trustees.

Biography

Yōji Takikawa was born in Okayama prefecture[2] and studied at Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School [ja]. He graduated from the Department of Physics at the School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University in 1972.[2] After completing his master's degree at Tokyo Gakugei University in 1975, he became a teacher at International Christian University High School in 1979. Takikawa completed his doctor's degree with his doctoral thesis titled "The Process of Understanding Natural Science as Seen in Class Activities: A Case Study in Mechanics".

Takikawa visited the United Kingdom from September 1999 to August 2000.[3] He studied at a teacher's trainings course in Cambridge University. From 2006, he was a visiting professor at College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, before gaining his current position in 2010.

Notes

  1. ^ どうすれば「理科」を救えるのか 2003, p. 21.
  2. ^ a b 新潮45 2011年10月号 2011, p. 219.
  3. ^ どうすれば「理科」を救えるのか 2003, p. 68.

References

  • 滝川 洋二 (2003). どうすれば「理科」を救えるのか. 亜紀書房. ISBN 978-4750502045.
  • "科学実験の達人 滝川洋二vs.ビートたけし". 新潮45. 30 (10). 新潮社: 216–227. 2011.

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