Our Faculty

Prof. NAKAYA Motoyuki

Professor of Educational Psychology
Department of Psychology and Human Developmental Sciences/
Graduate School of Education and Human Development

Employment History

• Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development,Nagoya University, 2013-
• Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development,Nagoya University, 2010-2012
• Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences,Osaka University, 2005-2009
• Associate Professor, School of Education,Mie University, 2002-2004
• Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education,Nagoya University, 1998-2001
• JSPS Research Fellow, 1997-1998

Educational History

Ph. D.(Psychology) Nagoya University, 2004

Research Interests

1. Student motivation
2. Peer learning processes
3. Classroom structure
4. Educational Resiliency

Recent Main Publications

• The Development of Children’s Multiple Goals and School Adjustment.
  Developmental Research, 22, 127-139. 2008
• Correlations for Adolescent Resilience Scale with Big Five Personality Scale.
  Psychological Reports, 98, 927-930. 2006
• Construct Validity of Adolescent Resilience Scale.
  Psychological Reports, 93, 1217-1222. 2003
• The Effects of Children’s Social Responsibility Goal on Academic Achievements.
  Japanese Journal of Edcucational Psychology, 44, 389-399. 1996

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