Our Faculty
Assoc. Prof. IZAWA Shigeki
Associate Professor, Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University
Employment History
- Associate Professor, Philosophy of Education, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, 2016-present
- Associate Professor, Foundations of Education (History of Education), Joint Graduate School (Ph.D.Program) in Science of School Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, 2013-2016
- Associate Professor, Philosophy of Education, Graduate School of Education, Joestu University of Education, 2013-2016
- Assistant Professor, Foundations of Education (History of Education), Joint Graduate School (Ph.D.Program) in Science of School Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, 2011-2012
- Assistant Professor, Philosophy of Education, Graduate School of Education, Joestu University of Education, 2009-2012
Educational History
Ph.D. Nagoya University, 2009
Research Interests
- Pragmatism and its implications for social justice in education
- Political education in an age of post-foundationalism
- Curriculum development of inquiry-based learning
Recent Main Publications
- Shigeki Izawa (2019), Self-Becoming through Community: Education, Politics, and Pragmatism, Yokohama: Shumpusha Publishing.
- Kato Morimichi, Saito Naoko, Matsushita Ryohei, Ueno Masamichi, Izawa Shigeki, Maruyama Yasushi, Sugita Hirotaka, Ono Fumio, Muroi Reiko, Miyazaki Yasuko, Yamana Jun, Peters Michael A., Tesar Marek (2020), “Philosophy of Education in a New Key: Voices from Japan,” Educational Philosophy and Theory, Published online: 16 Aug 2020.
- Shigeki Izawa et al. (2019), “Reconsidering the Intersection of Politics and Education: East Asian Perspectives,” English E-Journal of the Philosophy of Education, Vol. 4, pp. 81-87.
- Shigeki Izawa (2018), “The Publicness of the Curriculum and the Ambiguity of the Shift to Participatory Politics: The Intersection of Politics and Education Regarding ‘Representation,’” Nadezhda Murray trans., Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, No. 12, pp. 135-151.