Yuko Yamamoto

Biography

Dr. Yamamoto graduated in 2000 from Waseda University of Human Sciences with a major in Educational Technology, where she also obtained her master's degree in 2002 and doctorate degree in January 2008.

She began her career as an academic researcher at the Center for Educational Development in Rikkyo University. Then she became an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences at Waseda University, in a full-time lecturer at the Higher Education Development Center at Mie University and was promoted to Associate Professor at the Organization for the Development Higher Education and Regional Human Resource, later assuming her current position.

Her research interests center around Educational Curriculum Improvement, with a focus on elementary, junior high school and higher education. At the present, she is conducting an empirical research on University Organizational Management which can contribute to the improvement of teaching techniques, their works, management and the introduction of E-Learning to universities. She received the 9th (2013) University Educational Society Encouragement Award.