Staff Profile

2020.02.26.

SAKITA Yoshihiro

Japanese profile

E-mail

sakita*edu.hokudai.ac.jp
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Seminar

Sport Education

Undergraduate School Affiliation

Science of Health and Physical Education

Graduate School Affiliation

Physical Eucation

Message

I would like to respect the simple wish of children who “want to run faster!” In order to respect their wish, I aim to learn from previous skilled practitioners and to investigate and create physical education for the future.

Special field

Methodology of Physical Education, Sport Education, History of Physical Education

Research theme

Basic research of physical activities that are developed under an educational framework

Detailed contents of research

I carry out basic research on school physical education. I continuously carry out historical research on school physical education, with a main focus on the 1940s. School physical education in the 1940s was strongly influenced by the restrictive educational conditions such as war and occupation, which qualitatively differ from the present. Of course, this influence was not one-sided, and the extent of the influence varied. Under such circumstances, I have attempted to empirically identify how school physical education has developed on a practical level.
In recent years, I have utilized historical visual materials and attempted to restructure the historical image of physical education and sports in Japan, as well as related sports culture. People move and try to improve their movements in settings of physical education and sports. Needless to say, this process underwent historical changes. In order to historically examine human movement, I feel it is necessary to solve basic issues about the visual material, and simultaneously, for researchers themselves to acquire training experience of physical education, as well as practical experience of sports.
It is crucial to make continuous effort in order to feel a sense of fulfilment about one’s research, just as one would do for sports. I would like to proceed with research that I can enjoy through such steady efforts.

Simplified curriculum vitae

1999, B.A.: Hiroshima University (Faculty of Education)
2001, M.A.:Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University
2006, Ph.D: Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University
2004-2006, lecturer at Iwakuni Junior College
2006-2019, lecturer & Associate Professor at Hiroshima International University
2019-, Associate Professor at Hokkaido University

Research achievements

Publication
・School Physical Education in the earlier Period of post-World War II, Hirohisma: Keisuisya, 2009 [Japanese] ・History of Physical education and Sport , Hirohisma: Keisuisya, 2011[Japanese]

Journal Articles
・The Reception of Danish Gymnastics into the Imperial Japanese Navy and Its Dissemination out of the Navy. Japan Journal of the History of Physical Education and Sport, no.36, 2019, pp. 73-92.[Japanese] ・A study of Mitsuhashi Kikuo after the Asia-Pacific War: Based on the purge. Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences, vol.62 no.1, 2017, pp. 275-278.[Japanese] ・School physical education policies at the end of the Asia-Pacific War: A study based on Ministry of Education circulars. Japan Journal of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences, vol.61 no.2, 2016, pp. 729-742.[Japanese] ・Ahistorical Study of the Tokyo Paralympic Games(1964) in Television Broadcast: Focus on the images televised by Japan Broadcasting Corporation(NHK). The Japan Journal of Sport History, no.28, 2015, pp.71-83.[Japanese] ・A Study on the Planning Processes of “Physical Training(TAIREN)” in the National School Focusing on Conference Records of the Educational Council(1937.12-1938.12 ). Japan Journal of the History of Physical Education and Sport, no.32, 2015, pp.27-40.[Japanese]

Society Affiliation

Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
Japanese Educational Research Association
The Japan Society Historical Studies of Education
The Japan Society of Sport History
North-eastern Asian Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport
Japan Society of the History of Physical Education and Sport

Classes in charge

Science of Health and Physical Education： Methodology of Physical Education
Seminar: Methodology of Physical Education
Sciences of Education: General Course, Health and Physical Education
In-Depth Studies on Physical Education: pedagogy of physical education
Teaching Method of School Subjects(Health and Physical Education Ⅰ・Ⅱ)

Detailed profile

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