Staff Profile

2020.02.26.

Special field

Psychology of Language, Developmental Psychology

Research theme

language socialization process of preschoolers and students in Japan

Research achievements

• Ito, T. 2011 Time-series analysis of young children’s sitting behavior at a Japanese nursery school. The Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 63-74.
• Ito, T. 2007 Multiparty conversations as an ecological environment for language development. Annual Report (Research and Clinical Center for Child Development, Hokkaido University), 29, 11-15.
• Ito, T. 2006 Participation in family conversation as an addressee: a case study of a four-year-old boy. Annual Report (Research and Clinical Center for Child Development, Hokkaido University), 28, 63-75.
• Ito, T. 2004 Children’s synchronization of utterance in the Japanese preschool. Annual Report (Research and Clinical Center for Child Development, Hokkaido University), 26, 45-55.

Research Overview

I have conducted research on how communication occurs between children and adults in daily life. My studies have covered interactions between family members at home, between children and child care workers at day care centers, and between pupils and teachers in elementary school classes. Recently, I have adopted an information engineering approach to my studies, analyzing physical movements of pupils during elementary school classes using sensing tools.

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