KURACHI Akemi

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Name	KURACHI Akemi
Affiliation	Hiroshima University
Job title	Professor,Researcher
Degree	(ph. D.), M. Ed.

Research Areas

Psychology / Clinical psychology /
Education / Sociology of education /
Psychology / Educational psychology /
Psychology / Social psychology /

Academic & Professional Experience

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2001

-　Professor, Grad. Sch. of Edu.

1976

1982

R.A, University　of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Hiroshima University

1993

2001

　Associate Professor, Grad. Sch. of Edu.

Hiroshima University.

1990

1993

　Associate Prof. Dept. of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University

1986

1990

　Assistant Prf. Dept. of Letters/ International Relations, Ritsumeikan Univ.

1984

-　Lecturer,Osaka University of Foreign Language

1984

1983

　Researcher, Institute of Child Behavior and Development,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1983

1982

　Post Doctoral Fellow, Grad. School of Edu. Stanford University.

1983

1982

　Researcher, Committee on Culture and Cognition, Grad. School, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1981

1982

　Latitia Walish Fellow, Grad. Sch. of Edu.

University of Illlinois at Urbana-Champaign

1981

1982

　University Fellow, Graduate School, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Education

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1977

1979

Dept.of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1982

Educational Psycho-logu, Graduate School, Division of Education, University of Illinois at Urbaua Champaign

1974

Faculty of Literature, Doshisha University

Misc

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Qualitative Analysis of College Students who Engage in International Exchange

Research in Higher Education 28 77-92 2000

Realization of the Education necessary for a Society of peaceful coexistence : The Process of a University student Coping with her Cultural prejudice against overseas students

1 530-542 2000

A Review on Adjustment : An Analysis of Reports on the programs for Adjustment.

41-48 1998

Teacher Learning through Action Research : Experimenting with the Three-person Journal

8 33-41 1998

Foreign Student advising : Current Issues & Future Directions for University Faculty

Reseach in High Education (27) 105-124 1998

Educating foreign students in Japanese Universities the Perspective of transcultural education

(7) 51-62 1997

Teacher learning in transcultural Education through journal ecxhange

Faculty of Education, kyushu Univ. (50) 119-136 1997

Transcultural Education at the University level : Overcoming "Ibunka" in self

Hiroshima Peace Science (20) 127-147 1997

Communication ability

62-66 1996

Independent studies for transcultural education : Rationales & practice.

(6) 1-8 1996

New ways to Educate Transcultural Mediators : Constructing a Support Network Centered in a University.

Research in Higher Education. Research Institude for Higher Education, Hiroshima University. (25) 129-144 1996

At the Confluence of Transcultural Education & "Nihongo-Nihonjijo" Retrospect & prospect

Intercultural Education (10) 75-88 1996

Intercultural Education of International Students : A case of attitude change.

The Paper of Japanese Language Education & Japanese studies, City Univ. of Hong Kong. 59-76 1995

Transcultural mediation (1) : A process of learning through "Action Research"

Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Hiroshima University (44) 173-181 1995

At the Coufluence of Cross-Cultural Counseling & Transcultural Education.

Association of International Education, Japan 7(9) 27-29 1995

Interactional Approach Using Students Journalistic Accounts : Comparison with Affective-Oriented second Lauguage Aquision Theories.

(4) 17-23 1994

Two Approaches for Intercultural Education : A Transition from GRP to IS.

Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Hiroshima University (43) 279-285 1994

"Nihonjijo" Reconsidered : The Possibilities of Global Perspective.

Hiroshima Peace Science 17 105-126 1994

Development of Interactional Approach to Student's Journalistic Accounts : Toward a new direction in Teaching Japanese Language & Culture

Journal of Japanese Language Teaching (82) 123-133 1993

Japanese Women's Overseas experiences and its inpacts : a xilot study

4(2) 93-107 1991

Situational judgements of teachers & mothers : A comparison of Japanese & American responses.

3(1) 68-88 1990

Towards the intercultural understanding of foreign students in elementary level of Japanese language : Development of GRP(Group Research Projects).

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Japanese language Education at Nanzan University. 133-148 1990

Inter-Cultural understanding for learners in Japanese Language & culture Studies.

Journal of Japanese language Teaching (71) 158-170 1990

Lives of Foreign Freshmem in the college : the present status Quo

1(1) 170-186 1988

A New approach for foreign students in an intermediate Japanese language & culture course.

Journal of Japanese Language Teaching (68) 48-62 1988

A Cross-cultural Analysis of Teachers' and Parents' Perception of & Attitudes Toward conflict Situations: An Attributional Approach.

Japanese Psychological Research 131-138 1987

Japanese and American Mothers' & Teachers' Reactions to an Incident Involving a Child in School.

Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology 15 321-336 1984

A Cross-cultural Study of Maternal perceptual attributions & Behavioral Attributions by Parents & Teachers in Japan & the U. S. : Dynamic Situational paradigm of child-rearing Research

Dissertation Abstructs International 43 9-A 1983

Follow-up Studies : Are they worth the Trouble?

Journal of Teacher Education 32 18-24 1981

Attribution theory Applied to Role differences : The differences of Mothers' & preschool Teachers' attributions Within A culture and from a cross-culturel Perspective.

Master's Thesis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1979

Books etc

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Change from Within:　A New Development for Transcultural Communication

KURACHI Akemi

2009

Language and Education

2004

Implicit Psychology

1988

Conference Activities & Talks

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Japanese and American Mothers'and Teachers' Reactions to Three Incidents Involving a Child in School

KURACHI Akemi

an annual meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA) 1984

Reputations of Teacher Educators Among Members of Their Role Set

KURACHI Akemi

an annual meeting of American Educational Research Association 1982

Association Memberships

JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION(438) , American　Educational　Research　Association(52) , INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION SOCIETY OF JAPAN(158) , THE JAPANESE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION(1188)

Works

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Constructing a theory of intercultural learning : Development of Culture Transformation Theory.

1991 - 1992

A study of principles & methods of intercultural education for foreign undergraduates.

1986 - 1992

Curriculum development of Japanese culture Studies for foreign students : Developing an interactional approach using student's journalistic accounts.

1986 - 1992

A study of cross-Cultural counseling for foreign students in Japanese university setting.

1986 - 1992

Application of culture-assimilator approach for intercultural education.

1979 - 1983

Cross-cultural analysis of teachers' & Parents' attribution, role perception, communication style, & attitudes in Japan & the U. S. .

1979 - 1984

Ethnographical study on Japanese young child's inter-cultural adaptation process.

1976 - 1977

A study of Japanese language learners living conditions &their degree of cultural learning.

1984 - 1992

Oversea Chinese beliefs, attitudes & values towards their Chinese culture, Western culture & their mainstream culture.

1978

Empirical study of attitudes & beliefs of faculty in teacher traning programrs in American universities.

1980 - 1982

Empirical study of values & attitudes of Japanese females with long-term overseas living experiences.

1991 - 1992

Modeling effects on creative activity : Effects of Japanese model on American-Japanese, & Caucasian children.

1977 - 1978

Study of training undergraduates as the experts of intercultural education & cross-cultural counseling.

1993

Curriculum development of intercultural education for Japanese students in the universities.

1993

Study of Japanese language acquisition & cultural understanding.

1993 - 1997

Development & application of an interactional approach using students' Journalistic accounts.

1993

File Project : Study of principles & issues related to foreign student exchange in Japanese universities.

1993 - 1997

Case study on American schools in Japan.

1993

Ethnographic Research on Cultural Adaptation by Foreign Students in Japan.

1995

Research Grants & Projects

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Constructing ideas & developing methods of intercultural education in Japanese University

Exploiting training programs for intercultural educators & the professionals of foreign Student exchange in Japanese Universities.

cultural learning