Researcher

Shimpei Toyofuku

Executive Research Fellow / Associate Professor
Master (Education)

■Research Area
Educational informatization, learner-centeredness, social constructivism, ICT de-instructionalization, open data

Lack of motivation and self-efficacy of learners, busyness of teaching staff, and other issues that have become serious because their solutions have been postponed are piling up in Japanese school education.
In my research, I focus on the context of informatization to realize learning in the information society, with the goal of leading to solutions to realistic educational issues.

In addition to examining the multi-stakeholder premise of government, business, schools, and learners / guardians, I specialize in a series of surveys (interviews, survey design, statistical analysis of large-scale questionnaires), system development, implementation (including classroom and school operation), and evaluation, based mainly on findings from educational psychology and educational engineering.

Brief History

Born in Hokkaido in 1967. Completed the Graduate School of Education, Yokohama National University, dropped out of the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and began working at the International University of Japan (GLOCOM) in 1995, specializing in school educational psychology, educational engineering, and school management. He has been working on the theme of education and informatization for many years. His major projects include the planning and management of the All Japan Elementary School Website Awards (J-KIDS Awards) (2003-2013), “Research and Study on Enhancing Information Provision from Schools” (2008), a research study on evaluation methods for third-party evaluation of schools conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and a project to dispatch emergency school counselors to schools in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. (2008); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT): Dispatch of emergency school counselors, etc.; “Tomoshibi Project,” public relations support for schools in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011-).

Major Works

  • Supervised book “Elementary School Textbook Work: Programming Thinking 3-6 Years” (Bunri Co., Ltd., April 2020)
  • Co-author: Shimpei Toyofuku, Shun Sakamoto, Takahiro Haga, Tamami Imado, Kazuma Hayashi, “Digital Citizenship: Learning to be a Good User in the Age of One Computer per Person” (Otsuki Shoten, December 15, 2020)
  • Chijo #120: Children’s Future and Education in the Information Society, edited by IUJ GLOCOM, 2016.
  • “Schools will be loved more if they speak for themselves: Thinking about school websites from the perspective of school public relations” (PLANEXUS, 2016)
  • How can we reduce the rate of school instruction of information devices (GLOCOM DISCUSSION PAPER, 2017)
  • “Use of ICT in Primary and Secondary Education” (Information Processing, 2015)

Major Presentations and Media Appearances

  • NHK “News at 5:00 p.m.: Kininaru Special: School Reopening: Will It Go Forward? Online learning” (June 1, 2020)
  • Nikkei Shimbun, “Efficient learning with digital technology” Shimpei Toyofuku, Associate Professor at Kokusai University – “Education reform urged by crisis” (July 6, 2020)
  • Nikkei Shimbun, “Online learning lags behind deployment of terminals for elementary and junior high schools, Nikkei survey” (July 23, 2020)
  • Asahi Shimbun, “School newsletters to go digital? (October 20, 2020)
  • Asahi Shimbun, “IT gap widens among schools as restrictions mount on iPad delivery” (January 18, 2021)
  • Mainichi Shimbun, “What were the online classes in elementary and junior high schools in Osaka City?”
  • Chunichi Shimbun, Interview: “School ICT era: Utilization of Corona” (June 20, 2021)

Educational Background

1995 Withdrawn from Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1992 Completed Master’s program, Graduate School of Education, Yokohama National University (Master of Education)

Career

April 1991 – March 1992: Part-time dispatched educational consultant, Kanagawa Board of Education
October 1995 – March 1996: Part-time Researcher, Center for Global Communication, International University of Japan
Aprl 1996 – March 1999: Research Fellow, Center for Global Communication, International University of Japan
April 1999 – March 2000 Assistant Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
April 2000 – March 2004: Assistant Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
March 2004 – March 2012: Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
April 2012 – present: Associate Professor and Executive Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan

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