Yōji Takikawa

Yōji Takikawa (滝川 洋二, 1949–) is a Japanese pedagogist, professor at the Center for Educational Research and Development, Tokai University, specializing in science education curricula. In 1986, he organized a circle for practice in science education, which ultimately has developed into a Nonprofit Organization named Garireo-Kōbō (literally, Galileo Studio) with Takikawa being the chairperson of trustees.

Biography

Yōji Takikawa was born in Okayama prefecture, studied at Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School [ja]. He graduated from the Department of physics at the School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University in 1972. After completing master's degree at Tokyo Gakugei University in 1975, he became a teacher at International Christian University High School in 1979. Takikawa completed doctor's degree with his doctoral thesis titled "The Process of Understanding Natural Science as Seen in Class Activities: A Case Study in Mechanics".

Takikawa visited UK from September 1999 to August 2000. He studied at a teacher's trainings course in Cambridge University. From 2006, he was a visiting professor at College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, before gained current position in 2010.