Recent achievements

■■Faculty Publication Highlight■■
Professor Sato and Colleagues Publish in Prestigious Journal.
Sato T, Kataoka C, Miller RT, Furuta Y, Ikeshita M, Abe Y, Higashiura Y, Saito K, and Nakayama S: “Japanese health and physical education teachers’ positioning in teaching Japanese language learners in high school physical education”. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, online first, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2024.2374272

■■International Conference Presentations■■
Alumni, current students, and faculty members from the IDS program presented their research at the 2024 International Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Dance, and Sport World Congress. This event showcases cutting-edge research in health, physical education, dance, and sport from around the world.
Our presenters and their topics included:

• Shinichi Nagata, Takahiro Sato, Yoshinori Okade, Yu Shishido: “Physical Education Teachers’ Development in Teaching Lower Secondary Students in Lao People’s Democratic Republic”
• Takahiro Sato, Chie Kataoka, Yu Furuta, Momoka Ikeshita, Yuka Abe, Yuma Higashiura, Takafumi Tomura, Hirotaka Kizuka, Saori Nakayama: “Japanese Health and Physical Education Teachers’ Positioning in Teaching Japanese Language Learners in Secondary Physical Education”
• Pepijn Boomgaard: “Cultural Differences in Kendo Instruction: A Qualitative Study of Japanese and Dutch Kendo Teachers”
• Hiroki Sakuma, Taku Yamaguchi, Danilo Ponciano: “Ecocultural Influence on Children’s Sport Participation: The Case from Guatemala Republic”
• Tanya Saga, Long-Jing Hsu, Waki Kamino, Selma Sabanovic, Shinichi Nagata: “Active Old Adults in Japan and their Perspectives of Ikigai”

For more information about the conference, please visit the official website.