Title	Professor

Research Fields	Art education / Industrial arts education / Metalworking

Education	1990 Research Student (Metalworking), Tokyo Gakugei University 1989 Master’s (Art Education [Industrial Arts]), Tokyo Gakugei University 1987 Bachelor’s (Art Education [Industrial Arts]), Tokyo Gakugei University

Selected Professional Experience	2013-Present Associate Professor (2013-2019); Professor (2019-Present), Akita University of Art 2005-2013 Instructor, Tokyo Gakugei University Senior High School 1999-2005 Instructor, Hiroshima University Junior and Senior High School

Recent Activities	<Selected bibliography> 2020 Nihon-kogei no tayosei to kogei-kyoiku no korekara [The diversity of Japanese craft and the future of industrial arts education]. Mingu / mingei kara purodakuto dezain made: kyoiku no shiten kara [From folk art to product design: Pedagogical perspectives] (HATAYAMA Mio, SATO Masahiko, eds.), pp.309-320. Academic Research Publication Practice report of “Visual arts / crafts” educational exchange exhibition in Akita & Finland (3): Capturing “hometown culture” from the perspective of regional commonality and dissimilarity (with ARIMA Hiroko). Japanese Journal of Arts Education (53), pp.123-130. International Society for Education through Art in Japan 2019 Gendai ni ikiru tankin no waza to hyogen [Techniques and expression in modern metal forging]. Hyomen gijutsu [Surface Finishing], 70(5), pp.260-265. Surface Finishing Society of Japan 2017-2019 Editorial assistance, Kokosei no bijutsu [Art for senior high school students] Eds. 1-3 (senior high school textbook). Nihon Bunkyou Shuppan <Selected artwork submissions> 2020 Kumpu: Inori [Summer breeze: Prayer]. The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition. The National Art Center, Tokyo 2018 Hachirogata no kaze [Winds of Hachirogata]. 40th Nihon Shinkogei Exhibition. The National Art Center, Tokyo 1989-1991, 1999-2004, 2006-2013, 2018-2020 Selected, The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition. Nitten <Projects selected for grants-in-aid> 2018 Hokuhoken no fudo o ikashita shishitsu, noryoku-ikusei no kiban-kenkyu: Hokuo to no zokei kyoiku koryu to hikaku kara [Research on quality and skill development in Scandinavian art and design: Comparisons and exchange with Northern Europe] (‘Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kaken-hi)’ Type C) 2017 Finrando to no bijutsu, kogei kyoiku no koryu, hikaku o toshita Hokuhoken jinzai ikusei moderu no sakusei kenkyu [Research on the creation of a Scandinavian human resource development model through the comparison and exchange of arts and craft pedagogy between Finland and Japan] (North East Think Tank of Japan Regional Development Grant recipient). Hokkaido-Tohoku Regional Economic Research Institute 2015-2020 Finland and Japan: High school art education exchange exhibition. Nomura Foundation

Courses Taught	Industrial Arts and Education A (Education Course) Introduction to Art Education Introduction to Industrial Arts Education Art Classroom Instruction (Lecture) Art Classroom Instruction (Seminar) Industrial Arts Classroom Instruction Teaching Materials for the Art Classroom

Example Works

Oxidizing with pine needles to produce coloring effects	Tatsu no ho [Dragon’s step]	Kumpu: Inori [Summer breeze: Prayer] (The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition; 2020)	Metal forging

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: OZAWA Isamu (Japanese page)