HIRUMA,Futoshi - Faculty of Letters General Department of Humanities Department of Psychology

Faculty, Department/Institute

Faculty of Letters General Department of Humanities Department of Psychology

Academic status (qualification)

Professor Apr. 1,2006

Undergraduate Degrees・University

University of Tsukuba Second Cluster of CollegeCollege of Human Sciences, Department of Psychology 1988 Graduated

Academic Degrees

Master of Education Mar. 1990 University of Tsukuba

Homepage Address, E-mail Address

E-mail Address：hiruma@kansai-u.ac.jp

Research fields

Research fields	keyword
Cognitive psychology
Discourse analysis
Educational psychology

Research topics

research topic	Study on Explanation
Study theme state	Individual Research
research duration
Research Programs
keyword	Explanation,Discourse analysis,
Research field
Research Topics Overview

research topic	Study on collaborative thinking
Study theme state
research duration
Research Programs
keyword	collaborative thinking,thinking,discourse,
Research field
Research Topics Overview

Research Activities

My current resarch theme is mutual construction of the understanding and learning. Especially, I have been interested in the function of the dicourses observed during collaborative thinking.

Research Career

Joetsu University of Education/Assistant 1991/11/1～1996年/3/31
Shizuoka University/Assistant Professor 1996/4/1～2000年/3/31

Academic Associations

所属学会・団体名	役職名 (役職在任期間)
Japanese Psychological Association
Japanese Educational Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
International Society for Cultural and Activity Research
Japan Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Research Publications

No.	Type of publication	Date of publication (Date of presentation)	Title	Type of research result	Jointly authored or single authored	Publisher and journal name	Volume number
1	International academic conference8	2008/9/9～2008/9/132008,09,09,2008,09,13	Chasing the co-development of collaboration among children, teachers, and researchers		Single-Author
2	International academic conference8	2008/9/9～2008/9/132008,09,09,2008,09,13	Discourse in a collaborative learning activity		Single-Author
3	International academic conference8	2008/3/9～2008/3/102008,03,09,2008,03,10	Thinking together and work together: An educational intervention research project		Single-Author
4	Papers1	2007/3～2007,03,,,,	The Problem of Discoursing in Activity	Academic Journal	Co-author	ACTIO: An international Journal of Human Activity Theory	1,93-114
5	Presentations99	2006/12/2～2006,12,02,,,	Making collaboration in classroom and school through ”Thinking Together Programme”
6	Papers1	2006～2006,,,,,	The development and implementation of 'Thinking Together' educational programme for Japanese schoolchildren in lower grades.	In-house publication	Co-author	CHAT Technical Reports	No.3
7	Presentations99	2005/11/19～2005,11,19,,,	Learning through collaborative thinking: Implementation of ”Thinking Together Programe” in Japanese classroom setting.
8	International academic conference8	2005/9/23～2005,09,23,,,	The problem of discoursing in activity	Other	Co-author
9	Papers1	2005/9～2005,09,,,,	An approach from discourse to activity. In Yamazumi et.al(Eds) New Learning Challenges: Going beyond the industrial age system of school and work.	Monograph	Single-Author	Kansai University Press
10	Papers1	2003/3/31～2003,03,31,,,	Thinking Styles and Test Taking Behavior of University Students	In-house publication	Single-Author	Education Science Seminary
11	Papers1	2000/1/25～2000,01,25,,,	Assessing Japanese college students' thinking styles	Monograph	Single-Author	Shinyosha
12	Papers1	1996～1996,,,,,	Effects of Dialogical Text on Reading	In-house publication	Single-Author	Bulliten of Joetsu University of Education
13	Papers1	1995～1995,,,,,	Study of explanation of multi-route	In-house publication	Single-Author	Bulliten of Joetsu University of Education
14	Papers1	1994～1994,,,,,	Conversation Analysis for Explaining Action- sequences	In-house publication	Single-Author	Bulliten of Joetsu University of Education
15	Papers1	1993/3/30～1993,03,30,,,	Function of Utterance in explaining action-sequences	Academic Journal	Single-Author	Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology
16	Papers1	1993～1993,,,,,	A Tributary of Explanation Research	In-house publication	Single-Author	Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education
17	Papers1	1992～1992,,,,,	Acquiring expertise of mental calculation	In-house publication	Co-author	Tsukuba Psychological Research
18	Papers1	1991/12/30～1991,12,30,,,	Optimal Design for a Presentation of Action-sequences in a User's Manual	Academic Journal	Co-author	Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology
19	Papers1	1990～1990,,,,,	Information processing characteristics of cognitive experts	In-house publication	Co-author	Tsukuba Psychological Research

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi2017/3～

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi2015/3～

International academic conferenceIn refereedCo-authorNAKANO, Mika;HIRUMA,Futoshi2014/9/29～2014/10/3

Edited bookHIRUMA,Futoshi2014/3/30～

PapersIn refereedAcademic JournalCo-authorLAW, Edmond H.F.;LEE, John C.K.;WAN, Sally W.Y.;KO, James;HIRUMA,Futoshi2014～10.1080/13603124.2013.778333

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi2012/12～

Chapter or SectionUnrefereedMonographCo-authored chapterHIRUMA,Futoshi;2012/5/7～

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2012/2～

CommentaryOtherSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2010/6/1～

Chapter or SectionMonographSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2010/4/20～

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2010/3/31～

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2009～

International academic conferenceChasing the co-development of collaboration among children, teachers, and researchersIn refereedSingle-AuthorFutoshi Hiruma;2008/9/9～2008/9/132nd ISCAR congressSan Diego, USA.

International academic conferenceDiscourse in a collaborative learning activityIn refereedSingle-AuthorFutoshi Hiruma;2008/9/9～2008/9/132nd ISCAR congressSan Diego, USA.

TextbookUnrefereedMonographCo-authored chapterHIRUMA,Futoshi;2008/3/20～

International academic conferenceThinking together and work together: An educational intervention research projectUnrefereedSingle-AuthorFutoshi Hiruma;2008/3/9～2008/3/10the First Asian Conference on Activity Theory and Vygotskian ResearchShanghai, China

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2008～

Edited bookMonographCo-editorHIRUMA Futoshi;Yamamoto Hiroki;2007/11/11～

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorHIRUMA Futoshi;Itoh Daisuke;2007/3～20050401-

PapersThe Problem of Discoursing in ActivityIn refereedAcademic JournalCo-authorHIRUMA Futoshi;GORDON WELLS;TAMARA BALL;ACTIO: An international Journal of Human Activity Theory1,93-1142007/3～Discourse is a mediating artifact, which, as is increasingly being recognized, plays a central role in activity. The intrinsic features of discourse are that it is emergent, multi-perspectival, jointly constructed. Together, these features suggest that discourse should be treated as a process (i.e. as ”discoursing”). Following SFL and examining our own discussion, we will suggest a way of developing Bakhtin's notion of speech genre in order to capture a dynamic nature of discoursing in a comprehensive account of the various ways in which it functions as a mediating artifact in activity.

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorHIRUMA,Futoshi;;2007～

PresentationsMaking collaboration in classroom and school through ”Thinking Together Programme”HIRUMA Futoshi;2006/12/2～The 3rd International Symposium New Learning Challenges 2006 at Center for Human Activity Theory, Kansai University, Japan.20050401-

Translated article or paperMonographCo-authorHIRUMA Futoshi;;2006/3/31～

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2006/3/6～20040401-20050331

PapersThe development and implementation of 'Thinking Together' educational programme for Japanese schoolchildren in lower grades.UnrefereedIn-house publicationCo-authorHIRUMA Futoshi;Ken Wakatsuki;Masamichi Ueno;Kojiro Nabeshima;CHAT Technical ReportsNo.32006～In this paper, we report on the interim results of one of the ongoing projects at our center. The aim of this project is to establish a creative and collaborative learning activity in a Japanese classroom. We are working to achieve this aim by implementing the 'Thinking Together' educational programme (e.g. Mercer, 2000). First, we outline the theoretical background of our project and discuss the implementation process. The results of our quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the focus groups' performances show that the program is effective in facilitating collaborative learning activities during group work. However, the results also suggest that there is room for improvement within the programme, for example, letting children sustain an activity such as exploratory talk. Finally, we discuss the remaining tasks and the future direction of this project.20050401-

PresentationsLearning through collaborative thinking: Implementation of ”Thinking Together Programe” in Japanese classroom setting.HIRUMA Futoshi;2005/11/19～The Second International Symposium New Learning Challenges 2005 at Center for Human Activity Theory, Kansai University, Japan.

International academic conferenceThe problem of discoursing in activityOtherCo-authorHIRUMA Futoshi;Tamara Ball;Gordon Wells;2005/9/23～International Society for Cultural and Activity Research

PapersAn approach from discourse to activity. In Yamazumi et.al(Eds) New Learning Challenges: Going beyond the industrial age system of school and work.UnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorHIRUMA Futoshi;Kansai University Press2005/9～Kansai University's Overseas Research Program for the year of 2004 20040401-20040331

CommentaryUnrefereedOtherSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2003/6～

PapersThinking Styles and Test Taking Behavior of University StudentsUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;;;;Education Science Seminary2003/3/31～Kansai University Grant-in-Aid for the Faculty Joint Research Program 200104-200203

PapersUnrefereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;2003～

BookUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorHIRUMA,Futoshi;;;;;2002/3/1～2001

PapersAssessing Japanese college students' thinking stylesUnrefereedMonographSingle-AuthorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;;;Shinyosha2000/1/25～The appropriateness in a Japanese context of the Sternberg's Thinking Styles Inventory was examined. The long version of it was translated into Japanese and data was collected from 178 undergraduate students in Japan. The scales were reasonably reliable but a discrepancy in the number of dimensions was found.

Translated article or paperUnrefereedMonographCo-authorHIRUMA,Futoshi;;;;;;;2000/1/25～

Chapter or SectionUnrefereedMonographCo-authored chapterHIRUMA,Futoshi;;;;1999～

PapersEffects of Dialogical Text on ReadingIn refereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;;Bulliten of Joetsu University of Education1996～

PapersStudy of explanation of multi-routeIn refereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;;Bulliten of Joetsu University of Education1995～

PapersConversation Analysis for Explaining Action- sequencesIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;;;Bulliten of Joetsu University of Education1994～

BookUnrefereedMonographCo-authored chapterHIRUMA,Futoshi;;;;1993/11/1～

PapersFunction of Utterance in explaining action-sequencesIn refereedAcademic JournalSingle-AuthorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;;Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology1993/3/30～In this article, the function of utterance in explaining action-sequences was explored from two different points of view: 1) mutual knowledge and 2) evaluation of the explanation. In the first experiment, two groups of subjects (they were mutually known or unknown) were asked to explain how to fold paper into ”Turu”, and their performances were recorded on videotapes. Then, their utterance was categorized into five classes. In the second experiment, subjects evaluated those explanations, and the relation between the evaluation and the utterance in the explanations were examined Results were as follows: 1) Ss, mutually known, produced more abstract utterances; 2) Ss, mutually unknown, gave more additional utterance; and 3) The explanations containing additional utterance were set at high value while those containing unrelated utterance for folding paper were set at low value.

PapersA Tributary of Explanation ResearchIn refereedIn-house publicationSingle-AuthorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education1993～

PapersAcquiring expertise of mental calculationIn refereedIn-house publicationCo-authorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;;Tsukuba Psychological Research1992～

PapersOptimal Design for a Presentation of Action-sequences in a User's ManualIn refereedAcademic JournalCo-authorHIRUMA Futoshi;Kaiho Hiroyuki;;;;Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology1991/12/30～The purpose of this study was to examine what kind of design was optimal for the presentation of action-sequences in a user's manual of word-processor software. Nine types of designs were constructed, manipulating the presence or absence of a lead, an example, results of the operations and pictures of the screen. The position of the pictures was also a variable. Thirty novice-users and twenty-three technical-writers evaluated each type of design using the semantic differential(SD) method and paired-comparisons. Results were as follows: (a) The most optimal design contained a lead, an example, results of the operations and pictures of the screen.; (b) The presentation of results of the operations showed the most important for the optimization; (c) A few discrepancies between the evaluation of novice-users and that of technical-writers were observed.

PapersInformation processing characteristics of cognitive expertsIn refereedIn-house publicationCo-authorHIRUMA Futoshi;;;;Tsukuba Psychological Research1990～

PapersIn refereedAcademic JournalCo-author2020

Participation in International Conferences

11th Annual convention of the American Psychological Society Jul.3,1999-Jul. 6,1999
1st ISCAR congress Sep.20,2005-Sep. 24,2005

Courses Taught

Graduation Seminar in Psychology VI
Studies in Psychology II
Theories of Psychology
Brain and Consciousness
Psychology of Fiction
Research Tutorial（2）A
Introductory Lecture : Gateway to Learning
Elementary Seminar in Psychology I
Elementary Seminar in Psychology II
Studies in Psychology I
Intermediate Seminar in Psychology III
Intermediate Seminar in Psychology IV
Studies in Psychology III
Studies in Psychology IV
Passport to Knowledge A (Psychology)
Graduation Seminar in Psychology V
Outline of Psychology A
Cognitive Psychology B
Outline of Psychology B

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