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Development of Human Resources
- Teaching and Learning -
Dr. Hideki Shirakawa
Abstract:
There is a time when infants bother their parents and people around them with a string of questions, such as: "What is that? What is this?" and "Why? How come?" However, most of them stop asking questions as they become junior high school students, high school students, and university students. That might be because parents and people around them didn't deal with their questions properly, and because of the current Japanese tendency where students should learn only what they are taught in school, and people are judged by entering famous universities. (It seems that not only the person in question, but also the parents and the family are deluded with the notion that college is merely a path for a young 18 year-old person to get out into the world; the more famous the school they enter, the more promising their future will be) As I introduce "children's wealth of curiosity (a child's mind)" from the novel, "Na no Hana no Oki", by Ryotaro Shiba, the significance of teaching and learning will be considered.
Biography:
Born: August 20, 1936 (Tokyo)
Education
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1961
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B.S., Polymer Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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1963
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M.S., Polymer Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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1966
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Dr. Eng., Polymer Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
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1966-1979
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Research Associate, Research Laboratory for Resources Utilization, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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1976-1977
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
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1979-1982
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Associate Professor, Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba
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1982-2000
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Professor, Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba
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1991-1993
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Chair of Master's School in Sciences and Engineering, Graduate School, University of Tsukuba
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1994-1997
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Provost of the Third Cluster of Colleges, University of Tsukuba
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April 2000
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Retired and to be Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba
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2001-2003
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Member of Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office
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2001-
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Member of the Japan Academy
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AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, etc.
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1979-2000
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Regional Editor, Synthetic Metals (Elsevier)
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2001-
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Emeritus Regional editor, Synthetic Metals (Elsevier)
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May 1983
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Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (1982)
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May 2000
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Award for Distinguished Service in Advancement of Polymer Science, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (1999)
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Nov 2000
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Person of Cultural Merits
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Nov 2000
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Order of Culture
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Dec 2000
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Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2000
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Jan 2002
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Member of the Japan Academy
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Memberships:
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Society of Polymer Science, Japan
Chemical Society of Japan
Physical Society of Japan
Electrochemical Society of Japan
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