Objective of Child Research Net

CRN's aim is to exchange information and knowledge on the Internet with child experts and researchers worldwide and pursue the happiness of children from the biological and social perspectives of kodomogaku, Child Science, in its consideration of children.

CRN wants to open up the field of child study and expand perspectivs on how to communicate with the new generation. In addition, we hope that these discussions will help further the understanding of culture, youth and society. We invite all who are interested in the problem of children and youth today to participate in CRN.

Message from the Director

Child Research Net (CRN) is a non-profit, Internet-based child research institute. Our research adopts an interdisciplinary point of view to all issues regarding children, one that we call kodomogaku in Japanese or Child Science. Finding that a single discipline alone is not sufficient to address the complexity of children and the problems they face, we pursue comprehensive and integrated research under the rubric of Child Science.

The study of children has tended to be fragmented, and serious confrontations ensue between biologists and educational professionals on the issue of heredity, for example, where both biological and humanistic approaches are possible. It is clear, however, that children are born as biological beings and grow up as social beings. The main objective of Child Science is to understand children through both approaches. Child Science focuses on the basic processes of growth and development in children, and applies these insights in studies of optimal formative environments, and problems of education and child behavior.

This interdisciplinary approach, by definition, aims to bring together experts from the specialized disciplines of conventional pedagogy, developmental psychology and pediatric health science, among others, as well as childcare professionals. Academic exchange of opinions is not, however, the end of Child Science: we aim to apply our findings in childcare and education to improve children's lives. CRN sponsors symposia, study sessions, and research projects on Child Science and makes available a wealth of information, data, and case studies on its website to all researchers who might be interested. And as a web-based institute, CRN naturally challenges the potential of technology today that enables high-speed communication and simultaneous participation to enhance its research network, database, and exchange.

We invite all who are interested in the problems of children and youth today to participate in CRN. We hope that, by working together, we will be able to improve the life and well-being of generations to come.

Who's who at CRN?

Honorary Director
  Takemochi Ishii, M.D.
  Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo

Researchers
  Mariko Tokoro
  Aiping Liu
  Tomohiro Kawamura
  Shinya Kawakami
  Yuko Osada

Child Research Net is supported by many other staff members whose names are not listed on this web page.

Sponsors
Benesse Corporation

CRN Advisory Board Members (listed in alphabetical order)

Edith Ackermann, Ph.D. Yoichi Sakakihara, M.D. Joseph J. Campos, Ph.D. Hidetada Shimizu, Ed.D. Ferran Casas, Ph.D. Robert D. Strom, Ph.D. Milton Chen, Ph.D. Tian Hui Dee Dickinson Arun Kumar Tripathi Susan D. Holloway, Ph.D. Nobuko Uchida, Ph.D. Yuko Inagaki, M.D. Nobuyuki Ueda, Ed.D. Bipin Indurkhya, Ph.D. Hillel Weintraub Yukuo Konishi, M.D. Merry I. White, Ph.D. Gerald K. LeTendre, Ph.D. Wong Lee-Fong Catherine Lewis, Ph.D. Zhou Xiaolin Steve McCarty Zhu Jiaxiong Yoshiro Miyata, Ph.D.

Edith Ackermann, PhD
Visiting Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Architecture,
U.S.A.

Joseph J. Campos, Ph.D
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of California, Berkley,
U.S.A.

Ferran Casas, Ph.D
Director, Research Institute on Quality of Life
Professor
University of Girona
Spain

Milton Chen, Ph.D
Executive Director
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Educational technology, teacher education, parent and community involvement in education
U.S.A.

Dee Dickinson
CEO
New Horizons for Learning
U.S.A.

Susan D. Holloway, Ph.D
Adjunct Professor
Dept. of Education,
University of California, Berkeley
U.S.A.

Yuko Inagaki, M.D
Director
International Child Study Center, Konan Woman's University
Japan

Bipin Indurkhya, Ph.D
Professor
International Institute of Information Technology
India

Yukuo Konishi, M.D
Professor
Tokyo Women's Medical University
President, The Japanese Society of Baby Science
Japan

Gerald K. LeTendre, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education,
Pennsylvania State University
Chair, Educational Theory and Policy Program
Comparisons of U.S. and Japanese educational systems; adolescent schooling
and educational decision-making
U.S.A.

Catherine Lewis, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Scholar
School of Education
Mills College

Steve McCarty
Professor
Osaka Jogakuin College
Japan

Yoshiro Miyata, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University,
Japan

Yoichi Sakakihara, M.D.
Professor
Ochanomizu University, Research Center for Child and Adolescent Development and Education
Japan

Hidetada Shimizu, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Northern Illinois University
U.S.A

Robert D. Strom, Ph.D.
Professor
Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Director of Office of Parent Development International, Arizona State University
Development of education programs for parents and grandparents of children and adolescents
U.S.A.

Tian Hui
Researcher
National Institute for Educational Research
China

Arun Kumar Tripathi
Research Assistant
Department of Philosophy of Technology, Institute for Philosophy
Dresden University of Technology
Germany
Member, World Association for Online Education (WAOE)
National Advisory Board Member, AmericaTakingAction, National Network

Nobuko Uchida, Ph.D.
Professor
Ochanomizu University
Japan

Nobuyuki Ueda, Ed.D.
Professor
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
Japan

Hillel Weintraub
Writer, Designer, Learner
(Former Professor of Future University - Hakodate)
Japan

Merry I. White, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Boston University
U.S.A

Wong Lee-Fong, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Early Childhood Education, National Taipei University of Education
Taiwan

Zhou Xiaolin, Ph.D.
Director, Professor
Center for Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Department of Psychology, Peking University
China

Zhu Jiaxiong, Ph.D.
Head
Institute of Early Childhood Education, East China Nomal University
China

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