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Yataro Okabe

Born: June 20th, 1894 in Ueda city, Nagano prefecture
Died: March 14th, 1967


Education

  • B.A (1919) Department of Philosophy, College of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University (Major psychology)—His academic dissertation was “Melody ni tsuite (About Melody)”

Landmarks

  • 1919 Assistant at Educational laboratory, Tokyo Imperial University
  • 1925-1938 Part time employee at Tokyo fu shonen shokugyo soudanjyo (Tokyo prefectural bureau for boy’s employments)
  • 1930 Professor at Rikkyo University
  • 1935 Associate professor at Tokyo Imperial University
  • 1938-1946 Director at Aiiku Institute
  • 1948 Professor at Department of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University
  • 1950 Chief professor at department of Educational psychology, College of Education, Tokyo Imperial University
  • 1955 Retired Tokyo Imperial University
  • 1955 Professor at International Christian University
  • 1965 Retired International Christian University
  • 1965 Professor at Sophia University

Contributions

  • Yataro Okabe contributed the development of educational psychology and educational measurement. His attitude of research is to concern in the school education and career counseling. He suggested the direct improvement of education, typology, structure of personality, and career choice.
  • He tried to improve the Japanese education with the psychological standpoint. 

Honors

  • 1965~1967 The president at Japanese Psychological Association
  • 1966 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
  • 1952~1957 The first president at Nihon Kyoiku shinri gakkai ( Japan Educational Psychology Association)
  • President of Japan Applied Psychology Association
  • Director of Japan Educational Association
  • Vice president of Educational University Association

Keywords

  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational measurement
  • Educational Account

References

  • Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.
  • Nihon no shinrigaku kanko iinkai. (1982).Nihon no shinrigaku. Tokyo: Nihon bunka kagaku sha.
  • Tatsuya Sato, Hazime Mizoguchi, (1997). Tsushi Nihon-no-shinrigaku. Kyoto: Kitaoji Shobo.
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