Dr Shoko Yoneyama

Biography/ Background

Shoko Yoneyama is a Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies. She has worked in the fields of Japanese studies, sociology of education, sociology of development and the environment. Her book, The Japanese High School: Silence and Resistance (London & New York, Routledge 1999) is a critical comparative analysis of Japanese and Australian high schools from the perspective of students. She has also published research papers and articles on school non-attendance (futoko/tokokyohi), bullying (ijime), educational reform in Japan, etc. She was awarded a Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in Teaching (University of Adelaide, Vice-Chancellor's award) in 1996.

Qualifications

PhD (La Trobe), DipEd (Tsuda), BA (Tsuda)

Teaching Interests

Japanese Society: Development and the Environment (Coordination&teaching), Contemporary Japan: Culture and Identities (participated in teaching), Asian Studies Core Course (participated in teaching), Japanese language courses (Coordiantion&teaching)

2009 Re-orienting Asia: Popular Voices & Sustainability

Research Interests

She is generally interested in the relationship between social structure and alienation/empowerment of the individual. Her recent research includes a project on Japanese international students in Australian schools. She is also interested in alternative social movements, in particular, in the fields of education and agriculture.

Publications

*Yoneyama, S. (2008) 'The Era of Bullying: Japan under Neoliberalism', The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 31 December.

http://www.japanfocus.org/_Shoko_YONEYAMA-The_Era_of_Bullying__Japan_under_Neoliberalism

Also listed on Asia-Studies Monthly Highlights for January 2009 at http://www.asia-studies.com/index.html

About Asia-Studies.com and its homepage 'Highlights' see http://www.asia-studies.com/asc.html

*Yoneyama, S. (2007) 'Moving Teachers from Complicity in Bullying to Change', Essential Teacher (Compleat Links) 4(1) http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/secetdoc.asp?CID=1479&DID=7979

*Yoneyama, S. and Murphey, T. (2007) 'Tipping Points of Class Size: When caring communications and relationships become possible?' JALT (The Japan Association for Language Teaching) Hokkaido Journal, 11:16-28. http://www.jalthokkaido.net/jh_journal/2007/yoneyama_murphey.pdf

Yoneyama, S. (2007) 'Holistic Approaches to Bullying: the "Method of Shared Concern" and Autonomy-Oriented Learning', Learning Learning http://ld-sig.org/LL/LL14one/2007a.pdf#page=27 (with Japanese translation by Aya Sasaki)(Invited paper)

Yoneyama, S. (2007) The Japanese High School: Silence and Resistance (Paperback edition through Routledge Paperbacks Direct), London and New York, Routledge, 312 pp. ISBN:978-0-415-43829-2. Also avaialbe as eBook.

*Yoneyama, S. and K. Rigby (2006) 'Bully/Victim students and classroom climate', Youth Studies Australia, 25 (3):34-41.

*Yoneyama, S. (2006) 'Student-teacher relations as the key to sustainable learning: Japanese education in comparative perspective', The Language Teacher, 30(7):48-51.

Yoneyama, S. (2006)(Japanese publication)'Student Perceptions of the School Learning Environment: A Comparative Study of Steiner and Mainstream Schools', Yoshiyuki Nagata (ed.) 'An International Comparative Study on Independent Schools with Public Subsidies', Research Report for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS/Kaken) Project no. 15402047, pp.72-77.

Yoneyama, S. (2004) Book Reivew: Roger Goodman and David Phillips (eds), Can the Japanese Change Their Education System? Oxford: Symposium Books.  Japanese Studies, 24(1):140-142. (See attached)

*Yoneyama, S. and Naito, A. (2003) 'Problems with the Paradigm: the school as a factor in understanding bullying (with special reference to Japan)' British Journal of Sociology of Education, 24(3): 315-330.

*Yoneyama, S. (2002) 'Japanese "Educational Reform": The Plan for the Twenty-First Century',ã??Maswood, J., Graham, J., and Miyajima, H. (eds), Japan â?? Change and Continuity, London, Routledge Curzon: 192-213.

*S.Yoneyama (2001) 'Stress, disempowerment, bullying, and School Non-attendance', The Language Teacher (Special issue on meritocracy), 25(10):17-22. http://www.jalt-publications.org/tlt/articles/2001/10/yoneyama

*Yoneyama, S. (2000) 'Student Discourse on Tokokyohi (School Phobia/ Refusal) in Japan: Burnout or Empowerment?', British Journal of Sociology of Education, 21(1): 77-94.

Yoneyama, S. (2000) 'Education in Contemporary Japan: Inequality and Diversity' by Kaori Okano and Motonori Tsuchida (book review), Japanese Studies, 20 (1): 112-115.

**Yoneyama, S. (1999) The Japanese High School: Silence and Resistance, London and New York, Routledge, 287 pp. ISBN: 0-415-15439-1(hb)

*Yoneyama, S. (1997) 'Japanese Studies: Prospects in the Context of Australian Higher Education' Japanese Studies, 17(2-3): 47-56.

Yoneyama, S. (1996) 'Growth in Organic Agriculture: Japanese Farmers' Perspectives' in Ecology and Farming, January: 14-16.

*Yoneyama, S, and Radford, M. (1996) 'Social Cost of Stress: the Educational System and its Effect upon Students in Japan', in M. Low and H. Marriott (ed.), Japanese Science, Technology and Economic Growth Down-Under, Monash Asia Institute, Melbourne, pp.158-197. (Book chapter)

Yoneyama, S. (1996) 'Difference and Modernity: Social Theory and Contemporary Japanese Society by John Clammer' (book review), in Japanese Studies, 16 (1): 108-111.

*Yoneyama, S. (1995) 'Prescriptions from the Periphery: Japanese Farmers and the Search for a Survival Strategy', Japanese Studies, 15(1): 49-76.

Aoki, N. and Yoneyama, S. (1995) Osutoraria Rokusennichi o Yomu: Reading Yoshio Sugimoto's '6000 Days in Australia', Japanese Studies Centre, Melbourne (Expanded second edition, 250 pp.) (Japanese language textbook)

*Yoneyama, S. (1995) 'Organic Farming: Japanese Farmers' Search for a Survival Strategy', Asia Pacific Journal on Environment and Development, 1(2): 68-91.

Aoki, N. and Yoneyama, S. (1994) Osutoraria Rokusennichi o Yomu: Reading Yoshio Sugimoto's '6000 Days in Australia', Japanese Studies Centre, Melbourne, 135 pp. (Japanese language textbook)

Yoneyama, S. (1991) 'Multi-cultural Australia by Masami Sekine' (book review), Minami Hankyû Hyôron [Southern Hemisphere Review], 7: 95-96.

*DEST Publication: refereed journal articles, books, book chapters

Professional Associations

Editor for Social Science, Japanese Studies The Japanese Studies Association of Australia

Japan Holistic Education Society

The Japan Society of Educational Sociology

Community Engagement

Member, The Coalition to Decrease Bullying, Harassment and Violence in South Australian Schools, launched in 2005 by the Rann Government as the peak body representing three universities in South Australia, SA Department of Education and Children's Servicies (DECS), Catholic Education South Australia (CESA), and Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA) to address the issues of bullying, harassment and violence in South Australian Schools. http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/speced2/pages/default/a25792/

Files

• Book Review: Can the Japanese Change Their Education System? Roger Goodman and David Phillips (eds) - Book_Review_Can_the_Japanese_Change_their_Education_System.pdf [263.3K] (application/pdf)
• Steiner Education - Comparative Study (Publication No.7) - シュタイナー学校比較研究　出版物No7.pdf [520.1K] (application/pdf)

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009