PROFESSOR
PERSONAL PROFILE:
- A member of the lecturers of chemistry programs for senior high school students on NHK Educational TV.
- A member of working group for teaching materials, GSCN dissemination and enlightenment group, Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI).
- A member of International executive committee on International Conference on Network for Inter-Asian Chemistry Educators (NICE).
RESEARCH INTEREST:
- Chemistry education, Science education for secondary school, Green chemistry education
WORK EXPERIENCE:
4/2013 to Present Toho University
Serve as Professor of the Faculty of Science.
Serve as Professor of the Faculty of Science.
- Specialize in science and chemistry education.
- Educate and train science and math teachers to be assigned to junior and senior high schools and information teachers to be assigned to senior high schools.
- Proposed and have held Chemistry Experiment Workshop cosponsored by Toho University and the Chemistry Society of Japan annually since 2015.
4/1990 to 3/2013 Komaba Toho Junior and Senior High Schools
Served as Teacher.
Served as Teacher.
- Taught physics and chemistry to junior high school students and chemistry to senior high school students.
- Involved in practical study of chemistry in secondary education and development of curriculum.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Received in 2017 the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Merits for Chemical Education for “Contribution to Secondary School Chemistry Education through Chemical Experiments”.
EDUCATION:
Tokyo Gakugei University
Doctor of Education, 2005
Master of Education, 2001
Hirosaki University
Bachelor of Science, 1985
Doctor of Education, 2005
Master of Education, 2001
Hirosaki University
Bachelor of Science, 1985
CERTIFICATION:
Teaching license (Advanced class certificate), 2001
PARTIAL LIST OF PAPERS:
- Izumi Imai, Yuka Tsuchiya, Kazuko Ogino, Keiji Ueno, Hitoshi Tomita, Kentaro Makide and Ken-ichi Tominaga, Development of teaching material for green and sustainable chemistry in Japan, Chemistry Teacher International, pp.1 -12 , 2022.
- Izumi Imai, Masahiro Kamata, Naosuke Miura，“A Teaching Tool for Molecular Kinetics”, Physics Education, 38 (3), pp.254-258，2003.
- Izumi Imai, Takashi Shimojo, Transition of the concept of “amount of substance (mole)”and its influence on high school chemistry, Journal of Science Education in Japan, 28(3), pp.149-157, 2004.
- Kazuya Sugiyama, Tomoya Matsushima, Soichiro Watanabe, Hiromitsu Yokota, Izumi Imai, Tracking the Hydrolysis Process of Penta-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranose Using Urine Test Paper, Chemistry & Education, 66 (8), pp.404-407，2018.
PARTIAL LIST OF MEMBERSHIPS:
- The Chemical Society of Japan
- Japan Society for Science Education
- Society of Japan Science Teaching
- American Chemical Society
- Royal Society of Chemistry
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:
Domestic
- 1998-present
A member of the lecturers of chemistry programs for senior high school students on NHK Educational TV. - 1998-2018
A member of Judging Committee of Japan Students Science Awards. - 2000-2008
A member of the authors of chemistry textbooks for senior high school students (Dainippon-Tosho). - 2010-present
A member of working group for teaching materials, GSCN dissemination and enlightenment group, Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI).
- 2017-present
A member of International executive committee on International Conference on Network for Inter-Asian Chemistry Educators (NICE). - 2020-2022
A member of international advisory board on 26th IUPAC Conference on Chemistry Education (ICCE) 2022 Committees. - IUPAC, National Representative of Committee on Chemistry Education(2022-2023)