Motooka Mihoko

写真a

Title

Associate Professor

Mail Address

E-mail address

To the head of this page.▲

Current Affiliation Organization 【 display / non-display 】

  • Duty   University of the Ryukyus   Faculty of Education   Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Training Program   Associate Professor  

To the head of this page.▲

University 【 display / non-display 】

  • 1988.04
    -
    1992.03

    Joetsu University of Education   Faculty of School Education   Graduated

To the head of this page.▲

Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2016.04
    -
    2018.03

    Hiroshima University  Graduate School, Division of Education  Doctor's Course (first term)  Completed

  • 2018.04
    -
    2023.03

    Hiroshima University  Graduate School, Division of Education  Doctor's Course (second term)  Completed

To the head of this page.▲

External Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2026.04
    　
    　

    University of the Ryukyus  

  • 1992.04
    -
    1994.03

     

  • 1994.04
    -
    1995.03

     

  • 1995.04
    -
    1996.03

     

  • 2005.04
    -
    2007.03

     

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲

Affiliated academic organizations 【 display / non-display 】

  • 　
    　
    　
     

    JAPAN SOCIETY OF RESEARCH ON EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION 

  • 　
    　
    　
     

    THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN 

  • 　
    　
    　
     

    THE CHUGOKU-SHIKOKU SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION 

  • 　
    　
    　
     

    JAPAN SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 

To the head of this page.▲

Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】

  • Nursery rhymes

  • 質的研究

  • 子どもと保育者との関係

  • 保育記録

  • 保育者研修

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲

Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Early childhood education and care

To the head of this page.▲

Published Papers 【 display / non-display 】

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲

Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • AUTOETHNOGRAPHY PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE

    Simonne de Araùjo Medina Medonça, Shagun Bansal・Ana Baptista・Michael Bartholomew, Lydia Boynton, James Brading, Katie Bramley, David Carless・Alba Carrasco-Cruz・Daniela Chivers・Ana Cimbleris-Alkmim・Henry Dobson・Kitrina Douglas, Joshua Eibenschutz・Nozomi Fujisaka・Andrew M. Gillo, Gustavo Gonzàlez-Calvo・Lakshya Gopal, Kiyoshi Hamana, Natalie Har, Aya Hayasaki, Yusuke Katsura, Trude Klevan, Simone Kreher・Geir Kvalsvik・Caroline Lafarge・Gayle Letherby・Oreoluwa Mohammed, Edwina Morris, Mihoko Motooka・Chloe Norton-Lamb・Rennan Okawa・Julie Parsons・Devni Peramunugamage・Djenane Ramalho-de-Oliveira・Renèe Servin Recio, Knut Tore Sælør, Eric Seifer, Chihiro Suzuki・Mi-Tra Tran・Teppei Tsuchimoto・Esther van der Wal, Naoko Yokoyama ( Part: Allotment Writing ,  Crystallising experiences, shaping pedagogies: from personal journeys to an autoethnographic community in Japan、By staying with others and listening to their narratives, I cultivate myselves. )

    ■■■  2025.04

To the head of this page.▲

Other Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Transformation of Views of Children and Awareness: From Childcare Provider to Researcher and the Search for Childcare Meaning

    Mihoko Motooka

      183   2025.08

     

  • Physical Entrainment through Japanese "Warabeuta" Nursery Rhymes:Based on a TAE Analysis of the Author's Own Experience as an Infant Caregiver

    MIhoko Motooka

    PECERA Annual Conference 2024 Tokyo     26 - 27   2024.08

     

  • Milieu of Care: A Collaborative Autoethnography

    Teppei Tsuchimoto・Aya, Hayasaki・Chihiro Suzuki, Tamiyo Koyama, Mihoko Motooka, Mai Kannan, Yusuke Katsura・Rennan Okawa, Nozomi Fujisaka

    10th Anniversary International Conference of Autoethnography     34   2023.07

     

  • Parent-Child Separation in One-Year-Old Children Attending Preschool: Based on the Trend of the Intrapersonal Mean of the Anxiety Index

    Mihoko MOTOOKA

    The Japanese Society for Education of Young Children In Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference     142 - 143   2020.10

     

  • Consideration of Trends and Factors of Separation Anxiety in a One-Year-Old Class: Based on Measurement of Anxiety Intensity for 8 Months and Interviews with Caregivers

    Mihoko MOTOOKA

    The Journal of Child Health The 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Health   79   132 - 132   2020.09

     

To the head of this page.▲

Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Autoethnography and the Poetic Movement: The Boundaries Between Research and the “Poetic"

    2026 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative  2026.03  -  2026.03 

  • Crystallising experiences, shaping pedagogies: from personal journeys to an autoethnographic community in Japan

    Teppei Tsuchimoto, Nozomi Fujisaka,, Yusuke, Katsura, Aya Hayasaki, Mihoko Motooka, Naoko Yokoyama

    12th International Conference of Autoethnography  2025.07  -  2025.07 

  • The Current State and Future Prospects of Autoethnography in Japan

    2025 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative  2025.02  -  2025.03 

  • わらべうたによる身体的同調： 乳児保育者としての筆者自身の経験のTAE分析に基づいて

    本岡美保子

    Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA)  2024.08  -  2024.08 

  • What comes before voice?

    Teppei Tsuchimoto, Nozomi Fujisaka, Aya Hayasaki, Mihoko Motooka, Chihiro Suzuki, Mao Yamaguchi

    11th International Conference of Autoethnography  2024.07  -  2024.07 

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲

Academic Awards 【 display / non-display 】

  • Research Incentive Award of JAPAN SOCIETY of RESEARCH on EARIY CHILDHOOD CARE and EDUCATION

    2020.06   JAPAN SOCIETY of RESEARCH on EARIY CHILDHOOD CARE and EDUCATION   The Significance of Conflict in Infant Childcare -To Focus on the Interaction Between Infant and Nurseries-

    Winner: Mihoko MOTOOKA

  • オートエスノグラフィー国際学会2025 特別コラボレーション賞

    2025.07   International Conference of AutoEthnography  

    Winner: Teppei Tsuchimoto, Yusuke Katsura, Aya Hayasaki, Nozomi Fujisaka, Mihoko Motooka, Naoko Yokoyama, Chihiro Suzuki, Kiyoshi Hamana, Rennan Okawa

  • Best Presentation Award

    2023.11    

    Winner: Mihoko MOTOOKA

  • Proficiency in Thinking at the Edge (TAE)

    2026.02   THE INTERNATIONAL FOCUSING INSTITUTE   In acknowledgement of Proficiency in Thinking at the Edge (TAE)

To the head of this page.▲

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display 】

  • A Study on the Separation Anxiety of Infants at the Attending the Nursery: Focus on the Relationship between Infants, Nursery Teachers and Parents

    Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up

    Project Year: 2019.08  -  2021.03 

    Investigator(s): MOTOOKA MIHOKO 

    Direct: 1,500,000 (YEN)  Overheads: 1,950,000 (YEN)  Total: 450,000 (YEN)

    　View Summary

    An investigation of separation anxiety among children attending preschool revealed that separation anxiety does not necessarily decrease after the initial period of attendance, and that each child experiences periods of high or low anxiety. It was also found that the first year of a child's life, which is typically the time when separation anxiety is considered to be strong, is not necessarily the period when parent-child separation becomes difficult. Interviews with caregivers revealed that it is necessary to support children through difficulties in adapting to changes in the family situation, delineating the importance of devising ways to assign caregivers and to collaborate with other caregivers. Further, the interviews with mothers of children with strong separation anxiety indicated their experiences of psychological burden and a sense of isolation related to child-rearing in general, including when their children attended preschool.

To the head of this page.▲

Social Activity 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2025.11
    -
    2026.01

  • 2025.11
    　
    　

  • 2025.09
    　
    　

  • 2024.05
    　
    　

  • 2023.11
    　
    　

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲

Media Coverage 【 display / non-display 】

To the head of this page.▲