Research
and Teaching Experience
@April 1, 2010 \Present@
Associate Professor of Faculty of Education, Saitama University
@April 1, 2007 \March 31, 2010@Lecturer of Faculty
of Education, Saitama University
@April 1, 2006 \March 31, 2007@Research Associate
of Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University
Education
@March 23, 2006 Doctor of Philosophy in Education, given by Hiroshima
University
@March 23, 2003 Master of Education, given by Hiroshima
University
@March 23, 2001 Bachelor of Education, given by Hiroshima
University
Grants
@2013 \2015@Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientist (B) (KAKENHI),
3400000 yen in total,
@@@@@@@@@@@gVisual perceptual factors relating to motor skill underachievement
of university studentsh@
@2009 \2011@Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientist (B) (KAKENHI),
3200000 yen in total,
@@@@@@@@@@@gSetback experiences in physical education classes and perceptual-motor
abilities
@@@@@@@@@@@ of university students with motor skill underachievementh
@2006 \2007@Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientist (Start-up)
(KAKENHI), 1700000 yen in total,
@@@@@@@@@@@gA start-up study on university students with motor skill underachievementh
Representative
Publications (As the first author)
Furuta, H. (2014) Setbacks in physical education classes undergone by female
university students with motor skill
@@@@@underachievement. Journal of Saitama University (Faculty of Education),
63(1), 357-386. (in Japanese)
Furuta, H. and Kushibiki, R. (2011) Whole body reaction time of university students with motor skill underachievement.
@@@@@Journal of Saitama University (Faculty of Education), 60(1), 67-70.
(in Japanese)
Furuta, H. et al., (2010) A cross-sectional study on the relationship between
visual abilities and serve-reception
@@@@@performance in volleyball. Japanese Journal of Sport Methodology,
23, 15-25. (in Japanese)
Furuta, H., et al. (2005) Perceptual factors related to the attacking performance
in volleyball.
@@@@@Japanese Journal of Sport Methodology, 18, 49-59. (in Japanese)
Furuta, H., et al. (2004) A multidimensional and multivariate approach
to perceptual factors related to
@@@@@the serve-receiving performance in volleyball. Japanese Journal of
Sport Psychology, 31(2), 29-41. (in Japanese)
Membership
of Academic Society
@International Society of Sport Psychology
@European College of Sport Science
@Japanese Society of Sport Psychology
@Japanese Society of Physical Education, Health, Sport Sciences
@Japan Curriculum Research and Development Association
@The Japanese Psychological Association
@The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology
Furuta Laboratory for Motor Learning and Development
Health and Physical Education Course, Faculty of Education, Saitama University
Hisashi FURUTA
Research
My recent interest of research is the factors
relating to clumsiness or underachievement in motor control and learning when
students, from elementary to university, acquire various motor skills. In
physical education classes, there are some learners whose motor skills hardly
improve due to their clumsiness whereas the other learners can refine their
motor skills. Enhancing motor skills of the former learners is one of the
issues which physical education teachers have to resolve. I have conducted some
research and revealed the differences between university students with and
without motor skill underachievement in physical fitness, visual abilities, and
psychomotor abilities such as reaction time. In addition, with regard to the
characteristics of tasks students learn, it has been shown that there are five
typical setbacks undergone by the students with motor skill underachievement: they are not good at sprinting, they cannot
organize a sequential movement from running to jumping smoothly, they are un-skilled
in throwing a ball, they cannot anticipate a trajectory or a landing point of a
ball, and they feel fear or anxiety while they are performing some kinds of
motor skills. My research will contribute to improving teaching skills of
physical education teachers.