Yoko Yamamoto
Postdoctoral Research Fellow;
Adjunct Lecturer
Barus
(401) 863-6405 (phone)
(401) 863-1276 (fax)
Yoko_Yamamoto@brown.edu
Areas of specialization: Cross-cultural studies on parental involvement in children's education; Educational inequalities related to socio-economic status; Early childhood education; Gender issues; Parenting self-efficacy; Parent and teacher expectations; The role of cultural and social capital in education; Japanese education and parenting.
Office Hours
Fall 2008Office Hours
1-3 pm on Mondays and by appointment
Degrees
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., 2006
Human Development and Education
Publications
-Holloway, S. D., & Yamamoto, Y. (2008). Parental expectations. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology (vol. 2) (pp. 753-755). Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
-Suzuki, S., Holloway, S. D., Yamamoto, Y., & Mindnich, J. D. (forthcoming). Parenting self-efficacy and social support in Japan and the United States. Journal of Family Issues.
-Holloway, S. D., Yamamoto, Y. & Suzuki, S., & Dalesandro, J. (2008). Determinants of parental involvement in early schooling: Evidence from Japan. Early Childhood Research & Practice, 10(1).
-Yamamoto, Y., Holloway, S. D., & Suzuki, S. (2006). Maternal involvement in preschool children’s education in Japan: Relation to parenting beliefs and socioeconomic status. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21, 332-346.
-Holloway, S., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, Y., & Behrens, K. (2005). Parenting self-efficacy among Japanese mothers. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36 (1), 61-76.
-Holloway, S. D., Yamamoto, Y., & Suzuki, S. (2005). Exploring the gender gap: Women speak out about working and raising children in contemporary Japan. Child Research Net Educational Visions. http://www.childresearch.net/RESOURCE/RESEARCH/2005/SUSAN.HTM
-Holloway, S. & Yamamoto, Y. (2003). Sensei! Early childhood education teachers in Japan. In Saracho, O. and Spodek, B. (Eds). Contemporary perspectives in early childhood education: Studying teachers in early childhood setting (pp. 181-207). Greenwich CT: Information Age Publishing.
-Yamamoto, Y. (2001). The duality of socialization and education: The impact of formal schooling on child-rearing in Japan. Harvard Asia Quarterly, 5 (3), 24-31.
-Yamamoto, Y. (2007). Education and social inequality: Contemporary educational credentialism in Japan by Toru Kikkawa. Japan Anthropology Workshop Newsletter, 41, 75-76.
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