Researcher Profile and Settings

Research Interests

• occupation
• education

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences/Sociology
• Humanities & social sciences/Sociology of education

Academic & Professional Experience

• Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University, 2013 - Today
• Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University, 2007 - 2013
• Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University, 2005 - 2007
• Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education, 1996 - 2005
• Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education, 1993 - 1996
• Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Relations, Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University, 2005 – 2013, 2005
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education, 1996 – 2005, 1996
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education, 1993 – 1996, 1993

Education

• Osaka University, 1993
• Osaka University, Graduate School Division of Human Sciences, 1993
• Osaka University, 1988
• Osaka University, Graduate School Division of Human Sciences, 1988
• Osaka University, Faculty of Human Sciences, 1986
• Osaka University, Faculty of Human Sciences, 1986

Academic Degrees

• Master of Arts, Osaka University

Association Memberships

• The Chubu Society for the Study of Education
• The Japan Sociological Society
• The Japan Society of Educational Sociology

Committee Memberships

• Editorial Board (Deputy Editor 2013-2015), 2003 -2015, The Japan Society of Educational Sociology, Academic society, The Japan Society of Educational Sociology

Misc

• Who can keep working and continue to take care of a child?
  Kenji Agata
  6183 - 194, Mar. 2018, Japanese, Other
• Gender Differentiates the Usefulness of Vocational Qualification
  Agata, Kenji
  Japan Finance Corporation [ed.], Monthly Research Report, (85)20 - 21, 2015
• Two Aspects of the Vocational Qualificaitons in Lifelong Learining
  Agata, Kenji
  Bulletin of the Association of Lifelong Education, (35)33 - 44, 2014
• Book Review: Hamanaka, Junko "Investigation: Utility of Educational Certification"
  Agata, Kenji
  IDE Contenmporary Higher Education, (562)72 - 73, 2014
• Changing Consciousness about Devision of Labour by Gender Role in High School Students
  Agata, Kenji
  Ojima, Fumiaki and Sohei Aramaki (eds.) Life and Course of Current High School Students, 131 - 144, 2013
• The Relationship between the Change of Employment Status and Acquisition of the Vocational Qualification: Analyzing the Data of JGSS-2009 Life Course Study
  Agata, Kenji
  JGSS Research Series No.8, 1171 - 78, 2011
• Investigation of Efficacy of holding Vocational Qualification for workers
  Agata, Kenji
  An Analysis of Vocational Certification in Japan －In Light of the Findings of a Web Survey on Certifications, JILPT Research Report, (121-1)99 - 117, 2010
• Cost-Effectiveness of Vocational Qualification
  Agata, Kenji
  An Analysis of Vocational Certification in Japan －In Light of the Findings of a Web Survey on Certifications, JILPT Research Report, (121-1)79 - 98, 2010
• How should We Recognize the Utility of Vocational Qualification in Japan?
  Agata, Kenji
  The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, 52(1)20 - 27, 2009
• An Analysis of Utilizing Vocational Qualification in Career Formation
  Agata, Kenji
  Agata, Kenji (ed.) Work Style and Career Formation (The 2005 SSM Research Series), 485 - 102, 2008
• Explaining Social Phenomena with Scientific Notion: A Practice Report on "Introduction to Social Sciences"
  Agata, Kenji
  Liberal Arts and Education, 571 - 79, 2005
• The Effect of Experiences of Teaching Practice on Students' Perspective for Teaching
  Agata, Kenji
  Bulletin of Aichi University of Education (Educational Sciences), 5487 - 90, 2005
• The "Effects" of Vocational Qualification in the Formation Process of Individual Career
  Agata, Kenji
  Kondo, HIroyuki (ed.) Sociological Studies on Life Histories by Quantitative Method, 115 - 127, 2005
• Lifecourse Image and Regionality
  Agata, Kenji
  Research Journal of JIN-AI University, 227 - 40, 2004
• Japanese Occupational Qualification of Today
  Agata, Kenji
  Bulletin of Aichi University of Education (Educational Sciences), 4837 - 45, 1999
• An Analysis of the Effects of Occupational Qualifications
  Agata, Kenji
  The Journal of Educational Sociology, 63177 - 197, 1998
• Japanese Occupational Qualification: Its Situation and Effects
  Agata, Kenji
  Kariya, Takehiko (ed.) Education and Occupation (The 1995 SSM Research Series), 1157 - 83, 1998
• A Study of Students' Orientation toward Teaching after the Experience of Teaching Practice
  Agata, Kenji
  The Bulletin for Subjects Education Center in Aichi University of Education, 21109 - 114, 1997
• Reexamination of the Concept of the "Profession"
  Agata, Kenji
  Bulletin of Aichi University of Education (Educational Sciences), 4483 - 90, 1995
• Types of Teacher Composition and School Character: A Case Study of Junior High School in a Big City
  Agata, Kenji
  Sociology, 38(1)45 - 61, 1993
• The Place where "Minor Group" Exists: Who has given up the educational attainment ?
  Agata, Kenji
  The Journal of Educational Sociology, 50345 - 365, 1992
• What Makes Sense of Teaching: Teachers Talking Their "Ideals"
  Agata, Kenji
  Osaka Studies in Sociology of Education, 71 - 11, 1989

Books etc

• Socioogy of Male Child Rearers
  Minervashobo, 2016
• Let's Study Employment and Labor
  Jinbunshoin, 2011
• The Support for Independence of the Adolescent and the Youth
  Sekaishisosha, 2009
• The Handbook of Educational Research
  Sekaishisosha, 2005
• Educational Credentials in the Postwar Stratification System
  The University of Tokyo Press, 2000
• The Viewpoint to Modern Society and Education
  Minervashobo, 2000
• The Viewpoint to Society and Education
  Soshinshuppan, 1996

Works

• Comprehensive Studies on Structure and Change of Social Stratification System in Contemporary Japan
  2004 -2007

Research Grants & Projects

• Sociological Studies on Vocational Qualification
  1995