PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

1) EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE & EDUCATION IN ISRAEL


  • Ishigaki, E. 1975. A Study of Maternal Rearing in the Kibbutz. Bulletin of Seiwa College. Vol. 4-5,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1978. The Relationship between Parents and Infants in the Kibbutz Bulletin of Seiwa College. Vol. 6,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1983. A Report on the Parent-Child Relationship in the Kibbutz: Six Years Later. Bulletin of Seiwa College. Vol. 11,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1984. A Comparative Study of Educational Environments of Preschool Children in Israel. Bulletin of Seiwa College. Vol. 12,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1987. A Comparison of Young Children' s Environments and Parental Expectations in Japan and Israel. In; Early Child Development and Care. Vol. 27, Printed in Great Britain, Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1987. A Comparative Study of Educational Environments of Preschool Children in Japan and Israel. In;  U. S. Department of Education, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)

    PRESENTATION:
  • Ishigaki, E. 1986. A Comparison of Young Children' s Environments and Parental Expectations in Japan and Israel. OMEP 18th World Congress,  Jerusalem, Israel. July 7, 1986

2) CONTENTS, CURRICULUM AND METHODS IN CARE & EDUCATION


    PUBLISHED PAPERS:
  • Ishigaki, E. 1980. How do we educate teachers for Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Educators in Japan. Bulletin of Seiwa College. Vol. 8.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1992. The Revision of Ministry Guidelines on Hoiku (Early Childhood Care and Education) in Japan.
    In; OMEP International Journal of Early Childhood Vol.24. 1992. OMEP & UNESCO
  • Ishigaki, E. 1992. What is the Goal of Early Childhood Care and Education? - in Connection with Revisions of the New Guidelines for Kindergarten Education and the New Syllabus for the Care and Education at Day Nursery in Japan. Bulletin of Seiwa College Vol. 20.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1992. The Preparation of Early Childhood Teachers in Japan.
    Part I : What is the Goal of Early Childhood Care and Education in Japan? In: Teacher Preparation for Early Childhood Education. Edited by Roy Evans and Olivia N. Saracho. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers
  • Ishigaki, E. 1999. New Perspectives of Early Childhood Teacher Education in Japan: Concerning New Revisions of Guidelines and the Juvenile Law. Educare ( Bulletin of Osaka Kyoiku University)


    PRESENTATION:
  • Ishigaki, E. 1987. Play in Nursery School in Japan. OMEP World Council and Seminar, Oslo, Norway. July 30,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1991. Young Children and their Environments : Japanese Perspective for Early Childhood Education. OMEP Asia-Pacific Regional Council and Seminar. Singapore. November 30.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1992. Constructing the Ideal Educational Environments for All the Children. OMEP 20th World Congress. Mesa/Flagstaff, Arizona. USA. August 2-7,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1993. Daycare and Education for Babies in Japan. OMEP World Council & Seminar. Sanfate de Bogota, Colombia. August 8
  • Ishigaki, E. 1996. Curriculum for All Concerns. presented as a panelist of Symposium titled "Young Children: Priorities and Challenges in the 2lst Century", OMEP International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. August 6-8
  • Ishigaki, E. 1998. Presentation of Reggio Emilia in Japan, to; Inter-net Reggio Emilia Discussion Group.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1999. Symposium: Crises and Challenges in Early Childhood Teacher Education at the Dawn of the New Century: A World View. At The Third International Conference on Teacher Education, Under the Ministry of Education and Culture and Sport, Department of Teacher Education, hosted by Beit Bearl College, Israel, June 27- July 1, 1999. by the support of Japan Fund

3) CHILDREN AND NEW MEDIA

    PUBLISHED PAPERS:
  • Ishigaki, E. 1987. Young Children in Computer Generation in Japan. In: U.S. Department of Education. Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
  • Ishigaki, E. 1995 & 1996. Young Children' s Communication and Self Expression in the Technological Era. Bulletin of Seiwa College Vol. 23A, 1995, and OPA (Overseas Publishers Association)  l996. Amsterdam B. V. Publishers in The Netherlands unr Iicence by Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1997. Creative Practical Use of Digital Media in Early Childhood Education. Part I and Part ll. Bulletin of Seiwa College Vol.24A, 1996. also OMEP International Journal of Early Childhood, Vol. 29. No. 2

    PRESENTATION:
  • Ishigaki, E. 1987. The Children of Computer Generation:  An Analysis of the Family Computer Fad in Japan. Second International Congress on Early Childhood Education, Tel-Aviv, Israel. July 6
  • Ishigaki, E. 1995. Young Children' s Communication and Self Expression in the Technological Era - The Trend in Educational Media in Early Childhood in Japan.OMEP European Conference. Athens, Greece. March 18,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1997. Children's Books Using New Media.  OMEP World Council and Seminar, Quebec (Quebec) Canada, Aug.1,

4) TODAY ' S TOPICS IN CARE & EDUCATION

    EDITED BOOK:
  • Ishigaki, E. 1992. Asian Young Children. (ed) Kazama Shobo (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, The Japanese Ministry of Education. Science and Culture)
  • Ishigaki, E. 1998. Preschool Teacher Education: Supporting Children's Rights. Editors: Blythe F. Hinitz and Alicia I. Pagano by United States National Committee of OMEP 

    PUBLISHED PAPERS:
  • Ishigaki, E. 1987. The Health and Eating Habits of Young Children in Japan. Bulletin of Seiwa College. Vol. 15,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1990. Education about ' Life and Death' for Young Children. Bulletin of Seiwa College. Vol. 18,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1991. The Health and Eating Habits of Young Children in Japan. In: Early Child Development and Care Vol. 74.  Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1991. The Historical Stream of Early Childhood Pedagogic Concepts in Japan. In: Early Child Development and Care Vol. 75.  Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1994. Educational Issues Concerning Japan' s Lower Birthrate. In: The Journal of Infant Education, Vol.15,  Department of Infant Education, Osaka Kyoiku University.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1995. Lower Birthrate and Children' s Rights : The Present Condition of Japanese Family.  In: OMEP International Journal of Early Childhood, Vol.27, No. 2, Published in London
  • Ishigaki, E. 1995. How have The Rights of the Child been taught at Kindergarten-teacher Training Colleges? :  English Translation by the author from <Educare>.Vol.16,  <title altered from The Journal of Infant Education>, Osaka Kyoiku University.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1996. An Analysis of the Japanese Educators' Consciousness of Children' s Right to Play. In: Educare, Vol.17,  Osaka Kyoiku University.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1997. Comparison among Japanese and Chinese Kindergarten-teachers' and Japanese OMEP Members' Consciousness of Children' s Right to Play. In: Educare, Vol. 18, 1997, Osaka Kyoiku University, with Lin, Jiasui, China.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1998. A Comparison on the Kindergarten-teachers' Concept of the Children' s Right to Play among Three Asian Countries: Japan, Korea and China. In: International Journal of Early Childhood, Vol.3. published in Seoul, Korea, with Lin, Jiasui, China & Lee, Ki Sook,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1998. Symposium:  Preschool Teacher Education; Supporting Children' s Rights -The Case of Japan on the Verge of the Twenty-First Century- In: Bulletin of Seiwa College. Vol. 26A  Seiwa College.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1998. Preschool Teacher Education : Supporting Children's Rights.  editors; Blythe F. Hinitz and Alicia I. Pagano. by United States National Committee of OMEP
  • Ishigaki, E. 1999. Comparative Study of Preschool Teachers' Attitudes toward  Children' s Rights to Play among Japan China and Korea. In: OMEP International Journal of Early Childhood,Vol.1, with Lin, Jiasui, China.
  • Ishigaki, E. 1999. New Perspective of Early Childhood Teacher Education in Japan: Concerning New Revisions of Guidelines and The Juvenile Law. In: Educare (Osaka Kyoiku University)
  • Ishigaki, E. 2000. Visions of Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century: Message from Japan. In International Journal of Early Childhood Education Volume 6, December 2000 (Special Issue on the Ist KSECE International Conference)  The Korean Society for Early Childhood Education.
  • Ishigaki, E. 2002. Children's Rights: A Quotes from TOYOHIKO KAGAWA. In: Resources in Education (RIE)ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education.

    PRESENTATIONS:
  • Ishigaki, E. 1988. How Do We Train Preschool Teachers? Through the Education about ' Life and Death' . OMEP 40th Anniversary and Seminar. Praha, Czechslovakia. September 25
  • Ishigaki, E. 1989. Death Education for Young Children. The sixth Triennial WCCI World Conference on Education. Noordvijkerout, The Netherlands. August 8,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1992. A Historical Approach to  Education on Life and Death for Young Children: Focusing on Understanding of Body. The Seventh Triennial WCCI World Conference on Education. Cairo, Egypt. July 25-30,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1994. Lower Birthrate and Children' s Rights - The Present Condition of Japanese Family-. OMEP World Council & Seminar. Warwick University, Conventry, United Kingdom. August 11,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1995. How have The Rights of the Child been taught at Kindergarten -Teacher Training Colleges in Japan? OMEP2lth World Congress. Yokohama, Japan. August 8,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1996. An Analysis of the Japanese OMEP Members' Consciousness of "Children' s Right to Play" OMEP Seminario International, Mexico City, Mexico. July 22-24
  • Ishigaki, E. 1996. A Report on the International Symposium Concerning 'Children' s Right to Play:  The Case of Japan, China and Korea.  OMEP International Conference, Bangkok. Thailand. August 6-8
  • Ishigaki, E. 1998. The Symposium entitled 'Preschool Teacher Education: Supporting Children' s Rights; Japan on the Verge of the Twenty-first Century" At : OMEP' s 22nd World Congress & 50th Anniversary, Copenhagen, Denmark,
  • Ishigaki, E. 1999. Symposium: Crises and Challenges in Early Childhood Teacher Education at the Dawn of the New Century: A World View. At the Third International Conference on Teacher Education, Under the Ministry of Education Culture and Sport, Department of Teacher Education, hosted by Beit Bearl College, ISRAEL, June 27- July 1,
  • Ishigaki, E. (Keynote Address at the 25th Anniversary of KSECE 2000) Visions of Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century: Message from Japan, November 2000, Seoul, Korea.

5) OTHERS

    VIDEO PRODUCTS (NARRATED IN ENGLISH):
  • Days in Seiwa Kindergarten 1(1991) <produced by Ishigaki & Chiba)
  • Days in Seiwa Kindergarten 2 (1991) <produced by Ishigaki & Chiba)
  • Days in Seiwa Kindergarten 3 (1991) <produced by Ishigaki & Chiba)
  • Setsubun Festival (1992) <produced by Ishigaki & Chiba)
  • Kindergartens in Japan 1990-1992 <produced by Ishigaki & Chiba)
  • Daycare and Education for Babies (1993) <produced by Ishigaki & Chiba)