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Satomi Izumi-Taylor

Satomi Izumi-Taylor is a professor of early childhood education in the department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership at the University of Memphis. She received her doctorate in family and child development from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and her mater’s degree in early childhood education from San Francisco State University. She was awarded the College of Education Outstanding Award for Research in 2003, the Dean’s Excellence Award in Teaching in 2004, the Dean’s Excellence Award in Mentoring in 2005, the College of Education’s Ellery Earl Crader Professor of Education Award in 2006, and the Dean’s Excellence Award in Service in 2008. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on cognitive, social, and moral development in children, pre-service teacher education, play, Japanese early childhood education, and reflection. Her current research interests include cross-cultural studies of childcare in China, Japan, the United States, and Sweden; pre-service teachers’ notion of technology in Japan; New Zealand, the US, and Taiwan; and American and Japanese pre-service teachers’ teaching science.
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