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REAR, David
 
Organization
School of Science and Engineering Professor
Other responsible organization
Graduate School of Science and Engineering(General Subjects)
Contact information
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Degree

  • PhD (Linguistics)

  • MA (English Language Education)

Education

  • 2013.12
     

    豪州マッコーリー大学   言語学部   言語学専攻   doctor course   completed

  • 2000.8
     

    英国エセックス大学   言語学部 英語教育学   master course   completed

  • 1995.8
     

    英国ケンブリッジ大学 シドニ・サセックスカレッジ   歴史学   graduated

  • 1992.8
     

    英国ブラッドフォードグラマースクール 高等学校   graduated

Research History

  • 2020.4 -  

    中央大学理工学部教授

  • 2017.4 - 2020.3

    中央大学理工学部准教授

  • 2015.4 - 2017.3

    日本大学 経済学部 英語 専任教員 准教授

  • 2012.4 - 2015.3

    芝浦工業大学 工学部 共通学群 英語科目 専任教員 准教授

  • 2006.4 - 2012.3

    芝浦工業大学 工学部 共通学群 英語科目 専任教員 講師

  • 2003.4 - 2006.3

    神田外語大学 語学特別講師

  • 2000.9 - 2003.3

    シェーンランゲージサービス 法人部マネージャー

  • 1997.4 - 1999.6

    ECC外語学院 英語講師

  • 1996.1 - 1996.6

    上野学園大学 ALT 短期雇用

  • 1995.9 - 1995.12

    University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate (試験採点助手)

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Professional Memberships

  • Academy of International Business

  • Japan Association of Language Teachers

  • European Association of Japanese Studies

  • JACET English for Specific Purposes

Research Interests

  • ディスコース分析、クリティカルシンキング

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics  / 言語学

Papers

  • Persisting values in the Japanese workplace: Managerial attitudes towards work skills Reviewed

    David Rear

    Japan Forum   32 ( 1 )   2020.4

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  • International Comparisons of Critical Thinking: Correcting Myths about Asian Students Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Journal of ELT Research   4 ( 2 )   2019.8

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:University of UHAMKA, Jakarta  

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  • One Size Fits All? The Limitations of Standardised Assessment in Critical Thinking Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education   44 ( 5 )   664 - 675   2019.3

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  • Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking Tests Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Higher Education Review   50 ( 2 )   152 - 157   2018.10

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  • Teaching Critical Thinking through Debate Reviewed

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    Modern English Teacher   27 ( 2 )   49 - 50   2018.7

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  • Reframing the Debate on Asian Students an Critical Thinking: Implications for Western Universities Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education   12 ( 2 )   18 - 33   2017.12

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:University of Alberta, Canada  

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  • A Review of Research on Critical Thinking and Asian Learners Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Proceedings of the 25th Annual KOTESOL International Conference   181 - 189   2017.10

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  • The Language Deficit: A Comparison of the Critical Thinking Skills of Asian Students in First and Second Language Contexts Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education   2 ( 13 )   1 - 15   2017.9

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  • A Critical Analysis of Japanese Identity Discourse: Alternatives to Nihonjinron Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia   53 ( 2 )   1 - 27   2017.8

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  • Does Language Reflect Society or Vice Versa? The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and Linguistic Determinism

    Rear, David

    日本大学研究紀要   84   83 - 89   2017.4

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  • Reforming Japanese-style Management: Destablising Hegemony through Discourse Intervention Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Contemporary Japan   28 ( 2 )   209 - 228   2016.9

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  • Cognition and Critical Thinking in CLIL

    Rear, David

    Content and Language Integrated Learning   1 - 4   2014.5

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  • Converging work skills? Job advertisements and generic skills in Japanese and Anglo-Saxon contexts Reviewed

    David Rear

    ASIAN BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT   12 ( 2 )   173 - 196   2013.4

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    DOI: 10.1057/abm.2012.41

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  • Discursive struggle and contested signifiers in the arenas of education policy and work skills in Japan Reviewed

    David Rear, Alan Jones

    Critical Policy Studies   7 ( 4 )   375 - 394   2013

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    DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2013.843469

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  • コーパス分析を用いた工学英語教材開発ー電気電子建築編 Reviewed

    Yamazaki, Atsuko, Kawaguchi, Keiko, Rear, David

    Papers of Technical Meeting on Innovative Industrial Systems   2012 ( 36 )   23 - 28   2012.3

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    Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers  

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  • Mixed messages: discourses of education in policy speeches to the Japanese Diet Reviewed

    David Rear

    ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF EDUCATION   31 ( 2 )   129 - 142   2011

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    DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2011.566985

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  • A Systematic Approach to Teaching Critical Thinking through Debate Reviewed

    Rear, David

    English Language Teaching World   2 ( 1 )   1 - 7   2010.2

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:National University of Singapore  

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  • Critical Thinking and Modern Japan: Discourses of Government and Business Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Electronic Journal of Japanese Studies   8 ( 1 )   1 - 16   2008.3

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  • A New Kind of Graduate? Discourses on Critical Thinking Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Proceedings of the 2007 JALT International Conference   17 - 23   2008.2

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  • The Development of Critical Thinking Skills through Debate Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Proceedings of the 13th Annual KOTESOL International Conference   119 - 124   2006.4

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  • Can Learning Strategies be Taught?

    Rear, David

    神田外語大学紀要   18 ( 18 )   321 - 335   2006.3

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  • Independent Learning as Part of an English Proficiency Programme Reviewed

    Rear, David

    Proceedings of the 2005 LIA International Conference   1 - 22   2005.10

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  • Film as a Tool for Developing Student Autonomy

    Rear, David

    Working Papers in Language Education   2   93 - 101   2005.3

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  • Individualisation of Instruction in the ESP/EAP Classroom

    Rear, David

    神田外語大学紀要   17 ( 17 )   243 - 257   2005.3

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Books

  • Science Spark

    Dave Rear( Role: Sole author)

    成美堂  2026.3 

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  • Survive in Time: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

    Dave Rear( Role: Sole author)

    Puffin Books, Random House Penguin UK  2025.6 

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  • Our World, Our Stories

    Dave Rear( Role: Sole author)

    成美堂  2025.4 

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  • Science Inspirations

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    2024.4 

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  • Understanding the World Today

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    Seibido, Tokyo  2022.2 

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  • Science Arena

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    Seibido, Tokyo  2021.2 

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  • Advances in Science

    Rear, David( Role: Sole author)

    南雲堂, 東京  2020.2 

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  • Advancing ELT Education

    Zoghbor, W, Alexiou, T( Role: Joint author)

    Zayed University Press, Dubai  2019.9 

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  • Understanding Our New Challenges

    Rear, David( Role: Sole author)

    Seibido  2018.2 

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  • Essential Competencies for English Medium University Teaching

    Breeze R, Guinda S( Role: Joint authorpp. 51-63)

    Springer, Berlin  2016.10 

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  • Innovation and Technology

    Rear, David( Role: Sole author)

    Nan'undo Publishing, Tokyo  2015.2 

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  • A Less Boring History of the World

    Rear, David( Role: Sole author)

    Random House, London  2012.10 

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  • 芝浦工業大学工学部 電気電子学専攻学生のための英単語例文集

    Yamazaki A, Kawaguchi K, Murakami K, Rear D( Role: Joint editor)

    成美堂, 東京  2012.3 

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  • Researching Twenty-First Century Japan: New Directions and Approaches for the Electronic Age

    Iles T, Matanle P( Role: Joint authorpp. 119 - 137)

    Lexington Books, Maryland  2012.1 

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Presentations

  • Teaching Conference Presentations to Graduate Engineering Students

    ThaiTESOL International Conference 2023  2024.1 

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  • Change vs Continuity: Attitudes of Japanese Managers Towards Workplace Skills International conference

    AJBS 32nd International Conference, Copenhagen  2019.6 

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  • International Comparisons of Critical Thinking: Correcting Myths about Asian Students International conference

    2nd UICELL Conference on English Education, Jakarta  ( Jakarta, Indonesia )   2018.11 

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  • Incorporating Independent Learning into a General English Course

    CamTESOL 14th International Conference, Phnom Penh  2018.2 

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  • Asian Students and Critical Thinking: Examining the Evidence

    25th Korea TESOL International Conference, Seoul  2017.10 

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  • Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving in EFL

    TESOL Arabia 2017 Conference, Dubai  2017.3 

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  • Weakening the Hegemony of Japanese-style Management: Discourse Intervention through Keywords

    EAJS 2nd International Conference, Kobe  2016.9 

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  • Teaching Critical Thinking to Lower-level Learners: A Step-by-Step Approach

    CamTESOL 10th International Conference, Phnom Penh  2014.2 

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  • Teaching Critical Thinking in an ESP Context

    JACET ESP Kanto Chapter, Tokyo  2013.12 

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  • Making an ESP Reading Course with Authentic Materials

    JACET ESP Kanto Chapter, Tokyo  2013.10 

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  • Work Skills in Japanese and UK Contexts: A Qualitative Comparison of Job Advertisements

    AJBS 25th International Conference, Washington DC  2012.6 

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  • Critical Thinking through Debate

    Educare (Singapore Teachers Union), Singapore  2011.2 

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  • Discursive Ambiguity in Speeches to the Japanese Diet

    JALT 36th International Conference, Nagoya  2010.11 

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  • Hybrid Discourse and Political Ambiguity in Japanese Political Speeches on Education

    Uni. Of Malaya Conference on Discourse and Society, Kuala Lumpur  2010.6 

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  • A Tale of Two Discourses: Critical Thinking in Japan

    JALT 34th International Conference, Nagoya  2008.11 

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  • The Development of Critical Thinking Skills through Debate

    13th Korea TESOL International Conference, Seoul  2005.10 

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  • Independent Learning as Part of an English Proficiency Programme

    LIA 2005 International Conference, Jakarta  2005.3 

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  • Using Film to Teaching Student Language Learning Autonomy

    Rear, David, Rosalia, Christine

    ETA-ROC Symposium on ELT, Taipei  2004.11 

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Awards

  • Contemporary Japan Best Paper Prize 2018, Runner-Up

    2019.3   Contemporary Japan (Journal)