Makito Yurita

Makito Yurita, PhD – is a Professor at Japan’s National Institute for School 
Teachers and Staff Development (NITS). His research spans teacher education, ed
ucation policy, comparative education, gender, and political philosophy, with par
ticular attention to professional agency, CPD/PL, and evidence-informed reform. His 
book publications include 'Schools as platforms in practice: Managing multi-professional 
and multi-agency collaboration and teachers’ roles' (co-editor, 2025); 'Rethinking educa
tion: A reference point for a global era' (co-editor/translator, 2022); and 'Metahistory and 
memory: Making/Remaking the knowledge of Hiroshima’s atomic bombing' (2008).