Kei Suzuki
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2016–2020 Studied to become a teacher at Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan). Field of study: Music for middle and high schools; major: Voice
2020–2021 Music teacher at an elementary school in Tsu (Japan)
2021–2022 Taught piano and Japanese in Heidelberg
2022–2024 Master’s degree in Educational Science and Empirical Educational Research, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)
Research Assistant in the project “DiBiGa – Future Prospects for Digital Education in Elementary School”
April 2024–present: Teaching Japanese at the Japanese School in Cologne
May 2024–present: Research Assistant (Music Education) under Prof. Dr. Bernd Clausen, University of Siegen
Doctoral thesis: “University-Level Music Teacher Education in the Context of Cultural and Musical Diversity—A Comparative Study of Japan and Germany”
2025 Selected for the DAAD research fellowship for doctoral candidates
Suzuki, K., Clausen, B., & Ito, S. (2026).Theoretical Frameworks of Comparative Music Education Research: Insights from German Music Education. Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Comparative Education, 73.
Suzuki, K. (2026). Translation Processes in Comparative Music Education Research. In B. Clausen, S. Ito, & K. Suzuki, Theory—Translation—Subject Classification: German and Japanese Perspectives on Comparative Music Pedagogy. universi. (forthcoming)
