Role

Madoka guides, supports and tutors our tauira in the Heretaunga Hastings area. She also teaches and mentors her students in Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) Graduate Diploma of Teaching (ECE) and Master of Education.

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Education Background

Madoka’s background includes Education Policy-making, running Education Organisation (Japan), Special Education Teaching, Secondary School Tutoring, Adult Teaching, and 18 years of Early Childhood teaching in both Japan and New Zealand.

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Research Background

Upholding her value in inclusion, Madoka is interested in diversity influencing learning communities. Intercultural communication and super-diversity have always been of her interest. Cultural identity and Ibasho, a space where you can be yourself, were key notions of her doctorate. Currently, she has two main areas of diversity research: culture and disability.

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Teaching Interests

Child development, diversity, critical multiculturalism, identity, intercultural communication, international framework

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Recent Publications

Momose, Y., ＆Takemoto. M. (2025). ニュージーランドのインクルーシブ教育従事者のための研究ニーズ [Needs for teacher training in inclusive education field in New Zealand]. The journal of psychology & Education Kanagawa University (58), 77-84.

Takemoto, M (2025). Japanese children’s experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education and care settings [Doctoral dissertation, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington]. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.28236194

Takemoto, M. (2021). Japanese children’s experiences in New Zealand early childhood education settings. Early Childhood Folio, 25(2), 14–18. https://doi.org/10.18296/ecf.0097

Takemoto, M., Tait, C., & Gleeson, M. (2017). Much more than talking: An emergent bilingual learner’s interactions in a New Zealand early childhood centre. New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 22, 95‐111. https://doi.org/10.26686/nzaroe.v22i0.4147