Abstract

Because of not only the enormous educational reforms but also the educational problems embarrass the public schools in Japan. Many difficulties are held in the school spot, so we must reflect our knowledge about realities of schools. Last year session, we discussed about what happens to school now and what obstructs the school reform. School teachers and principals, board of education-educational authority and mass media shrink from each other. Well, how should we do so to create the good relationship, breaking the vicious circle of the mutual discredit and fatigue? Some members of JASEA consult for several schools and contribute to improve their school management, giving the confidence to the teachers. In this year session, we discuss the roles and actions of researchers in school management to advice and cheer up the whole of school. Prof. Isao SATO (Kadoma-nishi High school, Osaka), as a opinion of school sites, insist the necessity to connect the researchers with school teachers that get into difficulties. Though successive and enormous educational reforms isolate each teacher and make it hard for them to cooperate with each other, it is very important that researchers fully know the situations of school and have strong commitment to improve school teaching practice. Second reporter, Prof. Shuichi SAKO (Naruto University of Education) helping some schools for a long time, suggests the idea of "the development of school organization" for activating school staff. That is to image actual improvement of school management, to plan concrete and suitable policy, and to practice and reflect it by all members in that school. Prof. Kazuaki KIOKA (National Institute for Educational Research) also supports the idea of that school's own potential powers of development. He insists the necessity and importance that researchers join and contribute to the reform of school performance, introducing the case of his commitment to "The Advisory Section to School Education" in Tottori Prefecture Education Center.