Abstract
The present paper explores recent trends in technology education, based on the analysis of the contents of the papers from The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development and Journal of the Japanese Society of Technology Education. The results revealed that all of the papers dealt with the methodology of technology education in junior high school and teaching materials that are close in nature to their parent disciplines, science and technology. Papers addressing the objectives and roles of technology education in general education are few in proportion, although they are constantly published annually. Some of them whose quality is high are compiled into monographs. One academic society organized a research team for pursuing this avenue and periodically published its products. It is expected in the future that various types of research would be carried out that would verify how technology education in junior high school contributes to the life-long development of humans and how it has played its roles in establishing a state on the basis of technology.
