2014 Volume 36 Issue 4 Pages 83-86
This short paper is to summarize the presentations given by the three speakers and the subsequent discussions in the Symposium at the 2013 National Conference of Japan Curriculum Research and Development Association (JCRDA) held in Okayama University on November 23. The purpose of the symposium was to identify some commonalities and differences in curriculum and instruction studies and teacher education curriculum in the three nations in the East Asia: Japan, People’s Republic of China and Republic of Korea. It is hoped that these discussions provided the participants with opportunities to learn from other nations’ experiences and also they would contribute to giving directions for further development of the global educational communities.