What do the Japanese academic who studies on the field of each school subject do?

― Relationship between Subject Pedagogy or Curriculum and Instruction and Teacher Education ―

Abstract

This paper aims to make clear on characteristics of researches and developments in subject pedagogy and to inquiry originality and uniqueness of subject pedagogy to educational study in general and psychology. After considerations, we could find the points: 　1: Subject pedagogy belongs to educational study and works at the original object of teaching and learning the school subject. 　2: Subject pedagogues go back and forth between theory and practice and between research and development, fulfil its mission of improving the school subject teaching and learning. 　3: Japanese academics of subject pedagogy carry out both rolls and jobs as researcher and practitioner, and inquiry deep considerations on reasons for the meaning of the school subject in the education and society, and make up better curriculum, units and lessons and outcomes in learners. 　4: Subject pedagogy keeps teacher education in one of study fields, and inquiries its mission making a distinction of teacher training.