Mutual Coexistence and Conflict Between Social Studies in the Budding and Development of Academic Research

Abstract

　　This study reviewed Vol. 26–50 of the Journal of Educational Research on Social Studies. This paper divided them into periods based on the research history of past presidents who have supported the establishment and development of our society as an academic one. After clarifying the germination and development of academic research during the aforementioned period, this paper proceeded to identify the axis of research trends in social studies. As a result, this paper was able to confirm that during the period between the publication of Vol. 26 and 50, academic research in social studies progressed steadily, and the scope of the research and methods continued to expand and deepen. By contrast, social studies in school education entered a period of institutional dissolution. During the examined period, we concluded that discrepancies between the reality of social studies in schools and the ideal pursuit of the subject in research at academic conferences began to grow.