Abstract
As for the mentoring, the word has come to be handled by the in-service teacher training in Japan. But research results of japan society for educational technology have not been clear if they have any significance in the training. Therefore we aim to examine what contribution mentoring studies of this society plays in the in-service training in more detail. In the main discourse, first of all, the trend of an international research is down shot for the concept, the function, the theory, practice, and the research. Next, a related map of the mentoring research in the education was drawn. The result of the educational technology research in Japan until present was located there. What contribution requested further by in-service teacher education was considered. As results, it was clarified that the accumulation of the research was still limited as follows. 1) Research on school as leaning organization and the related mentoring, and 2) Research that supports mentoring in municipality.
