抄録
As clarified by the article by Tomiji NAGAO, the first president of the Japanese Society
for the Study on Teacher Education (JSSTE), the JSSTE positioned “teacher education” within
the “teaching of educational studies” at the time of its foundation in 1991. Further, the Society
has consistently attempted to place practice in the context of research and promote the
development of academic research from practice.
However, the circumstances surrounding teacher education practice and research have
been changing dramatically, particularly in recent years. In Japan, teacher education has been
standardized under the influence of global neoliberal “educational reforms,” which are reflected
in “teacher development indicators” and the “national curriculum for teacher training in
universities“. At the time of preparation of the “Disciplinary Reference Points for Curriculum
Design and Quality Assurance of University Education—Education”’ by the Science Council of
Japan, scholarly discussions focused on the relationship between teacher education and
educational studies and that between practice and research in teacher education. The author
considers it necessary for the JSSTE to examine the quality and level of teacher education
research, particularly practical research, and provide points of discussion on teacher education
and educational studies to the academia.
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