JUSTEC Previous Keynote Speakers (基調講演者)
Year

2023

2022

Conference Theme & Keynote Speaker
Conference Theme: Creative Teaching and Learning
Keynote Address “Lessons from the Turtle and the Hare: Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast”
Dr. William Evans: Professor in the School of Education, University of West Florida; Executive
Editor of Preventing School Failure and Associate Editor of Education and Treatment of Children,
Behavioral Disorders, Diagnostique, and Journal of Alternative Schooling; Consultant for
UNESCO policy development on the Southern Pacific Rim(Virtual Conference)
Conference Theme: Collaborative Teacher Education in the U.S. and Japan in the Era ofUncertainties

Host University

University of West
FloridaNiigata University

Keynote Address “Joyful, Powerful Learning: Harnessing the Power of School-wide Lesson Study”
Dr. Catherine Lewis: Distinguished Research Scientist, Mills College School of Education;
Director, The Lesson Study Group at Mills College
Conference Theme: Teacher Education in a Pandemic: International Perspectives from Japan andthe US

2021

Keynote Address “Learning Transformation and the Role of Teachers in the Era of AI”
Prof. Rieko Komiyama: Director of Study Sapuri Educational AI Research Institute; Associate
Professor, Tokyo Gakugei University; Chair, EdTech Committee, Keidanren (Japan Federation ofEconomic Organizations); DX Committee Member, Keidanren (Japan Federation of EconomicOrganizations); and Commentary, Education News Paper

2020

Canceled due to COVID-19

2018
30th Anniversary

VirtualConference Theme: Next Steps in Teacher Education in the U.S. and Japan: Celebrating 30 yearsof JUSTEC(1) Keynote Address “Current Issues in Teacher Education”
Dr. David Imig: Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation, Stanford; President Emeritus, American
Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; Professor of the Practice, University of Maryland

Bukkyo University

(2) Keynote Address “Current Issues in Teacher Education in Japan”
Prof. Kazuko Takano: Professor, Meiji University; President, Japanese Society for the Study on
Teacher Education; Director, Japanese Educational Research Association
Conference Theme: Professional Development in Teacher Education

2017

Keynote Address “Philosophy, Primal Wonder, the Future of Education”
Dr. Thomas Jackson: Specialist Faculty member, University of Hawai`i at Mãnoa; Director, p4c
Hawai`i and the Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education

University ofHawaii at Manoa

Conference Theme: Collaborative Teacher Education with Local Communities

2016

Keynote Address “West Sacramento Early College Prep, Indigenous Invention, and Mental
Models of Schooling”
Dr. Paul E. Heckman: Professor, School of Education, University of California, Davis
Conference Theme: Beyond Borders: Teacher Education in Globalized Society

2015

Keynote Address "Launching Great IDEAs at the UWF Innovation Institute"
Dr. Pam Northrup: Associate Provost and Executive Director of the University of West Florida’s
Innovation InstituteConference Theme: Transforming Practice through Teacher Development

2014

Keynote Address “Professional development through lesson planning: Revealing a critical processof Lesson Study”
Dr. Toshiakira Fujii: Professor, Tokyo Gakugei University
Conference Theme: Developing Teacher Quality in a Changing World

2013

Keynote Address “US Teacher Education --- Challenges and Opportunities”
Dr. David Imig: Professor, University of Maryland and College Park, President and CEO
Emeritus of AACTE2012

Dr. Kenneth Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education, Director of Teacher Education,
University of Washington
Conference Theme: Quality Assurance and the Evaluation of Teaching and Teacher Education:
International Perspectives

Ehime University

University of West
FloridaTokyo Gakugei
University

University of Puget
Sound

Naruto Universityof Education

Keynote Address “Teacher Quality in the US: The Intersection of Policy, Reform, and Teacher
Education”
Dr. Donna Wiseman: Dean & Professor, University of Maryland
Conference Theme: Teacher Education in the US

2011

2010
JUSTEC
Renewal year

Keynote Speech by Mr. Brad Jupp, Senior Program Advisor, U.S. Department of Education
The introductions were by Marty Meehan, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Lowell andRichard Freeland, Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education. The panelists who followed
Brad Jupp were David Haselkorn, Massachusetts Associate Commissioner for Elementary andSecondary Education and Yumiko Ono, Professor of Education, Naruto University of Education.
Conference Theme: Providing Educational Support for Students with Diverse Needs

University of
Massachusetts
LowellKeynote Address “Preparing Teachers for the Challenges of Diversity”
Dr. Marilyn Cochran-Smith: John E. Cawthorne Endowed Professor of Teacher Education forUrban Schools; Director, Ph.D. Program in Curriculum & Instruction, Lynch School of Education,
Boston CollegeTamagawa
UniversityNote:
At the 30th Anniversary in 2018, the governing board members discussed and agreed to the basic rule of a minimum interval of 1 year
between JUSTEC conferences to renew JUSTEC even better. Due to COVID-19, JUSTEC 2020 was canceled.
2018 年に JUSTEC30 周年記念を区切りに、1 年半ごとの開催に変更。2020 年 5 月に計画していた JUSTEC2020 はコロナで中止。