ISSA Activity Brief
Issue_08 October 2022

GREETINGS FROM
THE PRESIDENT

history course to date has been
divided into "Japanese History" and"World History" and taught under achronological structure. However,as its name suggests, the new"ModernandHistory"

courseContemporary

removesthebarriers between Japanese history
At Japanese high schools, the

new National Curriculum Standard

has been introduced this year

starting in April 2022. A notablepointin

thesocialstudies

curriculum is the establishment ofnew courses entitled "Modern andContemporary"Public,"

whichHistory"
haveandbeen

designated as compulsory courses.
Since the administrators at eachhigh school can decide whether
students should take these courses
in the first year or the second year,
somehigh

implemented

schoolsthem

haveyet.

notManyteachers are troubled by the factthat the two new courses arecompletelydifferent

fromconventional courses in terms ofphilosophy and content structure.
In

particular,theconventional

andworld

history,

allowing

students to study modern andcontemporary

history

comprehensively. Focusing on thethree epochs of modernization,

popularization, and globalization,
the new course is structured toexplore the origins and formation

positive aspect that the pandemic
has brought, which is the spread of

online learning and discussion.

Even after the COVID-19 pandemic,
I expect that further promotion of

online meetings in addition to faceto-faceresearchmeetings
andwill

deependiscussions

thattranscend national and regional
borders. I wish that the new history

course in Japan can be implemented
successfully, and I hope that thepeople of Asian countries will also
watch this with interest.

processes of current global issues.

2022 ISSAANNUAL MEETING

teachers are not just standing by.

“HOW
HAS
SOCIALSTUDIESEDUCATION
BEEN REFORMED INRESPONSE TO SOCIALCHANGE DURING
POST-COVID?”

Therefore, it is not surprising thatmany teachers are puzzled, but
High school history teachers anduniversity

historians

arecollaborating to develop teachingand evaluation methods for the newcourse, and study groups have been
set up across the country to discuss

new ideas and practices. Much ofthesediscussions

arebeing

conducted online rather than faceto-faceduetotheCovid-19

pandemic. I think there is only one● Date: November 26 (Sat.)● Place: Online meeting● Language: English● Fee: free63

ISSA will hold its annual

Please register for the 2022

Association (ISSA) was launched(Japan and South Korea) on
November 26 (Sat.). The theme

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/833158

of member societies in South Korea,

meeting from 11 am–1 pm(Indonesia) and 1 pm–3 pmof the meeting is “How hassocial studies education beenreformed in response to socialchange during post-COVID?”
Social studies educationmust be constantly reformed in
response to social changes
during Post-COVID. However,perspectives on improvement

differ from country to country.
Moreover, even if they are thesame, the curriculum and units
developed may differ. In thissymposium, the presenters will
examine how social studies
should respond to socialchanges focusing on PostCOVID. Some aspects will bedifferent from country tocountry, and some will be thesame. While discussing thediversity of social studies, thepresenters would like to clarify
the essence of social studies
with audiences.

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ISSA Annual Meeting from thefollowing URL:

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ISSA is looking forward toseeing you all at the 2022 ISSA
Annual Meeting.

ISSA AGORA“OpiniOns On sOcial
STUDIES EDUCATION IN
ASIA AND ALSO ABOUT THEissa”
Akihide Mine
(Osaka Kyoiku University)with the aim of disseminating social

studies education in Asia. It consists
Indonesia, and Japan. In 2021, thehistoric first annual conference washeld online under the theme of“How ICT education is being devisedin the midst of a pandemic.” At the2022 conference, a symposium washeld on the topic of “How toconfront social change in a postCOVIDworld.”

Thespeakers’

presentations were submitted tothe open journal, the Journal ofSocial Studies Education in Asia(JSSEA). During this period, theJapanese

EducationalResearch

Association for the Social Studies(JERASS), as a secretariat society,has endeavored to edit and publish
ISSA bulletins, mainly through theInternational Committee and theJSSEASpecialCommittee.

Inaddition, efforts are underway toclarify the role of the committees

and establish editing systems andworking procedures. It is my hope
Nearly seven years ago, in 2016,

the International Social Studies

that cooperation and coordination
with ISSA member societies willcontinue to advance, and thatpartnerships will be strengthenedin the future. As a member of theAssociation and a social studies

educator, I would like to continue toask myself what I can do towards

the development of civil society in

Asian countries and the realizationof people’s happiness.

ANNOUNCEMENTOUR MEMBERS
1.

THE

FROM

JAPANESEASSOCIATION FOR SOCIALSTUDIES (JASS)

Democracy in the United States:
Learning

Education

fromFoundation.”2.

oftheCitizenshipCorona Era." Various research topics

JAPANESE

studies education in the post-

EDUCATIONALRESEARCHASSOCIATION FOR SOCIALSTUDIES (JERASS)The 71st annual conference ofJERASS

washeldatFukuoka

University of Education (on-line ondemand) under the theme of“Where Should “Social Studies” Go?”on October 8, 2022.

JERASS held the 10th Research

The JASS hosted its on-line (viaExchange Meeting between theUniversity in Nagano prefecture(JERASS) and the Korean SocialZoom) annual meeting on October
22 and 23, 2022 at Shinshu

under the theme of “What can social
studies education do to educate
children to become adult citizens
who can face local issues?”

The JASS International Exchange

Committee will also hold a lectureJapaneseEducationalResearch

Association for the Social StudiesStudies Association (KASSE) on

August 27, 2022 under the theme of“The Present-Day of Korea-Japan
Relationship and the Role of Social
Studies” via Zoom.

international

3. KOREAN SOCIAL STUDIESASSOCIATION (KSSA)

The theme of the meeting is “TheOnline Conference on August 22,

meetingoftheexchange seminar on December 3,
2022, in Tokyo and online, via Zoom.
Developmentof

Deliberative

Social Studies Education in the Post-Kettering

theTHE

Risk Factors and Challenges inKSSA held its 2022 Annual

2022 under the theme of " Social

were presented at this conference toexplore the direction of socialcoronavirus era. At this conference,

Dr. Yong-Kyo Jeong was elected as

the new chairman as of September 1,2022.

KSSA held its 31st Executive

Department Meeting at the Kongju

National University seminar room
on September 30, 2022. At thismeeting, the dates, places, andthemes of two future academic

conferences were finalized. The
2022 Winter Conference will beheld on December 10, 2022 atKongju National University under
the theme of “Directions and Tasks
for Social Studies Education in theConvergence Era”, and the 2023
Summer Conference will be held on

August 19, 2023 at Yeungnam
University.

4.
THEKOREANASSOCIATION FOR SOCIALSTUDIESEDUCATION(KASSE)

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OUR members’ new
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Curriculum, and Social Studies II.”

● Kang, W.-S. (2021). Predicting

Spatial Cognition in Elementary

Japanese Educational Association

sustainable development: A fuzzy-

KASSE held its 2022 Annual

Chungbuk

National

University

under the theme of “Future Society,
KASSE held its 10th Research

Exchange Meeting between thePre-service teachers’ intention toimplement

education

forset qualitative comparative analysis.

for the Social Studies (JERASS) andCypriot

2022 under the theme of “The● Kang, W.-S., & Choi, J.-W. (2021).

Studies” via Zoom.

intheKorean

SocialStudies

Association (KASSE) on August 27,
Present-Day

ofKorea-Japan

Relationship and the Role of Social
KASSE

held

anonlineinternational academic conference

under the theme of “Curriculum forJustice and Harmony.” The keynote

presenter was Prof. Dr. Keith Barton(Indiana State University).

Journalof

Educationalof*We are looking forward tohearing from the Indonesian Social
Studies Association (APRIPSI)

andtheDepartment

SocialStudies

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Geographical review of Japan series
B, 94(2), 49-64.

● Kim, M. (2022). Developing pre-fieldwork, Journal of Geography inof

educationtransformationalfor

sustainable

development: A serial mediation
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● Kang, W.-S. (2021). Explaining
effectsoftransformational

Phantom

University

Social Studies in Japan: A Systematic

Reviewleadership on teachers’ self-efficacy

Effects

Education.

NationalResearch on Teaching and Learning

serviceleadership on teachers’ cooperative

Korea

Y., & Okada, R. (2021). Trends inSciences, 16. BD-CENTER. p. 2412.

KASSE will hold its annual academic
conference in January 2023 at the● Watanabe, T., Sakaue, H., Osaka,

teachers’

fieldwork

pedagogical and content knowledge

through designing enquiry-basedHigher Education, 46(1), 61-79.

● Kim, M. (2022). The pedagogicaleffects of psychogeographic urban

exploration

andmapping,Geography, 106(2), 92-100.

* Do you want to share yourresearch written in English withprofessional development through

ISSA colleagues? Send necessary

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ISSA board member or

Structural Equation Model andModelApproach.

● Kang, W.-S. (2011). Pathways toinnovative teaching practices in

Koreansecondaryclassrooms:

Throughmultiethnic
lensofcomplex causality. Psychology andinformation (abstract, reference,URL, etc.) to your association’s
dr.dongminlee@gmail.com
directly.