ISSA Activity Brief
Issue_09 April 2023

Greetings fromThe President

There are various factors behind

President of ISSA

them, and they must be different for

HARADA TOMOHIRO

each country. Among them, what I
see as the most problematic is theidea that there is no benefit toANNOUNCEMENT
our members

frompresenting at ISSA annual meetingsor submitting to JSSEA. I think it isthe view that the ISSA has alreadyMy fellow members of ISSA,

been completed, and ISSA members

The pandemic of COVID19 has

arebeen raging for more than threemerelyconsumers

1. the Social Studies
Department
ResearchAssociation (ESSDRA)

andbeneficiaries of JSSEA.

On February 18th, 2023 (Sat),the 34th annual conference wasyears, but it has finally calmed down.

The actual ISSA/JSSEA has only

Although it is not completely over,been established for a few years,

consistedpeopleareand if compared to a human being,“Symposium,” “Problem Research,”

regaining the vitality of their daily

he/she is barely an elementary

andlives “with Corona.”

school student. Each member must

Symposium held on February 18,

grow up into a fine adult as his/herabout

ISSA's operations

guardian. So instead of asking what

educators outlined his/her opinions

have gotten on track, holding annual

the ISSA/JSSEA can do for you, youand proposals to the theme, “Canmeetings and issuing journal andshould ask what you can do for thesocial studies subjects play a role inactivity briefs, but we still cannot

ISSA/JSSEA.

theinevery

countryNow, what about the current
state of ISSA?

You don't have to be good at

see a bright future.

heldonline.

Theof“Paper130

creation

conference

ThreeSession.”parts:Inresearchersofatheandsustainablesociety?” The Problem Research

The number of associations

giving oral presentations or writing

wasbelonging to ISSA has not increased

papers in English. What counts is

subcommittees and the participantsfrom 6 in Japan, Korea, andyour willingness to publish anddiscussed specific aspects of lesson

Indonesia. Partly because of this,discuss your thoughts and practices.

planning. In the Paper Session, held

financial difficulties continue, andI

in on-demand mode, we had 48 total

we have never been able to hold aparticipation of individual members

wide-ranging

face-to-face annual meeting, and thewill enable the development of ISSA

Although this conference was heldnumber of submissions to theand the quality improvement ofonline, finally 238 people attended

journal is very small.

JSSEA.

the symposium or visited thebelieve

that

theactivedividedintotwopresentations.

conference website.
At of now, we plan to have thenext conference at Hyogo University2) JASS International Exchange

and online via Zoom. The theme wasSeminar“Manga Artist Rune Hoshino Talks(collaboratedwithKettering Foundation)

about Diversity” The speaker Mr.

of Teacher Education. We areOn December 3rd, 2022, inlooking forward to seeing you inTokyo and online via Zoom, its

Cameroon and raised in Japan. He isHyogo!

theme was “The Development ofdrawing

Deliberative

theperspective of a person who looked

United States: Learning from theat two countries. Mr. Hoshino

Citizenshipshared his own experiences and2.
theJapanese
Association for social
studies (JASS)

DemocracyEducation

inof

theKettering Foundation.”

Hoshinoaexchanged
The presenters were:cartoonbornfrominthetheiropinions;

themeeting was very productive.

72nd annual academic conference-Kettering Foundation

was held at Shinshu University in-SharonL.

wasunderstandings, and the audience1) 2022 Annual Online Conference
On October 22 and 23, 2022, theRuneDavies

Nagano prefecture. It was held

（ President and Chief Executive

online via Zoom. Its theme was,Officer）“What can Social Studies Education-4) JASS Spring Seminar 2022
On March 21st, 2023, JASS
Spring Seminar 2022 was held inMaxine S. Thomas （ Vice

Tokyo and online, both via Zoom.

do to Bring up Children who canPresident, Secretary, and General

The theme was “What Skills Should

Face Local Issues?” More than 100Counsel）

Be Developed in Social Studies

presenters presented for the free-Paloma Dallas（Director ofEducation? The Skills Consistentresearch presentations. More thanSpecial Projects and Senior Editor,through Elementary to High School

20 sessions were held. Despite

Cousins Research Group, Program

Social Studies.”

beingOfficer）

held

online,many

participants gathered, and such

The presenters were:active discussions were held at each3) “Diversity Square” 1st Assemblysession.

2022 (collaborated with JapanThe theme of the symposium

Association

was “Children and Social Studies

Education)

Education
Issues.”FacingCommunityofUniversitiesofOn January 21st, 2023, theDiversity Committee held “DiversitySquare” 1st Assembly 2022 in Tokyo-

Geography: Yoshiyasu Ida(Tsukuba University)-History:

ShinichiTajiri(Mejiro University)-

Civics:Yasuhiro

Hashimoto (Fukui University)

The commentators were:29, 2022, with Fukuoka University-school/of Education as the organizing

Nakayacommittee.

Elementary

Geography:

Keiko(Elementary School Affiliated to the
FacultyofEducation

ChibaUniversity)-

The symposium was conducted
as a webcast of studio discussions.
The theme was "Where Should
Social Studies Go? Has the Debate

Nobuko Mason (Junior High Schoolover the Nature of Social Studies asAffiliated to Tsukuba University)

Citizenship

Highschool/studies students?
2: What can social studies

Junior High school/ Civics:-

1: What can be done for socialEducation

Beenteachers do?
3: What can future social studies
researchers do?
The symposium and research
project attracted more than 300

History:

Settled?" Twenty years have passed

onlineTadanao Ooki (Fuchu High School)

since the so-called "New Wave

popularDebate," and it is necessary toreceived over 1,000 hits to on-

continue to examine what is still

demand research presentations via

new and what is old among theelectronic bulletin boards. In total,

Academic

issues raised in that debate. It is also

more

Conference will be held at Ibaraki

necessary to discuss a new vision ofpresentations were accessed.

University in Ibaraki prefecture.

"NEO New Wave" social studies

Details will be posted on the official

following the "New Wave." Thesewebsite as soon as it’s decided.

issues were therefore addressed by(http://socialstudies.jp/ja/index.ht

threefrom

Conference in 2023 is scheduled toml)

different generations of scholars,

be held at Okayama University on

Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (KagoshimaOctober 14-15, 2023. Details will beUniversity),announced5) 2023 Annual Conference
On October 28th and 29th, 2023,
the73rd3.

AnnualtheJapanese

educational
research
association for social
studies (JERASS)
1) The 71st Annual Conference
The 71st Annual Conference oftheJapanese

ResearchinAssociation
SocialforEducation(JERASS) was held from October 8-

keynotespeakers

TatsuyaWatanabe(Tokyo Gakugei University), andYuichi

Furuta(Universityparticipants.

The

concurrent

than10,000

mostsession

research2) The 72nd Annual Conference
The 72nd National Researchastheybecomeavailable.

ofTsukuba).

3) 2022 JERASS-ISSA ForumTo further explore the theme of

A collaborative online forum

the symposium, the following three

between JERASS and ISSA was held

researchon October 9, 2022. The theme wasestablished:subcommittees

were“How should Social Studies Connect
with Society Outside the Classroom?”No social studies education isin elementary school in Japan andcomplete within the classroom.

U.S. （Minami Kyushu University)

Engaging with society constitutes
an important part of citizenshipeducation.

Whatkinds

The discussant was Toshinori

has evolved over the last 20 years.

4. Korean Social Studies
Association (KSSA)ofKuwabara (Okayama University).

engagement are possible? WhatThe coordinators were Hidekazu-kinds of engagement have been

Yamada (Okayama University) and10, 2022

created during the recent COVID-19

Noboru Tanaka (Gifu University).

-pandemic, when it was difficult to1) 2022 Fall Conference
Date: Saturday, December
Place:

GongNational

University

make practical connections outsideDr.

Eric

King-Man

Chong’s-Topic:

Directions

the classroom? This forum sharedpresentation showed us that toChallenges

initiatives from different countries

develop

Education in the Convergence Eraand discussed future perspectives.

important to bring children into

activecitizens,

itis-ofSocialandStudies

Contents: Social studies

Although it was held on a Sunday,

direct contact with society and thesubjects, elective courses, newmore than 40 people attended theactivities of its citizens. Dr. Seung-teaching strategies, and researchforum. The speakers and the title ofYun Lee suggested that digital

methodologies in the 2022 revised

each presentation are listed below.

technology has the potential tosocial studies curriculum.

allow children to experience society
Dr. Eric King-Man Chong: How

through virtual space. Lecturer.

Participants:President

Yongkyo Chung and 10 others

should social studies connect withKihachirosociety outside the classroom? -showed us that as social studies play2) 2023 Plan

Hong Kong experience (Hong Konga(1) The 194th Spring Conference

Metropolitan University)

development, the social and cultural-Date: June 10, 2023

Dr. Seung-Yun Lee: Metaverse,

contexts in which learners and-Place:human factors and the role of social

teachers operate have a significant

studies: What do we have to do?

impacton learning. All（Hanshin University)

speakers

offeredgreater

Sakai’s-role

presentation
incitizen

threeKorea

NationalUniversity of Education-Contents:

Academicdifferent

exchange under the theme ofperspectives on social studies while"Asking the Way of Social Studies

supershowing how the discussion on theEducation"teacher’s gatekeeping and social

ideal state of social studies withinstudies lesson foster the citizenship

the Japanese academic community

Lecturer. Kihachiro Sakai: Therelationshipbetween(2) 2023 Regular Board Meetingand Annual Conference

held at Korea National University ofcollaborating with ISSA under the-Date: August 19~20, 2023

Education. The theme was “Co-theme of “Curriculum for Justice-Place:existence, Solidarity, and Socialand Harmony.”

YeungnamUniversity-Studies Education.”Contents:

Achievement
Report,2023

and'2023

Accounting

Social

EducationAward'Academic

Exchange

Through
excellent

Key Speaker: Prof. Dr. Keith

thisconference,

Bartondomestic

researchers

Bloomington)

Ceremony,findings relevant to the subject of3) The 11th Korea-Japan Academic

underthe conference.

Exchange Conference

thePresentation Details are as
follows:

Relations in the Post-Corona Era',-and Cultural Property Tour in-

1st Group: The Citizenship-Date: December 9, 2023

-Place:-Presentation-

2nd Group: Social Studies

Difficult Topics in Social Studies

3rd Group: Educational

hearing from the Indonesian Social

Social Studies

Studies Association (APRIPSI)-

5th Group: Human Rights,

next time!

Globalization, and Social Studies-6th Group: Democracy andOur members’ newpublication(Written in English)2) KASSE International Academic
Exchange Seminar (collaboratedwith ISSA)

1) 2023 Annual Online Conference
annual academic conference wasClass”

of the 7th National Curriculum andSocial Studies Textbooks

On January 14th, 2023 (Sat), an

the theme of “Teaching Complex and*We are looking forward toin 2024

5.
theKorean
association for socialstudies
education(kaSSe)

Exchange Conference will be held at4th Group: 2022 Revisionand exchange of thematic academic
papers, planning of academic events

Academic

Methods of Social Studies

National

University of Education

Korea-Japan

Kagoshima University, Japan underand Geography Education(3) The 195th Fall Conference

On August 26th, 2023 (Sat), the11thand Social Studies

Gyeongbuk and Daegu

Contents:–

gathered and presented research

Education in Reestablishing Social-UniversityStudies

theme of 'The Role of Social Studies

Seoul(Indiana

On October 15, 2023, KASSE
heldanonline

international

academicseminarviaZoom,● Dong-min Lee (2022). The
potential and merits ofnarrative-based
virtualfieldwork
inpreservice
geography teacher education.

Education Sciences, 13(3), 259.
● Dong-min Lee (2022). The
potential and reality of
postgraduate education ingeographyfor
improving
primary geography teachers’
professionalism: A focus on
South Korea. In Geography
Teacher
Education
andProfessionalization, Eds. E.
Artvinli, I. Gryl, J. Lee, and J. T.
Mitchell, pp. 87-99. Cham,
Switzerland: Springer.
* Do you want to share yourresearch written in English withISSA colleagues? Send necessary
information (abstract, reference,URL, etc.) to your association’sISSA board member or
dr.dongminlee@gmail.com
directly.