A Joint Development of "Research Handbook" for the Social Studies Researcher and Practitioner by the Japanese and US educators

本研究的目的是通过对美国和日本社会教育研究方法的核心进行提炼和重构，形成“研究手册”的大纲，以促进国际间的学术交流。我们的成员根据讨论的结果、对受邀的美国主要学者的采访和文献综述得出的有效和有潜力的研究设计如下：(1)规范-理论观点；(2)实践和实验发展；(3)实证和实证研究。

The purpose of this study is to develop the outline of “Research Handbook” by abstracting and reconstructing the cores ofUS and Japanese research methodologies on the Social Studies education, for encouraging the international academic exchange. The research design, which our member concluded as effective and potential on the basis of findings from the discussions, interview with the invited leading US scholars, and the literature review, are as followings(1) normative-theoretical opinion(2) practical and experimental development, and(3) empirical and positive research.