This FY 2008 research digest, research laboratory projects in our study and other research grants in science, completed 2008 fiscal year, about one out and report, and outlines the .

Policy Research on the education system

1. Comprehensive Research on School Facilities for Unified Elementary and Lower Secondary Schools

• Leader: SHIMPO Koichi, Director, Educational Facilities Research Center

2. Comprehensive Study on Development of Educational Conditions (Research Area: School Placement)

• Leader: HAYO Masaaki, Director, Department for Educational Policy and Evaluation Research

3. A Comparative Institutional Study on the Synthesis, Deployment and Reorganization of Japanese-style Systems of Educational Administration and Financing

• Leader: HONDA Masato, Senior Researcher, Department for Educational Policy and Evaluation Research

Research on Elementary and Secondary Education

4. Study on the Profile of English Language Education in Elementary Schools

• Leader: NAKAOKA Tsukasa, Director, Curriculum Research Center

5. Empirical Study for the Development of an Education System Enabling Children to Learn Independently and Gain a Liking for Science

• Leader: GOTO Masakazu, Senior Researcher, Department for Curriculum Research, Curriculum Research Center

6. Analytical Study on Expressive Abilities Based in Scientific and Logical Thought

• Leader: MIYAKE Masao, Director, Department for Curriculum Research, Curriculum Research Center

7. Comprehensive Study on the Development of School Curriculum to Cultivate Citizenship in the Science and Technology Era

• Leader: NISHINO Mayumi, Senior Researcher, Department of Curriculum Research, Curriculum Research Center

Research on Higher Education

8. Public Symposium on Educational Research-Bachelor's Degree Program Organization and Systemization

• Leader: YORIMOTO Yuiki, Director, Department of Research Planning and Development

International Comparative Research on International Educational Cooperation

9. The Role of International Education Cooperation-A Study on Evaluating International Education Cooperation in Japan

• Leader: SAITO Yasuo, Senior Researcher, Department for International Research and Co-operation

10. Fact-Finding Survey and Joint Research of the Educational Contents of Japanese Language Education Institutes in Central-Eastern European Countries

• Leader: SAKAYAUCHI Masaru, Senior Researcher, Department of Research Planning and Development

11. Comparative Study of Japan and Germany on the Relationship between Attitudes toward Science and Scientific Knowledge

• Leader: YOSHIOKA Ryoei, Senior Researcher, Educational Resources Research Center

Practical research on social education

12. Empirical Study on Development of Indicators for Revitalization of Lifelong Learning Activities: Conducted Through the Medium of the Social Education Director Dispatch System

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center

13. Study on Internet-Based Seminars

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center

14. Study on Measures to Promote School Support Volunteer Activities

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center

15. Case Studies in Social Education Conducive to Japan's Commitment to Tourism

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center

16. Study on the Role of Social Education Coordinators and Methods of Enhancing Their Skills

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center

17. Study on Formulation and Assessment of Local Government Social Education Plans

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center

18. Study on Development of Training Programs to Enhance the Expertise of Social Education Directors

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center

19. Study on the Role of Social Education in Shaping a New Public Spirit

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center

20. Study on Measures to Build Links Between Local Governments and Organizations/Groups Involved in Social Education

• Leader: BABA Yujiro, Director, Practical Social Education Research Center