Science Education Research and Practice from Japan

Why Research the History of Science Education/Teaching (Rika) in Japan?.- In Pursuit of the Understanding of Science Classroom Culture: Socio-Cultural Approaches to East Asian Classrooms.- Harmonious Integration of Scientific Argument into Inquiry-Based Learning.- Addressing the Challenges and Scaffolding of Inquiry-Based Teaching on Secondary School Students' Efficacy in Conducting Scientific Inquiry.- A Study on Possible Factors Enabling Amateur Scientists to Continue Their Scientific Practices.- An Auto/ethnographic Research on Science Education in Japan: Hidden stories.- Science and Nature: Science Teachers' Views at the International Collaborative Project between Japan and the South Africa.- An Exploratory Study about Japanese Preservice Science Teachers' Views of Science and Technology.- Prospective Science Teachers' Training Programs Incorporating ESD: Experiences in Japan.- Science Education as Gifted Education: Can We Conduct Gifted Education with Non-Gifted Students?.