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Manabu Sato. Ph.D.

Manabu Sato is Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo in Japan. He was born in Hiroshima in 1951 and graduated from Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo in 1980, from which he received Ph.D. in 1989. He started his teaching career at Mie University as assistant and associate professor from 1980 to 1988. Then, he had taught at The University of Tokyo as associate professor from 1988 to 1996 and as professor from 1997 to 2012, while serving as dean from 2004 to 2006. He taught at Gakushuin University as professor from 2012 to 2021. He was also visiting professors at Harvard University in 2003, New York University in 2003 and Beijing Normal University from 2018 to today, and invited professors of El Colegio Mexico in 2003 and Berlin Free University in 2006.

He is the past president of Japanese Educational Research Association from 2004 to 2007, the past inaugural council member of World Education Research Association from 2009 to 2021 and the past Director of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Science Council of Japan (i.e., Japanese Sciences Academy) from 2007 to 2010. He has also been a member of National Academy of Education (US) since 2001, an inaugural Fellow of American Educational Research Association since 2009, and an executive council member of World Association of Lesson Studies since 2010.

He has published more than 20 books, about 100 editorial books and 200 academic papers, and has given 200 and more invited speeches in 34 countries. Many of his books have been translated into Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, English, German, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Thai. His multiple contributions have been known worldwide, so that he was elected to be a winner of the Runners Up Award of Asian Publishing Award (nonfiction division) in 2012 and Mingyuan Education Award in China 2019.

Professor Sato is an educational philosopher as well as a practitioner of learning innovation and school reform. Since the mid-1990s, he has promoted the idea of “school as learning community”. “School as learning community” is a set of vision, philosophies and activity system, based on public philosophy. This idea has deeply captured teachers with a grassroots school reform movement rapidly spreading nationwide. Miraculous successes at “hard schools” attended by “at risk” children in poverty, have fired up the democratic professionalism of teachers. Today, nearly 3,000 elementary, junior secondary and senior secondary schools in Japan have joined in the network he created. About 300 pilot schools are active and holding 1,000 and more open workshops per year for teachers of those schools as well as schools nearby.

To promote the idea of “school as learning community”, Professor Sato founded the International Network for School as Learning Community in 2012. The grassroots network beyond national borders, has spread its wings to the world, especially to Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, UK, Mexico and other countries.

Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

1. Education

B.Ed. Tokyo University of Education
M.Ed. The University of Tokyo
Ph.D.: The University of Tokyo, 1989

2. Professional Experience

• Assistant and Associate Professor: College of Education, Mie University, 1980-1988
• Associate Professor: School of Education, The University of Tokyo, 1988-1996
• Professor: Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, 1997-2012
• Dean: Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, 2004-2005
• Vice-Dean: 2006-2007
• Emeritus Professor: The University of Tokyo, 2012-
• Professor: Gakushuin University, 2012-2021

<Invited and Visiting Professor>

• Invited Professor: El Colegio De Mexico, 2001
• Visiting Professor: Harvard University, 2002
• Visiting Professor: New York University, 2002
• Invited Professor: Berlin Freie Universitat. 2006
• Visiting Professor: Beijing Normal University, 2017-

3. Membership of National Academies

• Membership:  National Academy of Education (USA)  2001-
• Membership: Japanese Council of Sciences 2004-2014, Chairperson of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences 2011-2014

4. Academic Association

• Vice President: Japanese Educational Research Association, 2001-2003
• President: Japanese Educational Research Association, 2004-2009
• Inaugural Fellow: American Educational Research Association, 2010-
• Council member: World Education Research Association, 2009-2021
• Executive Council member: World Association of Lesson Studies, 2011-

5. Award

Runners-up Award of Asian Publishing Award (2012)

Mingyuan Education Award (China）(2019)

6. Major Publications

Major Books (Japanese)

• The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Future of Education, Iwanami Publisher, 2021
• Challenging School as Learning Community, Shogakkan, 2018
• Developing Professionalism of Teachers: A Grand Design of Teacher Education Reform. Iwanami Publisher. 2015
• Philosophy of School Reform, The University of Tokyo Press. 2012
• Artistries of Teachers, Shogakkan, 2009
• Challenges of Schools, Shogakkan, 2006  Translated into Chinese, 2010
• Challenges of Teachers, Shogakkan , 2003
• Dialogues of Body: Manabu Sato and 10 Intellectuals, Taro-Jiro-Sha, 2002
• Rethinking Social Issue of School Achievement. Iwanami Publisher, 2001
• Translated into Korean in 2004
• Children Escaping from Learning. Iwanami Publisher, 2000 Translated into Chinese in 2001 and into Korean in 2004. (Translated into Chinese 2000, Korean 2003)
• Designing Educational Reform. Iwanami Publisher, 2000, Translated into Korean in 2001.)
• Changing Classrooms for School Reform. Shogakkan, 2000 Translated into Chinese in 2002. (Translated into Chinese 2003, Korean 2005)
• Learning as Pleasure: Toward Dialogic Practice. Seori Publisher, 1999  Translated into Chinese 2004)
• Aporia of Teacher: Toward Reflective Practice. Seori Publisher 1998 Translated into Chinese 2003)
• Critique on Curriculum: Redefining Public Space. Seori Publisher, 1996 Translated into Chinese in 2003. Translated into Chinese 2003, Korean 2006)
• Learning: Its Death and Restoration. Taro-Jiro-sha, 1995
• Curriculum Reconstruction in the United States: Progressivism of Thematic Learning from 1890 to 1945. The University of Tokyo Press, 1990

Major works in foreign countries

1. Books

• 교육개혁을 디자인한다, translated by Son W00-jung, 도서출판 공감, Korea, November 2000. 155p.
• 『静悄悄的革命』 李李湄訳　長春出版社　中華人民共和国　2003年1月.  181p.
• 『課程与教師』（世界課程与教学新理論文庫）鐘啓泉訳　教育科学出版社　中華人民共和国　2003年6月　399p.
• 배움으로부터 도주하는 아이들 –학력을 묻는다-  孫于正・金美蘭訳　북코리아　韓国　2003年11月　136p.
• 『学習的快楽――走向対話』（世界課程与教学新理論文庫）鐘啓泉訳　教育科学社　中華人民共和国　2004年11月　400p.
• 교육개혁을 디자인한다, translated by Son Woo-jung, Lifelong Learning Books: Seoul, Korea, November 2009. 178p.
• 『学校的挑戦＝創建学習的共同体』鐘啓泉訳　華東師範大学出版会　中華人民共和国　2010年8月　219p.
• 사토 마나부 저, 박 찬영 역 (2011). 아이들을 어떻게 가르칠 것인가. 살림터, Korea,　November 2011,　231p.
• 『学習的革命』黄郁倫訳　天下出版　台湾　2012年4月　261p.　（Asian Publishing Award 2012, Excellence Award in Non-Fiction）
• 『教師的挑戦―宇静的課堂革命』鐘啓泉・陳静静訳　華東師範大学出版会　中華人民共和国　2012年5月　153p. (中華教育報・2012年度教師喜愛的本Top10 受賞）
• 『学習共同體―構想與実践』黄郁倫訳　親子天下雑誌　台湾　2013年6月,86p.
• 『学習革命的最前線』黄郁倫訳　天下遠見出版　台湾　2013年10月, 351p.
• 『学校見聞録―学習共同体的実践』華東師範大学出版会 中華人民共和国2014年4月　207p.
• 『学習共同体的願景』黄郁倫訳　天下遠見出版　台湾　2014年11月, 254p.
• 『静悄悄的革命』 李李湄訳　教育科学出版社　中華人民共和国　2014年11月154p.
• 『教育方法学』于莉莉訳　教育科学出版社　中華人民共和国　2016年3月 216p.
• 사토 마나부 학교개혁을 말하다, Eduniety 韓国　2016年3月　229p.
• 『学校を改革する―学びの共同体の構想と実践―』（タイ語版）PICO Thailand,October 2016,  95p.
• 『教師花伝書―専家型教師的成長』陳静静・鍾啓泉訳 華東師範大学出版会　中華人民共和国　2016年9月　149p.
• 『邁向専家之路教師教育改革的藍図』黄郁倫訳 高等教育出版　台湾　2017年1月　164p.
• 사토마나부 저, 손우정 역 (2018) 교사교육 개혁의 그랜드 디자인, 에듀니티（佐藤学著、孫于正訳　『教師教育のグランドデザイン』）　Eduniety　韓国　January 2018, 246p.
• Manabu Sato, El desafio de la escuela, Crear una communidad para el aprendizaje, Traductora: Virginia Meza H. El Colegio de Mexico Publisher,Mexico, March 2018. 274p.
• 『学校改革―学習共同体的構想与実践―』于莉莉訳　中国　北京師範大学出版社　2020年10月　75ｐ.

2. Co-authored Books

Manabu Sato & Masaaki Sato, Cong Dong Hoc Tap. Hanoi University of Education Press. Pp,11-70

3. Co-edited Books.

• Claude Levi Alvares et Manabu Sato, Enseignants et Ecoles au Japon; Acteurs, Systeme et Contexte, Maisonneuve & Larose, 2007 Mars. 206p.
• Manabu Sato and Others, Consultant Editor, Gary McCulloch and David Crook, eds, The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education, Routledge, London and New York, 2008 March. 721p.
• 佐藤学・韓国学びの共同体研究会編『教師の学び』（韓国語） Eduniety 韓国 2014年8月 258p.

4. Chapters of Books

• Issues and Problems in Teacher Education: Japan, In Howard B.Leavitt (Ed.), Issues and Problems in Teacher Education: An International Handbook.  New York: Greenwood Publishing, Inc. 1992.7. pp.154-168.
• Classroom Management in Japan: A Social History of Teaching and Learning.（In  Nobuo　Shimahara (Ed.),Politics of Classroom Life: Classroom Management in International Perspective. Garland Press. New York.  April, 1998. pp.189-214.）
• Japan: Current Issues in Teacher Education ( In Paul Morris and John Williamson (Eds.), Teacher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, Falmer Press. New York. 2000.  < Manabu Sato &　Shigeru Asanuma > pp.107-131.)
• Wie Geshichtesshulbucher sein sollten, Manabu Sato, Ryuichi Narita　und Yun Kon-Cha,(Steffi Richter und Wolfgang Hopken Hg.)Vergagenheit,im Gesellshaftskonflikt: Ein Historikerstreit in Japan. Boehlau Verlag, Deutshland. April 2003, 167-189.)
• Toward Dialogic Practice through Mediated Activity: Theoretical Foundation for Constructing Learning Community, Katsuhiro Yamazumi, Yrjo Engestrom and Harry Daniels eds., New Learning Challenges: Going beyond the Industrial Age System of School and Work, Kansai University Press. 2006. pp.103-134.
• Introduction; Les Enseignants Japonais dans une Periode Charniere, Claude Levi Alvares et Manabu Sato, Enseignants et Ecoles au Japon; Acteurs, Systeme et Contexte, Maisonneuve & Larose. 21-44. 2007 Mars.
• La Reforme des Cours; Les Enseignants dans la Classe, Claude Levi Alvares et Manabu Sato eds, Enseignants et Ecoles au Japon; Acteurs, Systeme et Contexte, Maisonneuve & Larose, 75-92. 2007 Mars.
• 학교개혁의 철학 -‘배움의 공동체’의 비전과 원리 그리고 활동 시스템-, 월간 우리교육 별책: 수업을 바꾸는 조용한 혁명 ‘배움의 공동체’, 서울: 우리교육,　2008.6.  4-21.
• Lesson Study as a Human Science, Co-authored with Catherine Lewis and Kiyomi Akita, William R. Penuel and Kevin O’Connor eds, Learning Resaerch as a Human Science: National Soceity for the Study of Education(NSSE) The 109th Yearbook Issue 1, Teachers College Press, June 2010, pp.222-237.
• Imaging Neo-Liberalism, the Hidden Realities of the Cultural Politics of School Reform; Teachers and Students in a Globalized Japan（David Blake Willis and Jeremy Rappleye eds. Reimaging Japanese Education: Borders, Transfers, Circulations, and the Comparative, Oxford Stidies in Comparative Education, Symposium Books. March 2011, pp.219-240.）
• Trend of Reform: Contemporary Innovation of Lesson Study, National Association for the Study of Educational Method ed. Lesson Study in Japan. Keisuisha: Japan, 2011. pp.142-150.
• Classroom Management in Japan: A Social History of Teaching and Learning.（Nobuo K. Shimahara (Ed.),Politics of Classroom Life: Classroom Management in International Perspective. Routledge.  February, 2116. pp.189-214.
• Introduccion: Antologia de documentos historicos de la cultura educative de Japon moderno, Michiko Tanaka Coordinadora, Historia Documental de la Educacion Moderna en Japon, Publicaciones El Colegio de Mexico, Junio de 2016. Pp.17-23.
• Spread and Progress of School as Learning Community in Asia. Tsukui, A, and Murase, A. eds, Lesson Study and School as Learning Communities: Asian School Reform in Theory and Practice. London and New York/Routledge, 2018, pp.3-13.

5. Papers

• Teaching in Japan: A Review of Four Teachers and Their Classrooms.( Paper for Presentation at Michigan State University (March 26) and at San Diego State University, April 5,1989.)
• Research on Teaching and Inservice Education: An Experiment to Empower Wisdom of Teachers (Paper for Presentation, US/Japan Teacher Education Study Consortium, The Second  Conference at Honolulu, July 12,1989.)
• Practical Thinking Styles of Teachers: A Comparative Study of Expert and Novice Thought Processes and Its Implication for Rethinking Teacher Education in Japan（M. Sato,,K. Akita, & N. Iwakawa, Paper presented at the third conference of Japan/US Teacher Education Consortium, Tokyo, July 10, 1990. 21p.） （Manabu Sato and others, ERIC, ED 339 683,SP 033 387, Clearinghouse on Teacher Education. US Dept. of Education, April 1992.23P.）
• Case Method in Japanese Teacher Education:　Traditions and Our Experiments,（ Paper presented at the fourth meeting of Japan/US Teacher  Education Consortium, Stanford University, California, July 9, 1991. 17p.）
• Cases and Commentaries: Practical Discourse of Teachers, Personal Lesson of Editing Three Types of Casebooks (  Paper presented at the  Working Conference on the Role of Cases in Teacher Education, Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, US National Institute of Education, San Francisco, California, October 11, 1991. 16p. )
• Helping Student Teachers Think Like Teachers: A Case Description of the  Mentoring Process in Japanese Teacher Education.（ Paper presented at the fifth meeting of Japan/US Teacher Education Consortium held at Tamagawa University. Tokyo Japan. June 22, 1992. 11p.）
• Practical Thinking Styles of Teachers: A Comparative Study of Expert and Novice Thought Processes and Its Implications for Rethinking Teacher Education in Japan. ( Sato,M., Akita,K. and Iwakawa,N. )  Peabody Journal of Education. Vol.68. No.4. 1993 Summer, pp.100-110.
• 「培養表現者的美術教育＝教学実例介紹和理念的深討」（陳朝平訳）（『視覚芸術與美労教育・国際学術研究会（International Conference on Visual Arts and Art Education）論文集』　国立屏東師範学院　台湾　1998年5月　pp.27-48.）
• 「教室的困惑」（鐘啓泉訳）（『華東師範大学学報（教育科学編）』華東師範大学　1998年第2期　pp.16-26.）
• Gender and Curriculum,(Journal of Women’s Studies. Vol.11. Silla University, Pusan, Korea, April 2000, pp.167-184. 孫于正訳＜ハングル＞)
• 「全球化的東亜教育模式―以日本的危机与改革的中心」（呉光輝訳　廈門大学高等教育科学研究所編『国際高等教育研究（International Higher education）』2004年第3期　2004年７月　pp.1-3.
• Japan’s School Crisis: A Trail of Misguided Reforms, Japan Echo, Vol.32, No.2, April 2005, pp.30-34.
• 「転換期的学校改革―学習共同体的構想」（沈暁敏訳　中華人民共和国教育部主管『全球教育展望』34巻5集　 May 2005, pp.3-8.）
• Eternal Revolution of Beginning: School Reform through Constructing Learning Community, Educational Attainment and School Reform: Policy, Evaluation, and Classroom Practice, Reports of the Second International Symposium, Center for Research of Core Academic Competence. The University of Tokyo, October 2005, pp.15-24.
• 「グローバル化時代の日本における学校改革－危機と改革の構図」（田輝訳　中央教育科学研究所編『教育研究』　中央教育科学研究所　北京　中華人民共和国　2006年4月　pp..）
• Philosophy on the Restoration of Schools in Japan: The Vision, Principles and Activity System of the Learning Community. Journal of All India Association for Educational Research, Vol.20. Nos. 3-4, September & December 2008. India. Pp.14-26.
• Historical Aspects of the Concept of “Compulsory Education”: Rethinking of the Rhetoric of Debates in Current Reform. Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, No.3. Japanese Educational Research Association, December 2008. pp.65-84.
• 사토 마나부 (2011) 학교재생의 철학: ‘배움의 공동체’의 비전과 원리와 활동 시스템, 계간지 ‘새롭게 다르게’, 서울: 열다섯의공감
• 「学校再生的哲学－学習共同体与活動系統」（鐘啓泉訳　中華人民共和国教育部主管・華東師範大学主編『全球教育展望』2011年第3期　pp.3-10.）
• A la recherché d’une ecole pour le XXle siecte – quelles (reformes scolaires) alternatives aux politiques neoliberales ?. Christian Galan et Claude Levi Alvares (eds.), Seisme educatife au Japon. Les Dossiers des Sciences de l’Education, No. 27, Presses Universitaries du Mirail, 2012, pp.37-54.
• 「我的教育研究生涯」（中華人民共和国教育部・北京師範大学編『比較教育研究』Vol.36）2014年10月 pp.1-6.
• The Teacher as a ‘Colony’: A Case Study of Agentive Responses to ‘Colonising Education Policy in Vietnam. Co-authored with Eisuke Saito, Matthew Atencio, Thi Diem Hang Khong, Naomi Takazawa, Masatsugu Murase, and Atsushi Tsukui, Cambridge Jounrnal of Education. October 3, 2016. Pp.1-22.
• 「従世界的課堂改革思考臺灣的改革現状―以学習共同體爲中心―」（国家教育研究院『教科書研究』第十一巻第三期　2018年８月　pp.91-107.

6.    Invited Speeches

• Our Teacher Researcher Collaboration in Progress （Guest speech at the Meeting of Coalition of Essential Schools held at Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island, November 5, 1990.）
• Cases and Commentaries: Practical Discourse of Teachers, Personal Lesson of Editing Three Types of Casebooks ( Guest Speech at the Working Conference on the Role of Cases in Teacher Education, US National Institute of Education, Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, California, October 1991. 16p. )
• Educating Artistry for the Children as Artists: Cases and Their Description（ International Conference on Visual Arts and Art Education. Invited Keynote Speech. The Ministry of          Education, The National Pingtung Teachers College, Taiwan, 1998.5.14. ＜｢培養表現者的美術教育＝教学実例介紹和理念的深討」（陳朝平訳）（視覚芸術輿美労教育・国際学術研討会・記念講演　中華民国教育部指導　国立屏東師範学院主催　台湾1998年5月14日＞
• Teacher as Cultural Mediator; Redefining Teaching Profession toward the Sustainable Society. Paper presented at the Symposium of Japan/US Teacher Education Consortium.  Bukkyo University, Kyoto. Japan. June 27, 1998. ）
• Youth Violence in Contemporary Schools: Nihilism inside Bodies in the Suburbs. Paper presented at The Japan-US Conference on Juvenile Problems and Violence in a Changing Society. Tokyo, Japan. February 27.
• Paradigm Shift in Historical Discourse of Japanese Education ; A Critique of Historical Revisionism.Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. June 26. 1999.
• Neo-Liberal’s Revolt against Democracy in Japanese Education. (Paper presented at the Second Conference of the Global Democracy. “Beyond the First World”, Conference Room, Central Library. The University of Tokyo. December 2, 1999.
• Contemporary Educational Reform in Japan: Retrospect on the 1980s and Current Issues.（中南米諸国招待講演・外務省後援　1999年　＜Chile＞Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chil（12/6）Universidad de Santiago（12/7）＜Argentina＞ Universidad de Buenos Aires（12/9）、＜Mexico＞ Escuela Normal Superior de Mexico（12/13）、Universidad Pedagogica National（12/14））
• Reshaping Public Space through Redefining Learning: A Design of School Reform in Japanese Context. Invited Speech at the Colloquium of the Department of Educational Philosophy, Teachers College, Columbia University. April 20, 2000.
• 「幼児教育における学びとケアの共同体―回顧と展望」（Learning and Caring Community in Early Childhood Education: Retrospect and Prospect）＜基調講演　環太平洋乳幼児教育学会発足大会・国際研究集会＞　Keynote Address, International Forum & Inaugural Conference and Meeting, Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association. 神戸大学　2000年7月25日
• Contemporary Issues of Educational Reform Derived from East Asian Style of Modernization: A Case of Japanese Education. (Invited Speech at the 1st iAPED International Conference on Educational Research, November 10, 2000, Seoul National University, Korea.)
• Eclipse of Childhood under Globarization: Dilemma of Educational Reform of the Post-Colonial Discourse in Japan. (Session 1 Keynote speech- Worlds of Childhood: Philosophical Issues on Childhood. 11th World Congress of Comparative Education.  World Council of Comparative Education Societies.  Korea National University of Education.  Cheongju. Korea. July 1. 2001.)
• 「日本の教育改革とその現代的課題――グローバリズムにおける民主主義と公共的領域の回顧と展望」（基調講演）（Simposio Educacion En Tiempos De Cambio, El Colegio De Mexico, A.C. Centro De Investigacion y De Estudios Avanzados, El Colegio De Mexico, Mexico,D.F., Mexico, Octobre 23, 2001）
• 「日本における学校改革の現状と課題」（講演）（Reunion De Trabajo Con El Profr. Manabu Sato, Secretaria De Educacion Publica, Mexico,D.F., Mexico, Noviembre 6, 2001）
• Reshaping Teachers’ Practice through Redefining Learning: Personal Reflection on Action Research at Schools against Neo-Liberal Policies in Japan. Invited Lecture at Larson Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge MA, USA, April 24,2002.
• Being Philosophical in Educational Practice: Reflection on Language for School Reform in Japan. Invited Speech at Philosophy of Education Research Center at Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA, May 17 2002.
• Action Research in Japan: School Reform in Progress, Paper presented at Brown Bag Seminar, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge MA, USA, May 18 2002.
• A Lesson from “Lesson Study” of Japan: What Should be Learned and What Should not be Imitated in US. Invited Speech in Education. Alliance at Brown University,Providence RI, USA, September 3, 2002.
• Beyond Labyrinth of Modernization: Reframing History of Japanese Education, Invited Speech at El Colegio De Mexico, Mexico, October 2, 2002.
• Practical Discourses and Political Agenda of School Reform: Active Progress in Action Research, Invited Speech at Secretaria de Educacion Publica, Secretaria de Educacion y Normal Direccion General de Invetigacion Educativa, Mexico D.F., Mexico, October 4, 2002.
• Invisible Practice of Impossible Profession: Sharing Practical Wisdom in Action Research, Invited Speech at College of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Anorbor MI, USA, November 5, 2002.
• Eternal Revolution of Beginning: School Reform through Constructing Learning Community, Paper presented at COE International Symposium, Educational Attainment and School Reform: Policy, Evaluation and Classroom Practice, Center for Research of Core Academic Competences, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, December 6, 2003.
• Teachers’ Autonomy at Risk under Decentralization and Deregulation: Issues for Educational Reform in Defernce of Vulnerable Profession, Keynote Speech at the International Conference on Teaching and Teacher Education in the 21st Century, International Christian University, Tokyo, December 13, 2003.
• 「教師教育の基礎としての教育学研究―改革の政策と実践への示唆」（招待講演　中華人民共和国教育部主催　全国研究生暑期学校（教育学）「学員指南」 National Graduate Scummer School(Education)　華東師範大学　上海　中国　2005年7月8日）
• How respond to the creeping de-professionalization of teachers. International Symposium 2005: Core Academic Competences: Policy Issues and Educational Reform, The 4th International Symposium of the Center for Research of Core Academic Competences, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, United Nations University, Tokyo Japan, July 24, 2005.
• 教育の公共性と自律性の再構築へ－グローバル化時代の日本の学校改革」（招待記念講演（通訳・孫ウ正）　韓国教育学会大会　京仁教育大学　韓国　2006年5月26日）
• 「『学びの共同体』づくりとしての学校改革－ヴィジョンと哲学」招待講演（通訳・田輝）中央教育科学研究所　中国　2006年7月19日
• 「私の教育学研究＝これまでとこれから」招待講演（通訳・鮑威）　北京大学教育学院　中国　2006年7月20日
• 「転換期日本における教育改革＝危機の現実と教育学の反省」（通訳・王錫宏）　開幕招待講演　人民大会中国科学家教育家企業家論壇　人民大会堂　中国　2006年7月21日
• 「『学びの共同体』の哲学と実践」（通訳・王錫宏）　招待講演・中国科学家教育家企業家論壇　中国科技会堂　2006年7月22日
• Reexamining Japanese Style of Educational Innovation in the Global Age: Dilemmas and Conflicts of School Policies under Decentralization and Deregulation. Invited Keynote Speech, Korean President Committee on Educational Innovation, “Future, Innovation and Educational Strategies” September 4, 2006. Seoul National University. Korea.
• Vision, Strategies and Philosophy of School Innovation in Japan: Designing Schools as Learning Community. Invited Keynote Speech. Korean President Committee on Educational Innovation, “Future, Innovation and Educational Strategies” September 5, 2006. Seoul National University. Korea.
• Ranking Game in the East Asian Style of Education: Ironies and Dilemmas of School Policies in Global Age. Invited Speech, The 7th International Conference on Educational Research, Seoul National University, Korea, November 20-21. Korea
• Teachers Dilemmas in School Policies for Key Competences in Japan, International Symposium by Seoul National University and University of Tokyo. Seoul National University, Korea, March 20, 2007.
• Renovating Schools as Learning Community: A Grassroots Network against Neo-Liberal Educational Policies in Japan. Presidential Invited Lecture, Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 12, 2007
• A Lesson of Japanese Lesson Study; Policy Matters and Social Context for Alternative Approach. Invited Speech, Lesson Study Symposium at National Institute of Education in Singapore, Singapore, May 28, 2007.
• Children Living in At-Risk Society; Foundations of Educational Crisis under Neo-Liberal Educational Policies in Japan, XIII World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Sarajevo, Bosnia, September 4, 2007
• Conflicts of School Curriculum in Japan under Globalization, Invited Speech, Korean Society for Curriculum Studies, Ewha Woman University, Seoul Korea, April 25 2008.
• Innovating Research on Teaching through Redefining Learning, Invited Speech, Seoul. National University, Center for Teaching and Learning, Seoul Korea, April 25 2008.
• 「グローバル化する日本の学校カリキュラムの改革＝政策のディレンマ」（講演　通訳：沈暁敏　華東師範大学　上海　中華人民共和国　2008年5月6日）
• Curriculum Dilemma under Globalized Japan, Invited Speech, 台南大学　台湾　2008年5月21日）
• Philosophy and Practical Strategies of School Reform toward Learning Community, Invited Speech at 2008 International Conference on Theory and Practice if Curriculum and Instruction Reform. 花蓮教育大学　台湾　2008年5月23日）
• Being Phiosophical and Educational. Opening Speech at 11th Biennial Conference of the International Network of Philosophers of Education, Kyoto University, August 9th, 2008.
• Reforma en la escula hacia comunidades de aprendizaje en Japon. Cambios Educativos Mexico-Japon, CINVESTAV-El Colegio de Maxico, 17-19 Septoembre 2008, Mexico.
• 「教職専門性の開発と小学校中学校教育の質の保障」（通訳：沈暁敏　華東師範大学教育学院・東京大学教育学研究科学術交流シンポジウム・記念講演、華東師範大学・上海・中華人民共和国　2008年10月11日）
• 「学びの共同体づくりの学校改革＝その理論と実践」（通訳：于莉莉　咸陽師範学院名誉教授授与講演　咸陽　中華人民共和国　2008年10月13日）
• 「大学発教育コンソシアムの可能性」（国立大学協会主催　高大連携ワークショップ　2008年10月20日）
• Japanese Lesson Studies: Looking Back and Thinking Forward, Invited Keynote Speech, World Association of Lesson Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education, December 2, 2008.
• 「教員養成系大学・学部・大学院のあり方」（日本教育大学協会６０周年記念講演　KKRホテル東京　2009年6月29日）
• School Reform toward Leaening Community: In Defense of Public Education against Neo-Liberal Policies, Invited Keynte Speech, APS Global Education Conference 2010, Academy of Pricipals in Singapore, June 3 2010.
• Retrospect and Prospect of Lesson Studies in Japan, Invited Keybnote Speechm APS 2010 Lesson Study Conference, Singapore, June 4 2010.
• Implications to Policy Matters about “Quality” of Early Childhood of Education and Care in Japan: A Commtenrtary on Professor Chris Pascal’s Keynote, The 13th Conference on Early Childhood Education and Care, OECD-Japan Seminar, June 8, 2010.
• Summertive and General Commentary if the 13th OECD-Japan Seminar: Pursuing Professional Development and Leading Quality in ECEC, The 13th Conference on Early Childhood Education and Care, OECD-Japan Seminar, June 9, 2010
• Cultural Politics and the Practical Discourse of School Reform in Globalized Japan, Invited Keynote of the Symposium “Globalization and Education in Japan: Borders and Risk in the Imaging Japanese Education”, World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Istanbul, Turky, June 17, 2010.
• Isuues on Transformation among Ideas of Curriculum Reform, Textbooks and Practices; A Viewpoint from Japan. Invited Keynote Speech, 2010 International Conference on Issues of Curriculum Transformation in East Asia, National Institute of Compilation and Transformation & Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taiwan, Novemeber 5, 2010.
• Theory and Practice of School as Learning Community, Invited Speech, International Symposium on Innovative Education, Geonggi Provincial Office of Education, Korea, June 3, 2011.
• 「２１世紀型の学校とカリキュラム改革」（通訳：于莉莉　華東師範大学招聘講演　上海　中華人民共和国　June 7, 2011）
• 「『学びの共同体』の授業改革と学校改革」（通訳：于莉莉　上海市教育委員会招聘講演　上海　中華人民共和国　June 9, 2011）
• 「『学びの共同体』の授業改革と学校改革」（通訳：于莉莉　新教育国際高峰論壇・佐藤学教授報告会　招待講演　中国新教育研究会・新教育研究院　常州市　中華人民共和国　July 11, 2011）
• 「学びを中心とする授業の創造」（通訳：申智媛　第二回韓国アクション・リサーチ研究会・基調講演　ソウル市教育委員会研修センター、ソウル市、韓国）
• School Renovation for the Post Industrial Society of Japan: Dilemmas and Perspectives beyond the East Asian Style of Education.（Invited Speech, Symposium “Inheritage and Innovation in Education”, Beijing Forum 2011, Peking University, Pekin, China, November 5, 2011.）
• Backdrop and Front-Line of Lesson Studies in Japan. (Open Forum “Lesson Studies in Japanese Context”, The International Conference of the World Association of Lesson Studies, National Center of Sciences, Tokyo, November 26, 2011 )
• 「２１世紀型の学校と授業改革－学びの共同体をめざして」（招待講演　于莉莉通訳　西南大学教育学部 重慶　2012年5月3日、成都教育科学研究所　成都　2012年5月5日　中華人民共和国）
• 「協同的学びを中心とする授業の創造―質の高い学びを求めて」（招待講演　于莉莉通訳　上海師範大学　上海　中華人民共和国　2012年5月6日）
• Becoming Reflective Teacher through Professional Learning in Practice: Progress and Enhancement of School as Learning Community, Invited keynote speech at WALS 201４. Indonesian University of Education, May, 2014.
• Learning, School and Society: Foundation of Learning in Reform of School as Learning Community, Keynote Speech, Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam, September 28, 2014.
• Teacher Research to Be More Professional in Learning: Lesson Study in School as Learning Commnunity. The Second Teacher Education Summit, Beijing Normal University, October 19, 2014.
• Retrospect and Prospect of School as Learning Community in Asia. Keynote of the Second International Conference of School as Learning Community. Gakushuin University. March 5, 2015.
• 「学びの共同体の学校改革と授業の創造」（招待講演　于莉莉通訳　北京師範大学　2015年5月12日）
• 「子どもの学び・教師の学び」（孫于正通訳　第５回韓国学びの共同体研究大会基調講演　2014年12月）
• 「協同的学びによる授業改革」（招待講演　于莉莉通訳　中国・重慶市教育局　2015年5月15日）
• The Future of Learning Innovation: Evolution, Revolution and What is the Next?, Keynote Speech at the 50th Anniversary Conference of Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools. Hong Kong, June 5, 2015.
• Three Keystones for Enhancing Quality of Learning in School as Learning Community:
• Authenticity, Listening Relation and Jumping Task. Keynote Speech at the Third International Conference of School as Learning Community. Gakushuin University, August 8, 2015.
• 「協同による質の高い学びの創造」（孫于正通訳　第６回韓国学びの共同体研究会基調講演　2015年8月12日）
• School as Learning Community: Vision, Philosphies and Activity System, Invited Speech. Chulalongkom University. Thailand. November 28, 2015.
• 「高中的課堂改革」（黄郁倫通訳　台湾・台北市教育局・新北市教育局招待講演　2015年12月）
• 「以協同的基拙追求高質量的学習」（招待講演　黄郁倫通訳　中国・福建師範大学　2016年4月18日）
• 「以協同基拙追求高質量的学習」（招待講演　田輝通訳　中国教育科学院　2016年4月20日）
• 「学習共同体的課堂改革与学校改革」（招待講演　于莉莉訳 東北師範大学創設70周年記念国際シンポジウム　長春　2016年9月9日）
• Enhancing Collaborative Learning in School as Learning Community. Invited Keynote Speech. EDUCA2016. Bangkok, Thailand,  October 12, 2016.
• Sharing A Vision and Transforming Schools: Toward Enhancement of Quality of Learnig, Keynote Speech, The Fourth International Conference of School as Learning. Beijing Normal University, October 28, 2016.
• Enhancing Quality of Collaborative Learning through Lesson Study of School as Learning Community. Keynote Speech, Indonesian Association of Lesson Studies. Malan, Indonesia, November 5, 2016.
• Enhancing Quality of Learning through Collaboration; Approach of School as Learning Community. Keynote Speech, APERA-TERA Meeting. Kaoshiung, Taiwan, November 10, 2016.
• Creativity of Art Education of School as Learning Community. WERA Symposium 1 Education of Creativity, APERA-TERA Meeting, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, November 10, 2016.
• Lesson Study in School as Learning Community: Backdrops and Forefronts. Invited Speech, The 8^th International Conference on Lesson Study, Indonesian Association of Lesson Studies. September 14, 2017. Lombok, Indonesia.
• Learning to Teach in Professional Learning Community: Enhancing the Cycle of Desin, Practice and Reflection, The Third Conference of Teacher Education Summit, Beijing Normal University, China, October 16, 2017.
• Democratizing Schools as Learning Community in Asian Context. Keynote Speech, The Fifth International Conference of School as Learning C0mmunity.       Geyongsangnam-do, Korea, October 21, 2017.
• The Impact of Impact: Current Situation of Humanities and Social Sciences in Japan. DFG Symposium: Invited Speech, Humanities and Social Sciences in Germany and Japan, German Culture Center in Tokyo, November 14, 2017.
• School as Learning Community in Asia. Annual Meeting of World Association of Lesson Study. Invited Speech at Plenary Symposium, Nagoya University. November 24, 2017.
• 「学校建築―日本と台湾の比較」基調講演　学校建築国際会議（International Symposium and Case Exhibits on Campus Aesthetic and Environmental Education）Taiwan,　March 12, 2018.
• 「21世紀型学校教育的創造―社会変化中的教学改革―」 招待基調講演　山東教育学会・山東省教育発展研究中心　2018年4月6日
• The Two Japanese Models: From the “East Asian Model” to “School as Learning Community Model” under Globalization. Invited Speech, World Education Research Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Afirica, August 4, 2018.
• Educational Change in Japan 2008-2018 and Its Backdrops: Current Features of Neo-liberalism and Neo-conservatism, Invited Keynote Speech, Mexico-Japan Symposium of Educational Innovation, El Colegio de Mexico, September 27, 2018.
• School as Learning Community as an Alternative Model for School Reform in Japan and Asian Countries. Invited Keynote Speech, Mexico-Japan Symposium of Educational Innovation, El Colegio de Mexico, September 27, 2018.
• Equality and Equity in School as Learning Community: A Case Study, Invited Keynote Speech, The 9th International Conference of Lesson Study, Indonesian Association of Lesson Study, University of Pakuan, Bogor, Indonesia, October 11, 2018.
• Quality and Equality of Learning in School as Learning Community. Keynote Speech, The 6th International Conference of School as Learning Community, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China, November 17, 2018.
• School as Learning Community in Asian Countries: Dissemination and Progress. Speech at Plenary Symposium, World Association of Lesson Studies, Beijing Normal University, November 23, 2018.
• School as Learning Community: Global Dissemination and Progress. Public Lecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, February 23, 2019.
• Lesson Study as A Case of School as Learning Community: Variations of Policy and Practice in Japan and Asian Countries. World Education Research Association 10th Focal Meeting 2019, Symposium, Tokyo, August 6, 2019.
• Issues and Possibilities of Liberal Arts Education: Problem Setting. World Education Research Association 10th Focal Meeting, Tokyo, August 8, 2019.
• Lesson Study in Schools as Learning Community; Policy and Practice in Asia, Keynote Speech of Expert Seminar, World Association of Lesson Studies, Amsterdam, Netherland, September 2, 2019.
• Inquiry and Collaboration in School as Learning Community: At Both of Classrooms and Staff Room” Keynote Speech, EDUCA 2019, The 7th International Conference of School as Learning Community, Bangkok, Thailand, October 16, 2019.
• Inquiry and Collaboration in Learning Community: Theory and Practice, Invited Keynote Speech, The 10th International Conference of Indonesian Association of Lesson Study, National Padang University, Indonesia, November 7, 2019.
• Inquiry and Collaboration in Innovative Schools: Design and Reflection of Teachers, Keynote Speech, Chinese Society of Education, 51th Annual Meeting by On-Line, Shanghai, China, August 27, 2020.
• Re-innovating Learning of Inquiry and Collaboration: Toward High Quality and Equitable Education, Keynote Speech, The 11th International Conference of Lesson Study and the Ist International Conference on Learning Improvement, Virtual meeting, Indonesia, September 1, 2020.
• Designing Future Education in With- and Post-COVID 19 Society. Invited Keynote Speech, Dongqian Education Forum: The First Summit, Dhejiang Dongqian Educational Research Institution, Shanghai, China, October 23, 2020.
• Equitable Education and Re-Innovation of Learning under COVID 19, Invited Keynote Speech, World Association of Lesson Studies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Time Zone 3. Singapore, December 4, 2020.
• School as Learning Communities in with COVID-19 and Post Corona Society: Hope for the Future through Collaborative Inquiry, Opening Remark in the 8th International Conference of School as Learning Community, The University of Tokyo, March 6, 2021.
• Inquiry with Collaboration in School as Learning Community: Why Re-innovation of Learning and Equitable Education are the Keystones for the Post Corona Society? , Invited Keynote Speech at the 8th International Conference of School as Learning Community, The University of Tokyo, March 7, 2021.
• 「第４次産業革命と教育の未来」（通訳・于莉莉）招待講演、中国、重慶市・杭州市・深圳市教育局合同講演会、2021年4月11日