近年、日本式の教育慣行や研究結果が海外で紹介され、その教育方針のいくつかは、国際的にも大きな注目を集めている。
そんな中、日本の授業研究とカリキュラムマネジメントについて（主に）英語で記した本書は、そうしたニーズに応えうるものであるといえよう。主要議題である授業研究とカリキュラムマネジメントは、学校組織改善を目的とした教師のコミュニティに基づいたものであり、それは、開発途上のアクションリサーチ計画にとって、教育者の研究スタイルの公開が必要不可欠であることを意味している。
本書では、これらの概念を分析、検討し、学校改善のための教育慣行を理論付けるために、「教師による」「教師のための」アクションリサーチ方法論を確立させることを目指した。さらには、アクションリサーチによってなされる教育改革における「理論と実践の融合」についても論じる
CONTENTS
Introduction： A Research of Lesson Study and Curriculum Management in Japan
Chapter1：Summary of Lesson Study and Curriculum Management
Chapter2：Action Research of a Lesson Study in Japan
Chapter3：Lens from Lesson Study and Systematic Classroom Observation Research
Chapter4：Knowledge Leadership and Lesson Study
Chapter5： A Study on “Project Management” a Case Study on School Integration by Board of Education
Chapter6： Fostering Lesson Improvement through Leadership Practices： A Distributed Leadership Perspective
Chapter7： Development of the Autonomous Learner through Blended Learning
Chapter8：Findings from Case Study of Service−Learning in Japan
Final Chapter Future Study Focused on Action Research

（※本書は2014／10／5に発売し、2021／12／30に電子化をいたしました）

With rapid advancement in development of artificial intelligences （AIs） and robots in the current world， some people predict that a society where robots and human beings coexist is approaching in the near future.
However， I simply wonder if we could actually get along with robots in this world， where we cannot accept diversity even among the same human beings. If we had robots in this deeply divided world， would not it merely end up causing even greater chaos？I recently started researching on morality engine to control behavior of robots. Simply put， I study how to make robots distinguish good and evil by themselves for the upcoming future when robots and human beings coexist.The concept of morality for robots is not anything new.
Back in 1940s， for example， an American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov started introducing his famous Three Laws of Robotics in his novels.The Three Laws are very well known， and some people even treat them like golden rules for robots to observe. However， to me， these Laws seem to hold significant problems and therefore to be unsuitable for practical purposes.
As you read this book， you will be able to figure out the fundamental defect in the Laws.In order to study the moral engine with which to regulate robots， we need to first describe the moral framework of human beings. We can make possible such an attempt to model an abstract concept， by using an engineering way of thinking as a tool.
In this book， I would like to think about this framework together with you， using as simple and easy words as possible.If we can model human morality， we will be able to install it onto brains of robots. If we can build a moral system that robots and human beings − mutually different existences − can share， it will in turn help us to overcome divisions resulting from differences in standpoints among human beings， and to further develop an inclusive and diverse society.
Using such a new moral system， I would like to establish alternative principles to Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics and to think about the possibility of a society where human beings and robots coexist. Morality and robots may seem to have nothing in common − but by looking at the point where these two areas actually cross， we will be able to see principles of a future society that we human beings should aim at.
Throughout this intensive seminar， we are going to freely and widely develop our arguments.I plan to also provide you with a summary and practice exercises at the end of each session to help deepen your understanding. Let us

Hatsume is a kunoichi −− a female ninja −− sent by Ieyasu Tokugawa to assassinate Mitsunari Ishida， whose small fiefdom is all that stands in the way of total domination of Japan by Tokugawa． However， after taking resourceful steps to get close to Ishida by becoming his concubine， Hatsume inadvertently finds herself in love with the straight−minded Ishida， and goes from assassin to protector as Tokugawa sends a new ninja squad to Ishida’s castle to finish the job． Will Hatsume and Ishida live to fight the crucial battle for Japan’s future that lies ahead？

※こちらの作品は英語に翻訳されたものになります。