Reviewing Educational and Social Psychology Research Trends and Perspectives: Developing Competencies for a New Era

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the trends in educational and social psychology and to discuss the contribution of educational and social psychology studies to future practice. The first part of the article reviews the poster presentations on educational and social psychology presented at The 62 nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology, as well as papers on educational and social psychology published in The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology from July 2019 to June 2020 . In the second part of the article, the contribution of educational and social psychology studies on " Competencies for a New Era, " proposed in the revised School National Curriculum Standard, are dis-cussed in terms of autonomy and social skills. Based on these examinations, the importance of increasing the number of educational and social psychology practices in all subjects and developing an elaborate curriculum based on developmental stages is suggested.