In June 2008, the Japan Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (JASCE http://jasce.jp) is joining with IASCE to sponsor an international conference on cooperative learning in Nagoya. JASCE is the only organization in Japan offering various systematic training programs in cooperative learning, and 2007 is also a busy year for JASCE. 

Recently, JASCE held a series of cooperative learning workshops for teachers and professors at Soka University in Tokyo, Chukyo University in Nagoya, and Kurume University in Fukuoka. Within the basic two-day workshop, participants learn four topics - CL definitions, positive interdependence, individual accountability, and group skills - through experiencing five or six cooperative learning activities, such as Think-Pair-Share. JASCE plans to have three or more workshops this fall and one two-day workshop (advanced level) early next year. 

JASCE’s 4^th general conference will take place on August 4/5 at Tokoha Gakuen University in Shizuoka. This conference will include two sessions in English, in addition to the usual sessions in Japanese.

Last, but not least, in September, JASCE is hosting Drs. Roger and David Johnson of the Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota . They will give lectures at Nanzan University and Chukyo University on 12 Sep , at Soka University and Temple University on the 14^th, and Bunkyo University (Japan Association of Educational Psychology General Conference) on the 15^th. Their lectures will be in English with Japanese translation and are open to the public. For more information, please visit http://.jasce.jp.