Japanese Association for the Study of Extracurricular Activities
Regarding the English name of Nihon Tokubetsu Katsudou Gakkai
The official English name of Nihon Tokubetsu Katsudou Gakkai is: Japanese Association for the Study of Extracurricular Activities. It has been changed from The Japanese Association for the Study of Extraclass Activities.
This was decided at the 2018 general meeting based on the following report:
Report of the Committee on English Names and Membership Types (excerpt).pdf (in Japanese) PDF file (212.3 KB) >Click here
The report also states that the following expressions are appropriate:
- tokubetsukatsudou
- tokkatsu
- special activities
- extracurricular activities embedded in school curriculum
- fundamental activities of school
- extraclass activities
- child-centered collaborative activities
- motivation
- communication