Professor Dr. Tatsuya Kusakabe and Dr. Takamichi Asakura visited Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) on May 12 and had a meeting with the Dean of the School of Educational Studies, Dr. Rahimi Che Aman, Dr. Nor Asniza Ishak, and Dr. Syed Mohamad Syed Abdullah. The meeting first organized the past results to date of the International Student Colloquium between Hiroshima University, USM, and the Indonesia University of Education, and discussed the future plans. Then, they discussed the possibility of conducting joint research with CICE in the field of STEM education, mainly at the elementary education level.

On the 13th, Dr. Nozomi Sakata joined, and they discussed the future of the A-A Dialogue with Dr. Mohd Ali Samsudin, including specific ways to promote the research group.

To ensure that these discussions lead to further research activities and publications of CICE, we will continue to have online and face-to-face discussions with USM to strengthen our collaboration.