As international security environment becomes more severe, teachers in secondary education demands more educational support from practitioners as external human resources. However, in reality, practitioners with careers in the security area are not ideally utilized, because of conflict in perceptions of security between teachers and practitioners. The literature indicates that barriers in approaching and communicating with external human resources are major factors in these issues. On the other hand, issues concerning external human resources have not been investigated because it strongly depends on the characteristics of the subject matter and the expertise of the practitioners. The purpose of this research was to find out the issues and factors that are faced by external human resources by conducting a survey specifically in the area of security. Based on the results of these previous research, this study on approaches to teachers by external human resources is also important for finding out the ideal relationship between teachers and external human resources. The purpose of this study is to reveal the issues and factors when practitioners with careers in the security area provide educational support in secondary education as external human resources. In this study, we conducted unstructured interviews with five practitioners with careers in the security area. The results indicate that the following major factors hinder the collaborative education: lack of mutual understanding of why security education leads to world peace and personal peace, and lack of recognition of educational role as practitioners with practical knowledge of security.

Authors:
Yoshiaki Himeda, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Mitsuru Ikeda, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

About the Presenter(s)
Colonel Himeda Yoshiaki is currently a senior researcher & instructor at the Military Intelligence School, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Ministry of Defense.
My research areas are Cognitive Domain, Intelligence literacy and Cyber Intelligence.
As an external human resource, I provide educational support on security in secondary education and so on.

Main career
・First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan
・Commander, Japan Base in Republic of Djibouti

Connect on Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshiaki-himeda-73334433

See this presentation on the full schedule – Friday Schedule

Bookmark