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Title
Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Japan’s School Curriculum for the 2020s Politics, Policy, and Pedagogy
Size
210 pages, hardcover
Language
English
Released
July 03, 2022
ISBN
978-981-19-2075-2
Published by
Springer Singapore
Book Info
Japanese Page
The new course of study, set for implementation from 2020 onward, introduces new subjects and, perhaps more importantly, a new vision for teaching, which is generally referred to as 'active learning', and a reorientation of assessment toward growth. It aims to equip children with the thinking skills and competencies required in the 'new knowledge society' of the present and near future. This book examines the new course of study, from the debates and socio-political realities that provided space for such unprecedented reform, to the intended and unintended outcomes of the new requirements, in each school subject and across the education system, and against the context of the education policy debates and reform in Japan over the past 30 years. The book also follows policy into the school and classroom to provide case studies of the potential and challenges of the new course of study on the ground. Finally, the book draws on theory to consider the possible future of active learning and the direction of the course of study against domestic and global policy trends.
(Written by Sam Bamkin, Assistant Professor, Center for Global Education / 2024)
Table of Contents
2. Reform Impact and Underlying Factors: A Changing Policymaking Process and Changing Education Policies in Japan (Kosuke Kasai, Aichi Prefectural University)
3. Thirty Years of Education Reform: Previous Revisions of the Course of Study (Ryo Sasaki, University of the Sacred Heart)
4. Active Learning (Viveka Ichikawa, University of Toronto)
5. Evaluation and Assessment to Improve Student Outcomes (Naohiro Iida, Hokkaido University)
6. Controversies Surrounding Revisions of the Course of Study for English Language 1989–2020 (Robert W. Aspinall, Doshisha University)
7. Policy Change in Moral Education: Working Through the Ministry of Education (Sam Bamkin, University of Tokyo)
8. The Study of Elementary Science: Aspects of Excellence and Equality (Mamoru Onuki, Aichi Prefectural University)
9. Japanese-Language Education at Junior High School: Post-yutori, the PISA Shock, and the Abe Administrations (Asuka Ohagi, OECD)
10. Traditional Art Education: The Case of Tea Ceremony (Kaeko Chiba, Akita International University)
11. Equality of Educational Opportunity: Inequality in Japanese Education (Akito Okada, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
12. From Enthusiasm to Caution: Remaining Questions Surrounding the New Curriculum (Sam Bamkin, University of Tokyo)
Related Info
Introduction to School Education in Japan/Asst. Prof. Sam BAMKIN [UTokyo GUC 2025] (UTokyo Global Unit Course | YouTube Feb 13, 2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Hqn7TWoKE
