Enacting Moral Education in Japan

Between State Policy and School Practice
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-64614-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia

Drawing on the case of moral education reform, this book provides an authoritative picture of how policy is enacted between state policymaking and school practice in Japan, focusing on how national policy is enacted locally in the classroom.

The study follows the 2015 moral education reform from its genesis in central government, through the Ministry of Education to its enactment by local government and schools. The book looks beyond written policies, curricula and textbooks to examine how teachers, school administrators and others make sense of, and translate, policy into practice in the Japanese classroom context. Chapters explore how moral education practice has changed in response to the intentions of national policy, and analyzes the implications for understanding processes of policy enactment in the Japanese education system.

This book presents a new perspective on the complexity of education policy making, practice, and the gaps in between. It will be of interest to postgraduate students, researchers, and academics in the fields of education policy and politics, moral education, school administration, and international and comparative education more broadly, particularly in Asia.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bamkin, Sam

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  1. History, Politics and the Changing Policymaking Processes  2. The Disjoint Between Research on Policy and Research on Practice  3. Policy Evolution Through the Ministry  4. Making Textbooks for a 'New' Subject  5. Constructing a Baseline on Classroom Practice  6. Making Sense of Curriculum Content in the School  7. Enacting Pedagogy in the School  8. Translating Policy in(to) the School  9. Policy Enactment in Japan  Appendix A. Fieldwork context and access  Appendix B. List of participants (2018-2020)  Appendix C. Textbook materials referenced

Über Autor(innen)

Sam Bamkin is Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan.