Educational Evaluation and Improvement in Japan

Linking Lesson Study, Curriculum Management and School Evaluation
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-33093-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 134 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

This book delves into how Japanese schools evaluate and enhance education quality through lesson study, curriculum management, and school self-evaluation. It explores the concept of “understanding by design” in the context of the historical background and the challenges of the present, providing practical methods of educational evaluation for the future.

Through in-depth case studies of two primary schools, readers gain a comprehensive understanding of educational evaluation and improvement.  The book proposes a new theoretical framework for a comprehensive quality care process that links lesson study, curriculum management, and school evaluation. 

Based on authentic assessment, the strategies and examples presented can be applied to any quality system. The conclusion offers core ideas for successful implementation of educational evaluation and improvement.

This book is essential reading for teachers and school leaders seeking tobuild their schools’ quality systems, and for researchers and graduate students interested in improving educational evaluation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Okumura, Yoshimi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Educational Evaluation and Improvement in Japan: Introduction and Research Question.- Chapter 2. Research Backgrounds and Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 3. Method.- Chapter 4. The Case of the Honden Primary School.- Chapter 5. The Case of the Takakura Primary School.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Yoshimi Okumura is an associate professor at Kyoto University, Japan. She earned her doctorate in education from Kyoto University. She implements joint lesson studies with Japanese schools and analyzes Dutch education to introduce it to Japan. She is author of Kyoiku no jiyuu to gakkou hyoka: Gendai oranda no mosaku (Freedom of Education and School Evaluation: Inquiry in the Netherlands) (in Japanese) (Kyoto University Press, 2016) and coeditor of “Gyakumuki sekkei” jissen gaidobukku [Practical guidebook for “Understanding by design”] (in Japanese) (Nippon-hyojyun, 2020).