Tanaka / Nishioka / Ishii Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Japan

Beyond lesson study
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-48492-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 162 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history and current status of policy, research and practices of curriculum, classroom instruction and assessment in Japan. It outlines the mechanism of curriculum organization and the history of the National Courses of Study, and assesses the theories of academic ability model. It also discusses in detail the history of "Lesson Study" – a characteristic teaching practice in Japan which utilizes groups, and reviews the history of educational assessment in Japan. Case studies on the practice of portfolio assessment in the Period for Integrated Study, as well as the practice of performance tasks in subject-based education are illustrated to show various examples of teaching practices.
Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Japan explores:

• Child-centered Curriculum and Discipline-Centered Curriculum
• Theories based on Models of Academic Achievement and Competency
• Various Methods for Organizing Creative Whole-Class Teaching
• Performance Assessment in Subject Teaching

A good guideline for those who would like to use the idea of "Lesson Study" in order to improve their own teaching and management practices and a reference to all working in educational improvement, this book will be of interest to educators and policymakers concerned with curriculum practices or those with an interest in the Japanese education system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tanaka, Koji

Nishioka, Kanae

Ishii, Terumasa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Prüfungen und Beurteilungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

Koji Tanaka

Part 1. Curriculum

2. Historical Overview of Curriculum Development: National Control over Curriculum vs. School-Based Curriculum Development

Kanae Nishioka

3. The Long Debate between Child-centered Curriculum and Discipline-Centered Curriculum

Koji Tanaka

4. Theories of the Models of Academic Achievement and Children’s Moral Development

Terumasa Ishii

Part 2. Instruction

5. Historical Overview of Lesson Study

Terumasa Ishii

6. Practices of Leading Educators: Yoshio Toi, Kihara Saito, Kazuaki Shoji, Yasutaro Tamada

Koji Tanaka

7. Various Methods for Organizing Creative Whole-Class Teaching

Terumasa Ishii

Part 3. Assessment

8. Historical Overview of Assessment in Japan

Koji Tanaka

9. Portfolio Assessment in the Period for Integrated Study

Kanae Nishioka

10. Performance Assessment in Subject Teaching

Kanae Nishioka

11. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Koji Tanaka is Professor at the Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Education, Kyoto University, Japan.

Kanae Nishioka is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Education, Kyoto University, Japan.

Terumasa Ishii is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Education, Kyoto University, Japan.