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Direct linkIto, Toshiko – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2020
"Heimat" -oriented education (local-oriented education) flourished in Imperial Japan of the 1930s, inspired by "Heimatkunde" (local studies) in Germany's elementary schools. This paper explores the rhetoric which naturalised the shift from love of "Heimat" to love of nation in "Heimat"-oriented education in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Self Concept, Nationalism, Foreign Countries
Download full textMiyazaki, Kiyotaka – Dialogic Pedagogy, 2019
This paper argues that a teacher should and can be not only the organizer of a lesson as well as participant in a dialogue who has the equal right with pupils vis-à-vis the truth of the learning material in order to make lessons dialogic. To analyze such a teacher's way of being in the lesson, the concept of a triadic relationship among pupils,…
Descriptors: Relationship, Instructional Materials, Learning Theories, Elementary School Teachers
UNESCO Bangkok, 2021
This guidebook aspires to build a community where learning for sustainable development takes place everywhere for everyone as an ongoing practice. It introduces you to "Reflect-Share-Act," a process to discover and define sustainable development in your own contexts together with others in your community. The guide compiles resources…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Community Involvement
Kim, Jongsung; Watanabe, Takumi; Kawaguchi, Hiromi – Journal of Social Science Education, 2021
Purpose: This study introduces the idea of "Kyouzai Kenkyuu" and examines its potentiality as a conceptual tool to point to the curriculum design process with a case of social science education. By doing so, this study can contribute to expanding the target of reflection from the practices "inside" classrooms toward the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Social Sciences, Teacher Role
Cho, InJung; Chaiyaporn, Phenwilai; Manns, Mark – UNESCO Bangkok, 2021
This report highlights findings from the "Happy Schools Project: Capacity Building for Learner Well-being in the Asia-Pacific (Phase II)" pilots in Japan, Lao PDR and Thailand from 2018-2020. The aim of the pilots was to promote happiness in schools through enhanced learner well-being, social emotional learning and holistic development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Psychological Patterns, Well Being
Karpava, Sviatlana, Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
In today's educational world, it is crucial for language teachers to continuously evolve in order to best serve language learners. Further study on the best practices and challenges in the language classroom is crucial to ensure instructors continue to grow as educators. The "Handbook of Research on Language Teacher Identity" addresses…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Professional Identity, Faculty Development, Second Language Instruction
Butler, Yuko Goto – Language Teaching Research, 2017
This article focuses on the design of digital instructional game (DIG) tasks for young second language (L2) learners. The aim of the study is to identify motivational task elements based on what children respond to positively in games and incorporate into their own L2 vocabulary learning game designs. Eighty-two sixth-grade students (ages 11-12…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Games, Learning Motivation
Jensen, Ben; Roberts-Hull, Katie; Magee, Jacqueline; Ginnivan, Leah – National Center on Education and the Economy, 2016
Concerns about inadequate development of subject expertise for American elementary school teachers have been well documented. There are many exceptions to this narrative, and there are many exemplary U.S. teacher preparation programs. However, it is clear that, overall, the preparation of elementary teachers in the United States in key subject…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Anzai, Shinobu – Educational Review, 2015
In 1947 the Fundamental Law of Education (FLE) defined the pacifist principles for post-war Japanese education and was revised in 2006 for the first time in nearly 60 years. The revised FLE stipulates the importance of teaching love for country and region and Japanese culture and traditions with special emphasis on moral education. Today, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patriotism, Elementary Education, Moral Values
Shimura, Takashi – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2015
This paper examines the status and relevant challenges in Japan's primary geography education system, from the perspectives of curriculum and levels of teachers' expertise. Japanese elementary schools adopted the subject Social Studies in the National Curriculum Standards. These emphasize geographical content and the curriculum structure utilizing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Elementary Education, National Curriculum
Shintani, Natsuko – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
The purpose of the study reported in this article is to investigate the effect of two instructional approaches--focus on forms (FonFs) and focus on form (FonF)--on the acquisition of a set of nouns and adjectives by young Japanese children who were complete beginners. The article begins by defining FonFs and FonF and considering the theoretical…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Ishihara, Noriko – TESL Canada Journal, 2013
There has been an upsurge of interest in teaching second/foreign language (L2) pragmatics in recent years, but much of this effort has been targeted at adult learners. This article introduces small-scale informal instruction exploring the pragmatic development of 9-year-olds in Tokyo, facilitated through dialogic intervention on pragmatics using…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2012
For the first time, the annual conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL) took place in Sweden. The conference took place at the Faculty of Education on historic ground on the old fortification walls of Carolus Dux from the 17th century right in the centre of the city. This year's host comprised the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods
