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Ideal Teachers According to TALIS: Societal Orientations of Education and the Global Diagnosis of Teacher Self-Efficacy
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Benoliel, Pascale; Berkovich, Izhak – European Educational Research Journal, 2021
This article explores the link between the OECD TALIS 2013 survey's framework for defining the ideal teacher and national educational goals by focusing on the teacher self-efficacy items, using cross-country comparisons. Surprisingly, cross-country analysis of the TALIS 2013 data combined with World Value Survey data about Desired Child Qualities…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Professionalism, Correlation
A Conceptual Scheme for an Adaptation of Participation Training in Adult Education for Use in the Three Love Movement of Japan.
Kamitsuka, Arthur Jun – 1968
This study concentrated on developing a conceptual scheme for adapting participation training, an adult education approach based on democratic concepts and practices, to the Three Love Movement (Love of God, Love of Soil, Love of Man) in Japan. (This Movement is an outgrowth of Protestant folk schools.) While democratization is an aim, the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Democratic Values, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Objectives
Moral Education at Reitaku High School.
Matsuura, Shojiro – Moral Education Forum, 1988
Discusses the moral education at Reitaku High School (Chiba-ken, Japan) which emphasizes the constant improvement of each person's character. Outlines the five basic goals of the school, describing the three major methods used to achieve them: group instruction, moral education through the influence of character, and moral education in the…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Ethical Instruction
International Aspects of Geographical Education.
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Graves, Norman J. – Journal of Geography, 1981
This discussion of comparative international geographical education describes a three-phase educational typology based on political, economic, and cultural characteristics; man-land relationships; and geography as an academic discipline. A country's choice of educational emphasis reflects its prevailing political and social values. (AM)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
Japan's Educational System: Emphasis on Uniformity.
Costiniuk, Bill – Social Studies Teacher, 1988
Provides an overview of Japan's educational system, covering such topics as its examination system, curriculum, extracurricular activities, and typical school day schedule. Includes information on the role of the family in education, teacher training, and teaching conditions. (GEA)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Curriculum Design, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
The Black Forest in a Bamboo Garden: Missionary Kindergartens in Japan, 1868-1912.
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Wollons, Roberta – History of Education Quarterly, 1993
Traces the history of kindergartens in Japan. Maintains that the Japanese government embraced the concept and modified it to encourage modernization. Includes 10 photographs of wood block prints showing how Friedrich Froebel's moral lessons were replicated in Japanese settings. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Objectives, Ethical Instruction, Foreign Countries
Educational Reform in Postwar Japan: A Case Study of the High School Entrance Examination in Chiba Prefecture.
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Berman, David M. – 1987
In structure and in function, the Japanese high school entrance examination--as exemplified by data from Chiba prefecture in 1986--survives as a prewar hierarchical cultural pattern. Postwar American occupation reforms offered "democratic education" in the form of a single-track system with 9 years of compulsory schooling; such a system,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Case Studies, Cultural Influences