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Matsuoka, Ryoji – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2015
Sociologists in education have pointed out disparities associated with socioeconomic status (SES) in the Japanese compulsory education system that was once regarded as egalitarian. In addition to disparities between individual students, prior studies have empirically shown SES-based disparities among schools on important indicators such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Institutional Characteristics, Teaching Conditions
Watanabe, Satoshi; Murasawa, Masataka; Abe, Yasumi – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2013
The increasingly competitive and globalizing environment of today's higher education market has compelled many colleges and universities around the world to revamp their academic programs and organizational structures by responsively addressing various contemporary issues raised by internal as well as external stakeholders. It is no exception that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Faculty Workload
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Baniasad-Azad, Somayeh; Ketabi, Saeed – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2013
This study examined demotivational factors among Iranian and Japanese college teachers of English. To achieve the purpose, the study used a 35-item questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results were compared with the similar study in Japan by Sugino (2010). The findings of the study revealed that Iranian and Japanese lecturers are much…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Schleicher, Andreas – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
International educational benchmarks make disappointing reading for Americans, but they also indicate a way forward. PISA results show strong performance is possible. Whether in Japan, Korea, Finland or Canada, many countries display strong overall performance and show socioeconomic background doesn't determine results. Some countries show that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Benchmarking, Global Approach
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Finkelstein, Martin; Cummings, William – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
This study focuses on aspects of the Changing Academic Profession survey of 2007-08 that describe the place of faculty in their institutions. The authors examine the following aspects of institutional life: (1) the faculty role in institutional governance; (2) who evaluates their teaching and research; (3) the locus of their loyalties as between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Academic Rank (Professional), Teaching Conditions
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Katsuno, Masaaki – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
Over the last few years, almost all local education boards in Japan have redesigned their teacher evaluation methods. Consequently, questions then arise as to whether the new policies and practices are control measures for teachers' performance and competence or do they represent an opportunity for authentic professional development? With this in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, Politics of Education
Akiba, Motoko; LeTendre, Gerald – Teachers College Press, 2009
This groundbreaking work examines teacher quality, work norms, and professional learning opportunities, using data from 15 countries. The authors compare and contrast the United States with two high-achieving countries--Japan and Australia--that have implemented very different approaches to improving teacher quality. Drawing on both large…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teaching Skills, Teacher Recruitment
Rugen, Brian David – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Contemporary research suggests that forming a professional identity is crucial to the process of becoming a teacher. Furthermore, a "narrative turn" has emerged as a major methodological influence for the study of identity in research on teaching. A guiding assumption of traditional narrative research is that stories act as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis
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Miller, David C.; Sen, Anindita; Malley, Lydia B.; Burns, Stephanie D. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other Group of Eight (G-8) countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom) that are among the world's most economically developed countries and among the United States' largest economic partners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Studies, Developed Nations, Educational Indicators
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LeTendre, Gerald K.; Baker, David P.; Akiba, Motoko; Goesling, Brian; Wiseman, Alex – Educational Researcher, 2001
Used data from the Third International Math-Science Study to examine the working conditions and beliefs of Japanese, German, and United States teachers. Core teaching practices and teacher beliefs showed little national variation, but other aspects of teachers' work showed variation. Models of national cultures of learning may overemphasize…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers
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Kataoka, Mika; van Kraayenoord, Christina E.; Elkins, John – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2004
In this study, perceptions of learning disabilities were obtained from 128 principals and 123 teachers in the Nara Prefecture, Japan. A factor analysis indicated that five factors underlie perceptions of learning disabilities: changes in the family and social situation, insufficient knowledge of and support for learning disabilities, teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Knowledge Level, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Sato, Takahiro; Hodge, Samuel R.; Murata, Nathan M.; Maeda, Julienne K. – Sport, Education and Society, 2007
The purpose of this study was to describe Japanese physical education (PE) teachers' beliefs about teaching students with disabilities in integrated classes. Participants were five Japanese PE teachers (one women and four men). The research was descriptive and qualitative, using an interviewing method. Data were gathered in interviews, analysed…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers
Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2009
The Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE) in Hiroshima University started a program of research on the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) in 2005. This research is funded by the Ministry of Education and Science as a grant-in-aid for scientific research headed by Professor Akira Arimoto, Director of the Research Institute for Higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Biographies
Stigler, James W.; Stevenson, Harold W. – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1991
Compares elementary mathematics instruction in Taiwan, Japan, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Finds that American teachers are overworked and devote less time to conducting lessons than Asian teachers, who employ proven inductive methods within the framework of standardized curricula. (DM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Pacheco, Elida Maria Poitevin – 1999
This paper describes the experience of a Brazilian art teacher who relocated to Japan to teach. The paper focuses on the teacher's experience with Brazilian manners, Japanese culture, and art. It reports on her teaching experiences, such as her general aims in teaching, her recollections of several adult Venezuelan and Japanese female students,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Comparative Education, Cultural Context
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