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Tristan Bunnell; James Hatch – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2023
This paper explores the admissions practices of an 'Elite Traditional International School' (ETIS) in a large city in Japan. The school is seeing falling enrolment from its traditional clients e.g.'transnational capitalist class' families working for Embassies and its alumnus, whilst attracting an emergent aspiring locally-based body of parents…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, International Schools, Social Class, Educational Practices
Tonga, Funda Eda; Eryigit, Sümeyra; Yalçin, Fatma Ay; Erden, Feyza Tantekin – Professional Development in Education, 2022
The role of teachers in education is widely acknowledged in educational studies that routinely find that quality of teaching is fundamental to student success. Accordingly, this study set out to examine and describe the professional development of teachers in countries where students perform better in the PISA assessment, namely, Finland, Estonia,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, High Achievement, Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Baris, Yaman; Hasan, Aydemir – Educational Research and Reviews, 2019
The aim of this study is to analyze teacher education systems in China and Japan, and compare the findings with teacher education in Turkey, thus contribute to the developments in teacher education in Turkey. The research was based on the years 2000 to 2017. Document analysis method, which is one of the qualitative data collection methods, is used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Comparative Education, Educational Policy
OECD Publishing, 2020
First-time entrants to tertiary education are required to make interconnected decisions about their field of study, the fees they will pay and the application requirements they are prepared to face. Their choice of programme and institution will be influenced by the costs and entry criteria. The decisions they make about what to study and where…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Decision Making, Majors (Students), Tuition
Koizumi, Rie; Agawa, Toshie; Asano, Keiko; In'nami, Yo – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
Background: Variations in the skill profiles of learners have become an important research area in recent years. However, there is a lack of empirical research on this topic in Japan. We conducted three studies to address this gap. Methods: Study 1 investigated the characteristics of the flat and uneven skill profiles of Japanese learners of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Saito, Hidetoshi; Sawaki, Yasuyo; Kasahara, Kiwamu – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
The study evaluated a recently postponed national test policy on the use of external agencies' English tests measuring four skills for Japanese university admission purposes. Using Kunnan's principles of fairness and justice, we generated and evaluated three claims regarding the test policy: vocabulary coverage of the tests, the justifiability of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Equal Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Take, Hiroko; Shoraku, Ai – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2018
Because internationalization in higher education has recently received significant attention within the context of globalization, universities in Japan have begun to develop study-abroad programs to support their students in gaining international experience. This article explores those university policies designed to support the…
Descriptors: Universities, Expectation, College Students, Study Abroad
Ota, Hiroshi; Horiuchi, Kiyomi – Higher Education Forum, 2016
The "300,000 International Students Plan" called for a significant increase in the number of international students in Japan, from 140,000 to 300,000. It was announced by the Japanese government in 2008 and the Global 30 Project, implemented as part of the Plan, has triggered the growth of English-taught degree (hereafter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Foreign Students, Universities
Kuramoto, Naoki; Koizumi, Rie – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2018
Currently, large-scale testing in Japan faces conflicting requirements derived from principles of education on the one hand, and measurement, on the other. Issues of affective ambivalence towards tests (i.e. test aversion and dependence) are also observed. The seemingly conflicting government discussions regarding the national assessment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Principles, Academic Achievement
Lukaš, Mirko; Samardžic, Darko – Online Submission, 2015
Numerous researches have demonstrated the enormous role of teachers in achievements of students. Educated and motivated teacher that cares about the success of students devotes more effort to preparing the lesson and thus provides the students better conditions for achieving results. The problem occurs when teachers are not equally qualified,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Underwood, Paul – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2010
Despite the influence of changing demographics in Japan, the National Center Test for University Entrance Exams continues to assert an ever increasing role in the process of university admissions. In preparation for this examination, the majority of senior high school students learn from textbooks approved by the Japanese Ministry of Education,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Ono, Hiroshi – Economics of Education Review, 2007
College-bound students in Japan undergo a process of intense preparation known as "examination hell." An extreme manifestation of "examination hell" is the "ronin" phenomenon. Typically 30% of students choose the "ronin" option under which they spend years in addition to high school preparing for the next…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, Test Coaching

Murdoch, Jake – Higher Education, 2002
Used data from the Careers after Higher Education: A European Research Survey (CHEERS) to examine the selectivity of higher education institutions across countries and fields, particularly in Europe and Japan. The example of business studies reveals that the selection process is heterogeneous across countries. Differences between types of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Ngwudike, Benjamin C. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this paper was to examine the cross-national performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students in mathematics on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003. The TIMSS assessment data were used to identify nations that have a competitive edge in the critical area of mathematics. The Trends in International…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Persistence
Nat Sch, 1969
Descriptors: Activism, Admission Criteria, College Preparation, Comparative Education