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Download full textHosokawa, Mitsue – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2016
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has implemented various curriculums, so-called the Course of Study, over the past few decades. The Yutori curriculum, which was introduced in the 1990's, aimed to improve flexible thinking by reducing the amount of study materials. After finding lowered scores on the PISA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, National Curriculum, Educational History
Direct linkNomura, Kazuyuki – Curriculum Journal, 2017
In the 2000s, the new national curriculum, dubbed as the "yutori curriculum," introduced a new subject for project-based learning "Integrated Study" as its prominent feature. Comparing curriculum orientations in project-based learning in three historical periods after the WWII including Integrated Study, this paper aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Projects, National Curriculum
Kitagawa, Kaori – History of Education, 2015
This article aims to describe post-war continuity and change in disaster education in Japan. Preparedness for natural disasters has been a continuous agenda in Japan for geographical and meteorological reasons, and disaster education has been practised in both formal and informal settings. Post-war disaster management and education have taken a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergency Programs, Natural Disasters, Educational Change
Sasaki, Miyuki – Language Testing in Asia, 2018
Background: This study investigates how the criterion-referenced (CR) approach has impacted relationships between goals, classroom practices, and student achievement in English education in Japan from 1994 to the present, a period covering three government-mandated administrations of a national curriculum (Course of Study). No study has…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
Foster, Stuart; Nicholls, Jason – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2005
This study examined how textbooks from England, Japan, Sweden, and the United States portray America's role in World War II. Analysis of the central story lines revealed that historical information purveyed to students in different nations varies considerably. Accordingly, U.S. textbooks emphasize the significant and pre-eminent role that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, World History, War, Textbook Content
Docking, Jim, Ed. – 2000
This book, which is designed primarily for undergraduate and graduate students of education, contains 12 papers devoted the New Labour's policies for schools in the United Kingdom. "Introduction" (Jim Docking) presents an overview of the book's contents and lists questions to help evaluate the effectiveness of New Labour's educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis
