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Qualitative Research on the Development of Japanese Female Primary School Teachers' Perceptions of the Impact of Gender on Their Careers
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Akashi, Ai; Tsuji, Nobuhiro – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2015
This study examined how Japanese female primary school teachers who have continued to study physical education (PE) perceive gender consciousness. The other, more important, purpose of this study was to demonstrate factors that enhance teachers' commitment to study PE and their development processes and its effect on their teaching careers. Using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Women Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Is the Sky the Limit to Education Improvement?
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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
The Changing Academic Profession over 1992-2007: International, Comparative, and Quantitative Perspectives. Report of the International Conference on the Changing Academic Profession Project, 2009. RIHE International Seminar Reports. No. 13
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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
The Contemporary Status of the Teaching Profession in Japan: Its Roles, Responsibilities, and Autonomy.
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Inagaki, Tadahiko – Peabody Journal of Education, 1993
Analyzes the contemporary status and problems of the teaching profession in Japan, focusing on critical issues related to its roles and autonomy that have a significant bearing upon the teaching process. Discussions include the effects of governmental regulations and problems associated with class sizes and teaching conditions. (GLR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship
The Crumbling Pedestal: Changing Images of Japanese Teachers
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Gordon, June A. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2005
Teachers in Japan are no longer held in high esteem simply because of their position in the Confucian hierarchy of status and authority. Gone is the time when the word of the sensei would bring silence and order to a classroom. Ironically, the fruits of a postwar first-world nation--increased parental education, material affluence, and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Surveys, Social Change
The Current Status of Teaching and Teacher Development in the United States.
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Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1994
This paper offers an overview and analysis of the status of teaching as an occupation and of teacher development in the United States. An opening section describes the development of the industrial-based education model that has been in place for this century and the reform movements that have started in the past two decades. A section on the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development