Overview
- Provides a comprehensive portrait of education in contemporary Japan
- Illustrates the current status and problems regarding reforms and practices in the field of education in Japan
- Provides responses to the global trends of educational reforms in the context of the knowledge-based society in the 21st century
Part of the book series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects (EDAP, volume 47)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Educational Issues in Japan
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Toshiyuki Omomo is a Professor at the Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Gakushuin Women’s College. He is also a Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and at Tohoku University. Holding a Ph.D. in Education from Tohoku University, he is currently President of the Japan Educational Administration Society, and an Associate Member of the Science Council of Japan. He is specialized in educational administration, particularly educational reforms in Japan and the USA. His recent publications include: U.S. Education Reform at the Frontline: Race to the Top (co-editor, Tokyo: Gakujutu Shuppankai, 2012, in Japanese), and Education Reform at the Local Level (co-editor, Tokyo: Gakuji Shuppan, 2014, in Japanese).
Masaaki Katsuno is a Professor at the Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Waikato. He has been a member of the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel since 2008. His research interest in changing teachers’ work and the ways national and local polices are being enacted at the school level is reflected in his latest book, entitled “Teacher evaluation policies and practices in Japan: The workings of performativity and micro-politics in Japanese schools” (Routledge 2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Education in Japan
Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Analysis of Education Reforms and Practices
Editors: Yuto Kitamura, Toshiyuki Omomo, Masaaki Katsuno
Series Title: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2632-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2630-1Published: 18 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2632-5Published: 09 January 2019
Series ISSN: 1573-5397
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9791
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 241
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics