Educational Evaluation and Improvement in Japan: Linking Lesson Study, Curriculum Management and School Evaluation

ISBN-13: 9783031330902 / Angielski

Yoshimi Okumura

Opis

This book delves into how Japanese schools evaluate and enhance education quality through lesson study, curriculum management, and school self-evaluation. It explores the concept of "understanding by design" in the context of the historical background and the challenges of the present, providing practical methods of educational evaluation for the future. Through in-depth case studies of two primary schools, readers gain a comprehensive understanding of educational evaluation and improvement. The book proposes a new theoretical framework for a comprehensive quality care process that links lesson study, curriculum management, and school evaluation. Based on authentic assessment, the strategies and examples presented can be applied to any quality system. The conclusion offers core ideas for successful implementation of educational evaluation and improvement. This book is essential reading for teachers and school leaders seeking to build their schools' quality systems, and for researchers and graduate students interested in improving educational evaluation.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Educational Evaluation and Improvement in Japan: Introduction and Research Question.- Chapter 2. Research Backgrounds and Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 3. Method.- Chapter 4. The Case of the Honden Primary School.- Chapter 5. The Case of the Takakura Primary School.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.

O autorze

Yoshimi Okumura is an associate professor at Kyoto University, Japan. She earned her doctorate in education from Kyoto University. She implements joint lesson studies with Japanese schools and analyzes Dutch education to introduce it to Japan. She is author of Kyoiku no jiyuu to gakkou hyoka: Gendai oranda no mosaku (Freedom of Education and School Evaluation: Inquiry in the Netherlands) (in Japanese) (Kyoto University Press, 2016) and coeditor of “Gyakumuki sekkei” jissen gaidobukku [Practical guidebook for “Understanding by design”] (in Japanese) (Nippon-hyojyun, 2020).