Educational evaluation and improvement in Japan : linking lesson study, curriculum management and school evaluation / Yoshimi Okumura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okumura, Yoshimi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational evaluation--Japan.

Educational evaluation.

Educational innovations--Japan.

Educational innovations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2023.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Contents

About the Author

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Overview of the Japanese Education System

1.3 Definition and Structure of Educational Evaluation

1.3.1 Definition

1.3.2 Structure of Educational Evaluation

1.4 Quality Care

1.5 Research Questions

1.6 Structure of This Volume

References

Chapter 2: Research Background and Theoretical Framework

2.1 A Historical Overview and Definitions

2.1.1 Development of Lesson Study

2.1.2 Kyoiku-Katei Management and the Introduction of Curriculum Management

2.1.2.1 Kyoiku-Katei Management

2.1.2.2 Curriculum Management

2.1.2.3 Introduction of Curriculum Management Policy

2.1.2.4 Definition of Curriculum Management in This Study

2.1.3 School Evaluation

2.1.3.1 Background of School Evaluation Theory

2.1.3.2 Introduction of School Evaluation Policy

2.1.3.3 Definition of School Evaluation in This Study

2.2 Comprehensive Quality Care Process

2.2.1 Previous Studies

2.2.2 The Back-and-Forth Between Micro-design and Macro-design in Understanding By Design

Chapter 3: Method

3.1 Research Design

3.2 Survey Details and Procedures

Chapter 4: The Case of Honden Elementary School

4.1 Introduction: Overview of Honden Elementary School

4.2 Lesson Study and Curriculum Management at Honden Elementary School

4.2.1 Characteristics of Lesson Study at Honden Elementary School

4.2.2 Lesson Study Cases

4.2.2.1 Case 1: ICT Lesson Study

4.2.2.2 Case 2: Physical Education Lesson Study

4.2.3 Characteristics of Curriculum Management at Honden Elementary School

4.2.4 Cases of Curriculum Management

4.2.4.1 Case 3: Curriculum Management in Physical Education

4.2.4.2 Case 4: Curriculum Management in Japanese

4.2.5 Relationship Between Lesson Study and Curriculum Management

4.3 School Self-Evaluation at Honden Elementary School

4.3.1 Characteristics of School Self-Evaluation at Honden Elementary School

4.3.2 Cases of School Self-Evaluation

4.3.2.1 Case 5: School Self-Evaluation Based on the Plan for School Management

4.3.2.2 Case 6: Evaluation and Improvement Processes Embedded in Daily Routines

4.3.3 Relationship Between Lesson Study, Curriculum Management, and the School's Self-Evaluation

4.4 Comprehensive Quality Care Process

Notes:

References -- Chapter 5: The Case of the Takakura Elementary School -- 5.1 Introduction: Overview of Takakura Elementary School -- 5.2 Lesson Study and Curriculum Management at Takakura Elementary School -- 5.2.1 Characteristics of Lesson Study at Takakura Elementary School -- 5.2.2 Cases of Lesson Study -- 5.2.2.1 Case 1: Science Lesson Study -- 5.2.2.2 Case 2: "Reading Literacy Time" Lesson Study -- 5.2.3 Characteristics of Curriculum Management at Takakura Elementary School -- 5.2.4 Cases of Curriculum Management -- 5.2.4.1 Case 3: Systematic Curriculum Design on a Specific Topic

5.2.4.2 Case 4: Curriculum Management Using the Unit Sequence Table

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Other Format:

Print version: Okumura, Yoshimi Educational Evaluation and Improvement in Japan

ISBN:

9783031330919

3031330919

OCLC:

1385456774

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