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November 16, 2022
Seminar: "How Curriculum Reform Happens in Japan: A Multi Layered Analysis"
From: Sam Bamkin (Tokyo) <sbamkin2@gmail.com>
Date: 2022/11/15
Dear all
You are warmly invited to participate online in a "Tobunken Seminar" on curriculum reform in Japan.
Date and time: November 28, 2022 (Mon.), 4pm-5:15pm (JST)
Venue: Zoom, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
Language: English
Title: How Curriculum Reform Happens in Japan: A Multi Layered Analysis
Speaker: Sam Bamkin (IJAS / Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo)
Discussant: Robert Aspinall (Center for Global Education, Doshisha University)
The Zoom link is:
https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/
Meeting ID: 823 0765 1925
Passcode: 450615
Abstract：
Education policymaking in Japan is changing. Over the past twenty years, the prime ministerial executive has taken leadership in high-level policy formulation, including curriculum policy. The Ministry of Education has turned to accountability tools to legitimise its work. And local governments have encroached on the independence of boards of education. What is less clear is how new policy structures change the work of teachers and their capacity for the professional interpretation of policy based on pedagogical knowledge of 'classroom' practice. Based on 2 years' fieldwork in and around eight schools, this research examines how the reform of moral education unfolded between 2015 and 2020, from its formulation at cabinet level, to its evolution in the Ministry of Education, to its enactment in schools. The workshop will present findings on how teachers and school administrators mediate policy in the contemporary Japanese education system; and how this informs our understanding of curriculum reform and educational policymaking.
This workshop presents research-in-progress, inviting constructive criticism, comments and discussion on the work and related topics.
Discussant: Robert Aspinall (Center for Global Education, Doshisha University)
The Zoom link is:
https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/
Meeting ID: 823 0765 1925
Passcode: 450615
Abstract：
Education policymaking in Japan is changing. Over the past twenty years, the prime ministerial executive has taken leadership in high-level policy formulation, including curriculum policy. The Ministry of Education has turned to accountability tools to legitimise its work. And local governments have encroached on the independence of boards of education. What is less clear is how new policy structures change the work of teachers and their capacity for the professional interpretation of policy based on pedagogical knowledge of 'classroom' practice. Based on 2 years' fieldwork in and around eight schools, this research examines how the reform of moral education unfolded between 2015 and 2020, from its formulation at cabinet level, to its evolution in the Ministry of Education, to its enactment in schools. The workshop will present findings on how teachers and school administrators mediate policy in the contemporary Japanese education system; and how this informs our understanding of curriculum reform and educational policymaking.
This workshop presents research-in-progress, inviting constructive criticism, comments and discussion on the work and related topics.
With very best wishes,
Sam Bamkin
Approved by ssjmod at 02:13 PM