Hopes and challenges for progressive educators in Japan: assessment of the 'progressive turn' in the 2002 educational reform.

Autor/in	Motani, Yoko
Titel	Hopes and challenges for progressive educators in Japan: assessment of the 'progressive turn' in the 2002 educational reform.
Quelle	In: Comparative education, 45 (2005) 3, S. 309-327Infoseite zur Zeitschrift Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
Schlagwörter	Bildungsinhalt; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Curriculumreform; Sozialpolitik; Wirtschaft; Einflussfaktor; Japan
Abstract	A variety of perspectives exist on the evaluation of Japan's educational reform of 2002, which has evolved since the 1980s. However, thus far, little attention has been paid to the emerging influence of civil society on educational policies and practices. This paper shows that the origin of the current educational reforms can be traced to reports prepared by various neo-liberal/conservative business leaders and politicians. Further, it shows their privatization and decentralization principles happen to coincide with the increasing interest of progressive citizens' groups and educators. Their impact on the Japanese education system remains latent, especially as more scepticism grows towards progressivism as a philosophy behind the current educational reform. However, the expanding civil society and new progressive education movements in Japan are trends worth exploring in the context of globalization at the grass-roots level. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2006/1