Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Japan - Couverture rigide

Tanaka, Koji; Nishioka, Kanae; Ishii, Terumasa

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138892513 ISBN 13 : 9781138892514

Editeur : Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history and current status of policy, research and practices of curriculum, classroom instruction and assessment in Japan. It outlines the mechanism of curriculum organization and the history of the National Courses of Study, and assesses the theories of academic ability model. It also discusses in detail the history of "Lesson Study" - a characteristic teaching practice in Japan which utilizes groups, and reviews the history of educational assessment in Japan. Case studies on the practice of portfolio assessment in the Period for Integrated Study, as well as the practice of performance tasks in subject-based education are illustrated to show various examples of teaching practices.
Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Japan explores:

- Child-centered Curriculum and Discipline-Centered Curriculum
- Theories based on Models of Academic Achievement and Competency
- Various Methods for Organizing Creative Whole-Class Teaching
- Performance Assessment in Subject Teaching

A good guideline for those who would like to use the idea of "Lesson Study" in order to improve their own teaching and management practices and a reference to all working in educational improvement, this book will be of interest to educators and policymakers concerned with curriculum practices or those with an interest in the Japanese education system.

Chapters 2 and 5 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Koji Tanaka is Professor at the Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Education, Kyoto University, Japan.

Kanae Nishioka is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Education, Kyoto University, Japan.

Terumasa Ishii is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Education, Kyoto University, Japan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138892513
• ISBN 13: 9781138892514
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible