1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
a Comprehensive Policy Study on the Future Direction of the Local Educational Administration System in Japan
| Project/Area Number |
09400012
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Institution | National Institute for Education in Japan |
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Principal Investigator |
KAIZUKA Shigeki National Institute for Educational Research in Japan, Research Department of Educational Policies, Senior Researcher, 教育政策研究部, 主任研究官 (20251001)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HONDA Masato National Institute for Educational Research in Japan, Research Department of Educational Policies, Researcher, 教育政策研究部, 研究員 (90282623)
YASHIKI Kazuyoshi National Institute for Educational Research in Japan, Research Department of Educational Policies, Senior Researcher, 教育政策研究部, 室長 (70150026)
YUKI Makoto National Institute for Educational Research in Japan, Research Department of Educational Policies, Senior Researcher, 教育政策研究部, 室長 (20033574)
WAKAI Yaichi Joetsu University of Education, College of Education, Professor, 学校教育学部, 教授 (60004123)
OKATO Toshitaka Hiroshima University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (00033580)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Keywords | Local Educational Administration / Local autonomy / Local Board of Education / Superintendent / Member of a board of Education / Office of Board of Education / Openness of Official Documents of Education / Participation in Educational Administration |
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| Research Abstract |
We tried to investigate some problems related to (1)govemance and administration of education coped with residents' needs, (2)relations between a board of education and individual school, (3)organizations and structures of small local school boards, (4)relations between the central government and a prefecture and a local public entity, with a full understanding of transition of Japanese local education system from the era of the post-war educational reform till today and the condition of recent educational reform in European countries and U.S. We designed questionnaire surveys and historical and comparative studies as follows, (1) The study of the establishment of the Japanese rural board of education system, (2) A survey by questionnaire of administrative function of local boards of education, (3) A survey by questionnaire of autonomy and accountability of individual school, (4) The study on the relation between the decentralizing reform in educational administration and emphasizing t
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he autonomy of schools, (5) The investigation on the condition of recent educational reform in European countries and U.S.
Bellows are titles of papers written by investigators in our final report.
I Survey by questionnaire of administrative function of local boards of education and school autonomy and accountability : 1- A survey by questionnaire of administrative function of local boards of education ; 2- A survey by questionnaire of autonomy and accountability of individual school
II The study of the establishment of the Japanese rural board of education system : 1- An inquiry into the law-making process of the Law on the Board of Education ; 2- An inquiry into the law-making process of the Law on the Organization and Operation of Local Educational Administration
III The study on the relation between the decentralizing reform in educational administration and emphasizing the autonomy of schools : 1- Decentralizing reform and local educational administration ; 2- A case study on the role of an advisory council for education ; 3- The recent school management reform ; 4- A new approach to autonomous school management ; 5- The discretion of school and school finance ; 6- School autonomy and autonomous schools
IV Comparative study on the reform of local educational administration : 1- The legal structure of SBN in the United Stated ; 2- Self-evaluation in schools and the role of the board of education ; 3- Code of practice on LEA-school relationship ; 4- The past the present and the future of decentralization of educational administration in France ; 5- Hellmut Becker's "autonomous school" and the Recommendation of the German Education Council ; 6- Enlargement of discretion of the school in Germany Less
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