Latent Structure of Japanese Attitudes toward the Public Function of Education

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04359
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAZAWA WATARU 大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 准教授 (00403311)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 公教育 / 教育の正の外部性 / エビデンス・ベースドの政策 / 統計分析 / 教育の効果

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated the positive effects of public education on our society based on the Japanese attitudes toward the public function of education from the international comparative perspectives. Data from the Social Stratification and Mobility (SSM) survey and International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) were mainly used in this study, and causal inferences based on the counterfactual assumption were introduced and emphasized. Many results were presented at international academic conferences. In addition, I published some papers and a book written in Japanese titled "Japanese Public Education: Academic Achievement, Cost, and Democracy."

Free Research Field

教育社会学