2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on the Legal and Financial System about the Class Size Reduction Policy: With a Focus on the Comparison between Japan and the United States
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15K17337
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Education
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | アメリカ / 学級規模 / 教育財政 / 教員の職能開発 / 少人数教育 / 教育政策 / 日米比較研究 / 法制度 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study focuses on the legal and financial systems related to class size. Specifically, the study was carried out by setting the three following research agendas:(1)Elucidation of legal systems to allow implementation of class size reduction; (2)Elucidation of the actual state of class size reduction fund usage; and (3)Comparison of class size reduction policies between Japan and the US.
It became clear that in the US class size reduction policies, the class size is not merely reduced; instead, by promoting programs that aim to improve the academic performance of pupils, they have successfully increased the number and the quality of teachers at the same time. From a financial perspective, it became clear that the majority of the states are achieving reduced class size by allocating contingent subsidies to school districts.
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| Free Research Field |
教育行財政
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