A Comparative Study on the Conditions of Alternative Education Institutions in a Public Education System between Japan and the United States

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25780480
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Goto Taketoshi 東北大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (50451498)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: オルタナティブ教育 / 不登校 / 教育課程 / スモールスクール / 協働 / ネットワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research analyzed the political process in which institutions having especial curriculum for school non-attenders became possible to be settled in Japan, and compared the curricular and other measures for those students among some local governments having those institutions. Also, it analyzed the example of effective collaboration between public and private sector in the process of the measures for school non-attenders in Fukuoka city. Finally, I analyzed the accomplishments of Linda Darling-Hammond to clarify the background of small school movements in the United States.

Free Research Field

教育政策