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Do East Asian Students Achieve Highly at the Cost of Well-Being? Critical Analysis Utilizing PISA

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K02606
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 09020:Sociology of education-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Rappleye Jeremy  京都大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (00742321)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords(well-) Being / student achievement / Japanese education / PISA / cultural psychology / Large Scale Achievement / East Asia / education achievement / (well) Being / Cultural Psychology / well (Being) / East Asian model / educational achievement / pedagogy / happiness
Outline of Research at the Start

The purpose of the study is thus to understand the relationship between cognitive achievement and student well-being, with specific reference to educational conditions across East Asia. It asks two primary sets of analytical questions: (i) What factors drive the high-achievement, low well-being/happiness contradiction result in the various systems of East Asia? and (ii) Does it perhaps result from biases in the ILSA’s measurement instruments? (iii) What can be done to maintain high-achievement whilst increasing student well-being?

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project produced many research results, including: clarification of modes of well-being under-theorized in mainstream Western social science research, exploration of alternative interpretations of PISA results, and the breaking down of several dominant stereotypes about education in East Asia. These research results were shared both within academic circles (especially English-language academic journals), and more widely within popular outlets (including CHIKUMA paperbacks, policy circles, and publications aimed at teachers). Moreover, these results have led to cross-disciplinary fertilization, bringing together educational researchers with philosophers and psychologists. The project was extended with a KOKUSAI A grant as well, allowing me to extend this root project in dialogue with leading scholars outside Japan.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

In terms of research, the results are significant for showing how well-being and achievement work in non-Western contexts such as East Asia. In terms of social achievements, the results provided a foundation for challenging dominant policy trends and developing contextually-rooted alternatives.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Peer Reviewed: 11 results,  Open Access: 10 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 2 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Taiwan National University(その他の国・地域)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Taiwan National University(その他の国・地域)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Learning to Be, Differently? UNESCO, The Faure Report, and Mutual Appreciation in Retrospect and Prospect2022

    • Author(s)
      Jeremy Rappleye, Hikaru Komatsu
    • Journal Title

      Knowledge Cultures

      Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 7-7

    • DOI

      10.22381/kc10220221

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Social mindfulness for global environmental sustainability?2022

    • Author(s)
      Komatsu Hikaru、Rappleye Jeremy、Silova Iveta
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

      Volume: 119 Issue: 4 Pages: 1-3

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.2118710118

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Unlearning as (Japanese) learning2021

    • Author(s)
      Nishihira Tadashi、Rappleye Jeremy
    • Journal Title

      Educational Philosophy and Theory

      Volume: - Issue: 9 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.1080/00131857.2021.1906644

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Global Citizens, Cosmopolitanism, and Radical Relationality: Towards Dialogue with the Kyoto School2021

    • Author(s)
      Yano Satoji and Jeremy Rappleye
    • Journal Title

      Educational Philosophy and Theory

      Volume: vol.53 Issue: 9 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1080/00131857.2021.1897570

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Rearticulating PISA2021

    • Author(s)
      Hiraku Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye
    • Journal Title

      Globalisation, Societies, and Education

      Volume: 19(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 245-258

    • DOI

      10.1080/14767724.2021.1878014

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Student-Centered Learning and Sustainability: Solution or Problem?2021

    • Author(s)
      Komatsu Hikaru、Rappleye Jeremy、Silova Iveta
    • Journal Title

      Comparative Education Review

      Volume: 65 Issue: 1 Pages: 6-33

    • DOI

      10.1086/711829

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Paideia as Dialetheia?2021

    • Author(s)
      Jeremy Rappleye
    • Journal Title

      臨床教育人間学

      Volume: 15 Pages: 39-50

    • NAID

      120007179217

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Is bullying and suicide a problem for East Asia's schools? Evidence from TIMSS and PISA2020

    • Author(s)
      Rappleye Jeremy、Komatsu Hikaru
    • Journal Title

      Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education

      Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Pages: 310-331

    • DOI

      10.1080/01596306.2020.1711515

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Is Shadow Education the Drive of East Asia's High Performance on Comparative Learning Assessments?2020

    • Author(s)
      Rappleye Jeremy & Komatsu Hikaru
    • Journal Title

      Education Policy Analysis Archives

      Volume: 28 Pages: 3-24

    • DOI

      10.14507/epaa.28.4990

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Reimagining Modern Education: Contributions from Japanese Philosophy and Practice?2020

    • Author(s)
      Komatsu, H., and Rappleye, J.
    • Journal Title

      East China Normal Review of Education

      Volume: 3(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 20-45

    • DOI

      10.1177/2096531120905197

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Beyond the Western Horizon: Rethinking Education, Values, and Policy Transfer2020

    • Author(s)
      Silova Iveta、Rappleye Jeremy、Auld Euan
    • Journal Title

      Education Policy Studies

      Volume: 1 Pages: 3-29

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-981-13-8347-2_1

    • ISBN
      9789811383465, 9789811383472
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Comparative education as cultural critique2019

    • Author(s)
      Rappleye Jeremy
    • Journal Title

      Comparative Education

      Volume: 56 Issue: 1 Pages: 39-56

    • DOI

      10.1080/03050068.2019.1701247

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 教育政策におけるウェルビーイング2022

    • Author(s)
      Jeremy Rappleye, Uchida Yukiko
    • Organizer
      Central Council for Education
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Well-Being in Interdependent Context: Conceptualization and Implications for the future education from Cultural Psychology2022

    • Author(s)
      Jeremy Rappleye, Yukiko Uchida
    • Organizer
      UNICEF Innocenti Reseach Center / UNICEF-Japan
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] An Interdependent Approach to Happiness and Well-being2023

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Uchida, Jeremy Rappleye
    • Total Pages
      150
    • Publisher
      Palgrave
    • ISBN
      9783031262593
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 日本の教育はダメじゃない2021

    • Author(s)
      小松 光、ジェルミー・ラプリー
    • Total Pages
      240
    • Publisher
      筑摩書房
    • ISBN
      448007371X
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Education, Equality, and Meritocracy in a Global Age The Japanese Approach2020

    • Author(s)
      Kariya Takehiko, Jeremy Rappleye
    • Total Pages
      240
    • Publisher
      Teachers College Press
    • ISBN
      9780807764084
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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