| 研究実績の概要 |
The initial stage of this research, which included data acquisition, identification of consolidated schools, and a survey of teachers, has been completed.
During the observed period from 2013 to 2020, 12% of public elementary schools and 9% of public junior high schools nationwide (excluding Fukushima prefecture) experienced a consolidation, most often in the form of an existing school absorbing another.
The teacher survey revealed that teachers with experience working in newly consolidated schools prefer to work in them or in unaffected schools compared to teachers without such experience. However, there is no difference between these two groups of teachers in terms of working in a school slated for consolidation, or in sending their own children to either type of school.
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| 現在までの達成度 (区分) |
現在までの達成度 (区分)
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理由
This research is progressing according to schedule. In the initial stages, this project faced two main obstacles:
1) Data acqusition.
Data was acquired and original survey of teachers was conducted.
2) Identifing consolidated schools.
Although more patterns of consolidation were found than originally expected, closing and consolidated schools were identified.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
The main tasks going forward are the statistical analysis and organizing its results into a presentation format and a paper. The original research goal was to compare pre-consolidation and consolidated schools with those that were never consolidated. The main analytical challenge is addressing the various patterns of school consolidations. With the available school-level panel data, this issue can be addressed by conducting additional analyses on a higher administrative level, specifically at the municipality level.
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