A study of new educaional policy management tools for Japanese urban cities

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25381114
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: National Institute for Educational Policy Research
• Principal Investigator: Honda Masato 国立教育政策研究所, 教育政策・評価研究部, 総括研究官 (90282623)
• Research Collaborator: HONDA Tetsuya
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 都市教育政策 / 教育行政 / 政策管理 / 分権化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Japanese large urban cities which are confronting fiscal austerity need some new types of education policy management tools, including the idea of New Public Management. Based on case studies and a survey by questionnaire to the designated cities in Japan, for example Seirei Shitei Toshi, Chukaku Shi, and so on, this research analyses current status and issues of big cities' education reform policies. We point out that it is useful to pat attention to management tools for educational policies from four perspectives, i.e. time management perspective, number management perspective, space management perspective, and fiscal management perspective. For example, not much is known concerning the relationship between the number of part-time teachers whom big cities assign to each public school and per capita resident tax revenue.

Free Research Field

教育行政