授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | This course will provide opportunities for students to acquire skills, techniques, and knowledge to analyze policies and related issues critically. Conventionally, domains of educational administration and policy-making were almost exclusively about school-based education, and little attention has been paid. Nowadays, policy discussions without considering the learning that happens outside of school and by people outside of standard ages of schooling do not match with the realities of formation and usage of knowledge. This class will discuss policy issues in a broad scope and consider the relevance of policies and practices in it.
The class starts by analyzing the real education sector policies of a country from theoretical, organizational, operational, and financial perspectives. It will also discuss the global governance and normative framework of educational development, such as SDGs, which condition educational planning at the national level.
After examining diverse issues on global trends and national educational planning at the macro level, the latter part of the class will focus on specific issues that relate to the effectiveness and efficiency of educational administration and the school system. The weekly themes include governance, decentralization, measurement of learning outcomes, and curriculum development, among others.
Students are expected not only to consider policy-related issues in practical ways but also to recognize their drawbacks and limitations from multiple angles. Through cultivating such capacities of critical thinking, this class aims to develop the foundations of the professionals in the field of educational development. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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到達目標 【英語】
Objectives of the Course | | | Students acquire abilities to think about educational issues from multiple angles and know research paradigms, methodologies, and issues of comparative education and relevant academic fields. |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | ※ For all sessions, students are required to read the assigned readings and submit the comment paper before attending.
Part 1: Global trends and national policies
Session 1 Observations of the changing socio-economic and cultural environment around school system
Economic perspectives: Skills gap; over-education; under-education; unemployment; informal employment
Social and psychological perspectives:
Session 2 Policy Analysis – How is the education sector policy organized?
Situation analysis
Policy priorities
Monitoring indicators
Operational Plans
Session 3 Policy Analysis (2) – How is the inter-ministerial decision made? (Roleplay)
Prioritization among various demands
Policy design – implementation cycle
Budget allocation
Session 4 Analysis of Public Finance (1) – Evaluating national policies with financial data
Understanding the structure of government finance
Public expenditure on education
Unit cost
Allocation of resources by sector, program, and line items
Session 5 Analysis of Public Finance (2) – Grasping the characteristics of the society from the perspective of educational finance
Public and private cost of education
Population, economy, and educational expenditure
Financing and quality of education
Session 6 Global Educational Governance (1): How SDG4 is developed and what characterizes it?
Comparison to the Dakar Framework of Action
Assumptions about global governance
Politics of discourse in the formation process of SDG4
Session 7 Global Educational Governance and Localities (2): Evolution after 2015
Thematic changes
New types of actors – emerging donors, private sectors, and civil society
Geopolitics
Diverse modalities of aid – South-South Cooperation, Triangular cooperation
Localizing developmental issues vs. desire for standardization
Part 2: Issues on educational administration and school system
Session 9 Assessing learning outcomes (1): standardized test
How much did students learn?
In which areas educational outcomes are satisfactory/ unsatisfactory?
Session 10 Assessing learning outcomes (2): portfolio, benchmark, and continuous assessments
How can we grasp the learners’ progress in the cases where standardized testing do not fit?
Pros and cons of different evaluation methods
Session 11 Multiple meanings of knowledge: Skills for problem solving
How can we assess the capacity of learners to solve problems?
21st century skills, soft skills
Occupation standard
Session 12 Contents of education (1): Curriculum evaluation
Inductive and deductive curriculum evaluation
Intended – implemented – attained curriculum
Session 13 Contents of education (2): Professional development and evaluation of teachers
Teacher education
Conceptions of the roles of teachers based on various epistemologies
Administrative challenges for improved teaching
Session 14: Education and Society
Socio-economic background
Language of instruction
Cultural influence
School-community relationship
Session 15 Governance, functionality, and decentralization of the Ministry of Education
Functional analysis of the organization
Public Expenditure Tracking Survey
Financial, administrative, and political decentralization
Deconcentration, Delegation, devolution |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | There is no precondition to take this course |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Preparation for class discussion 30%
Preparation includes (1) reading the assigned articles/book chapters; (2) submitting comment papers in response to the questions given by the instructor
Class participation 30%
In the class, the instructor will lead the discussion based on the opinions raised in students’ comment papers.
Individual paper 40%
Students are assigned to write a paper on educational issues in relation to one or some of the theories learned in the class. Details will be explained later. The submission deadline of the paper is January 31, 2026,
Credit is given to C- or C (where applicable) or higher grade for each criterion. |
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教科書・参考書
Textbook/Reference Book | | There will be no textbook but students will be provided with the reading materials a week before the respective sessions.
References for further study will be provided either in the class or at the time of providing the reading materials. |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Read the assigned materials and submit the comment papers in response to the questions provided by the instructor. |
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | |
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使用言語
Language(s) for Instruction & Discussion | | |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | 対面で実施します。
Classes will be held in-person. |
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遠隔授業（オンデマンド型）で行う場合の追加措置
Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
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