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Moral Education Reform in Japan: Navigating Debates and Challenges from the MEXT Perspective
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Mayumi Nishino – Journal of Moral Education, 2025
The 2015 revision of Japan's Course of Study marked a significant reform in moral education, promoted as moral education that encourages children to think and discuss. This study analyzes this reform, focusing on debates and challenges that emerged during the policy-making process led by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Moral Values, Educational Change, Foreign Countries