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Orie Sasaki; Aki Yonehara; Yuto Kitamura – Prospects, 2024
This research investigates the influence of the whole school approach (WSA) on the education for sustainable development (ESD) practices of teachers in Japan. We focus on understanding how school organizations that facilitate WSA influence teachers' ESD practices in a multifaceted and hierarchical manner. The multilevel analysis, which targeted…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers
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Michelle R. Eades-Baird; Inova C. Qiao – Science Education International, 2024
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 data revealed that Grade 8 science teachers in several Asian countries (Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, and South Korea) reported lower job satisfaction levels than the international average. For example, while Japanese Grade 8 students ranked among the highest in science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Science Achievement
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Aki Sakuma; Naoto Shimazaki; Nadezhda Murray, Translator – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2024
This paper examined the actual circumstances of the recent teacher shortage in public elementary and junior high schools in X Prefecture. Although teacher shortages had been reported, few previous studies had investigated them empirically. With the cooperation of all five branch offices of the Board of Education, data were collected through three…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Elementary Schools
Brady, Travis Todd – ProQuest LLC, 2014
As an important symbolic figure and embodiment of the traditions and character of the school, the position of principal in Japan is crucial. Yet societal pressures and an undefined job description are serving to increase pressures of the position. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine school administrative leadership at a private…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Leadership Role, Principals, Job Analysis