An Intensive Analysis on the Usage Situation of the Mobile Services in Japanese High Schools: Why and How are They Used?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadashi Okada ◽  
Jun Iio ◽  
Yoshihiko Kubota ◽  
Tatsuhiro Yonekura
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Usage Situation ◽  
Japanese High Schools

scholarly journals Environmental Education-related Policy Enactment in Japanese High Schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 097340822110313
Author(s):  
Melissa Glackin ◽  
Kate Greer
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Democratic Citizenship ◽  
The Past ◽  
Policy Enactment ◽  
International Discourse ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Japanese High Schools

Over the past decade, Japan’s rich tradition of environmental education-related policy has shifted to encompass international discourse concerning global competition and education for sustainable development. In view of this shift, this article explores environmental education-related policy enactment from the perspective of high school teachers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 experienced teachers and were analysed using the environmental education-related conceptual lenses of Lucas (1972) and Stevenson (1987, 2007). The findings suggest that the current policy enactment in Japanese high schools features a narrow interpretation of environmental education that emphasises knowledge acquisition and overlooks the development of practical skills, attitudes or democratic citizenship. This case study highlights the necessity that, for a progressive environmental education to become established, policymakers must find a way to balance local knowledge with the demands of international organizations, paying particular attention to curriculum ideology, policy competition and the teachers’ voice in policy creation.

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