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Teacher Evaluation Policies and Practices in Japan How performativity works in schools
By Masaaki Katsuno
Copyright 2016
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the impacts of the introduction of new teacher evaluation policies on teachers and head teachers in Japan, particularly that of producing and reinforcing mutual policing relations among teachers and the destabilisation of their identities. It is timely given the big surge of interest world-wide in measuring and developing teachers’ quality to ensure better learning outcomes. As... Read more
1. Introduction 2. New Teacher Evaluation Policies 3. Theories of Teacher Evaluation and Performativity 4. Views on New Teacher Evaluation Policies 5. Chapter 5 The Enactment of the New Teacher Evaluation Policies 6. Conclusion
Biography
Masaaki Katsuno is Professor at the Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo in Japan.
'There are no similar books like this and I think it would be the first original one focused on teacher evaluation in Japan written in English' – Yasuyuki Iwata, Professor, Deputy President, The Curriculum Center for Teachers, Tokyo Gakugei University
