Educational Evaluation and Improvement in Japan

Yoshimi Okumura is an associate professor at Kyoto University, Japan. She earned her doctorate in education from Kyoto University. She implements joint lesson studies with Japanese schools and analyzes Dutch education to introduce it to Japan. She is author of Kyoiku no jiyuu to gakkou hyoka: Gendai oranda no mosaku (Freedom of Education and School Evaluation: Inquiry in the Netherlands) (in Japanese) (Kyoto University Press, 2016) and coeditor of “Gyakumuki sekkei” jissen gaidobukku [Practical guidebook for “Understanding by design”] (in Japanese) (Nippon-hyojyun, 2020).

• Chapter 1. Educational Evaluation and Improvement in Japan: Introduction and Research Question.- Chapter 2. Research Backgrounds and Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 3. Method.- Chapter 4. The Case of the Honden Primary School.- Chapter 5. The Case of the Takakura Primary School.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.