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Amano, Ikuo – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2010
Higher education systems are now in a global state of flux. Japan is no exception. The most persuasive framework for analyzing the basic structure and direction of change is the structural-historical theory of the American sociologist Martin Trow. This is a generalization of his "elite to mass to universal" based on first American and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Change
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Tanaka, Koji – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2009
The recent "Nationwide academic achievement and study situation survey" was clearly influenced by the idea of "authentic assessment", an educational assessment perspective focused on "quality" and "engagement". However, when "performance assessment", the assessment method corresponding to this…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Academic Achievement, Educational Research