| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | a174 |
| Survey Title | Monograph/Elementary School Students Now: Teachers' Opinions regarding School Education Reform, 2002 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
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| Summary |
Amidst the ongoing educational reforms, the controversy over the decline in academic achievement has attracted considerable public attention. The revision of the elementary and junior high school courses of study has resulted in a 30% reduction in the content taught in subjects such as Japanese and arithmetic. The number of class hours has also been reduced with the introduction of a 5-day school week and the establishment of "comprehensive learning time," which has been criticized as a potential cause of the decline in academic achievement. Teachers are in charge of educational activities, and they hold the key to the success of educational reform. Therefore, it is important to ascertain how teachers in the field view the current educational reform. This survey was designed to canvass teachers’ opinions. In addition to the items on educational reform, the survey also included items on academic achievement, especially with regard to teaching materials, in order to clarify teachers' views on teaching materials. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Teachers (including administrators) (Teacher Questionnaire) and principals (School Questionnaire) of elementary schools in 22 prefectures in Japan |
| Unit of Observation | Individual,Organization |
| Sample Size |
Teacher survey – Subjects: 2,199，Number of responses: 551 (rate of return 25.1％) School survey – Subjects: 140，Number of responses: 47 (rate of return 33.6％) |
| Date of Collection |
2002-2 ~ 2002-4 2002/2-4 |
| Time Period |
2002 ~ 2002 |
| Spatial Unit |
yamagata
fukushima
gunma
saitama
chiba
tokyo
kanagawa
yamanashi
niigata
ishikawa
fukui
22 prefectures in total: Hokkaido*, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata*, Fukushima*, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma*, Saitama*, Chiba*, Tokyo*, Kanagawa*, Yamanashi*, Niigata*, Ishikawa*, Fukui*, Gifu, Aichi*, Hyogo, Okayama, Kagawa, and Okinawa. Completed copies of the School Questionnaire were collected in 13 prefectures, which are marked with an asterisk (*) in the survey area. |
| Sampling Procedure | Elementary schools in Japan were randomly sampled to select schools for the survey. Questionnaires were distributed to the schools that cooperated with the survey. The School Questionnaire was sent to the selected elementary schools separately. |
| Mode of Data Collection |
Each teacher at the surveyed schools completed the Teacher Questionnaire and returned it directly by mail through their principal. Since the school and teacher surveys were collected separately by mail, the teacher sample includes samples from outside the school survey collection area (47 schools). |
| Investigator | Benesse Corporation |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.a174 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Teacher questionnaire][School questionnaire] |
| Major Survey Items |
［Teacher survey］ (1)Demographic items Gender，age，class year managed, specialty subject (2) Content and implementation of the new courses of study Respondent’s thoughts about the content of the new courses of study (30 items in total for each subject), respondent’s observed impact of the new courses of study on children, resultant changes in the respondent’s students’ abilities, respondent’s evaluation of the content of the new courses of study, respondent’s students’ parents' evaluation of the content of the new courses of study (3) Educational policy and views Educational policies and respondent’s views on them (25 items), changes the respondent has perceived in schools and children due to the implementation of the new courses of study (4) Students’ conditions and respondent’s teaching ability School (classroom) conditions, changes the respondent has observed in schools and teachers' work, respondent’s confidence as a teacher, respondent’s evaluation of their classroom management, respondent’s professional anxieties, etc. (5) Daily life as a teacher Respondent’s time of arrival at work, respondent’s time of departure from work, whether the respondent takes work home, respondent’s bedtime, teacher workload compared with that of corporate jobs, etc. ［School survey］ Number of classes，number of students, number of teachers, characteristics of the school district, the school's approach to educational reform, etc. |
| Date of Release | 2005/09/27 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education Educational policy LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS Children |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2005-09-27 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |