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This paper explores how Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme team-teaching experiences brought about belief-changes in Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) about English education, and makes specific comparisons between junior high (J.H.) and senior high (S.H.) JTE belief-changes. The following data were collected through a questionnaire regarding concerns and beliefs about team-teaching (TT) that was distributed to a total of 2,000 junior and senior high schools throughout Japan in late 1999. The paper first presents quantitative comparisons of J.H. and S.H. JTE belief-changes, focussing on TT lesson frequency and JTE overseas experiences; this is followed by qualitative analyses that describe and compare the top belief-change categories between J.H. and S.H. JTEs. Building upon these observations, three recommendations are proposed to the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture, and Technology for the improvement of the JET Programme.
