Educational reform and school management of small-scale school in remote areas : An example of East Hokkaido for reference(II <Special Papers 2>School Education System Reform in Japan)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to consider the significance of putting foundations for everyday educational activities in self-governing bodies for educational reform, through an example of school management of a small scale school in a remote part of Eastern Hokkaido. Top-down methods, which are a main method in Japanese educational reform take time. However, school management that puts foundations for daily instructional activity gives teachers incentives to come up with inventive ideas. And the management makes school autonomous and stable, where teachers share the purposes of school reform with children, parents and gaurdians and local inhabitants.