Teacher Education Reforms and the Challenges Posed to Private Universities Providing Teacher Education

Abstract

  This article focuses on the challenges faced by private universities in response to teacher education reforms in Japan. By reviewing three research reports by the National Association of Teacher Education in Private University, this study highlights three thematic challenges: the accreditation of teacher education and the private university, the committee for the teacher education by the board of education and the private university, the core curriculum for the teacher education and the private university.