The aim of this paper is to unravel the change in the functions of the high school diploma using time-series variation in the structures of intra-generational mobility.<br>First, we try to set demarcation lines between birth years by examining int...
This paper examines the Japanese concept of gemba from the angle of sociology of knowledge. The concept of gemba has been widely used in Japanese schools, factories and offices, which can be literally translated to ""the real scene"" in English. H...
This paper investigates the issue of whether Japan Teachers'Union's (JTU) independent practices of aiming to improve(Kaizen) the method of Japanese mathematics teaching in the late 1950s to 60s succeed as an school policy to include students of va...
The aim of this paper is to investigate when and how the meaning of high school diplomas changed during the era of educational expansion in two senses:(1) ubjective and (2) objective. More concretely, it examines:(1) how people recognized high sch...