Transition in the Japanese curriculum: How is the curriculum of elementary and secondary schools in Japan determined?

International Education Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 50-55

  Komatsu, Shigehisa ^a  

^a Soai University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Curriculum administration; Japan; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology (MEXT); National curriculum standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 18344395531     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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