In response to the national calls for another major overhaul to English education Saitama City has determined to remain a national leader. The city’s response is to completely remove English lessons from its schools and replace them with a 9-year, independently developed subject called Global Studies. In this presentation the basic features of the ambitious curriculum development process will be shared. As a case study audience members will be given an all access view of how national policy is implemented at every level of education. In addition audience members will benefit from studying one of the most challenging topics in education, school change.
Date: September 13th, 2015
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Harigaya Kouminkan
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