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Japanese Elementary School Teachers’ Classroom Decision-Making: A Qualitative Analysis from the Perspectives of School and Teacher Culture (102950)
Session Chair: Jaclyn Rivard
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Wednesday, 7 January 2026 17:10
Session: Session 3 (Parallel)
Room: Live-Stream Room 3
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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This study aims to examine the factors that influence Japanese elementary school teachers’ classroom decision-making from the perspectives of Japan’s distinctive school and teacher cultures. In many Japanese elementary schools, a homeroom teacher system is employed, whereby a single teacher is responsible for one class and teaches most subjects. Teachers are also assigned roles across several organizational levels, including school-wide, grade-level, and subject-based, and are expected to collaborate actively within these structures. These organizational arrangements foster distinctive cultural practices shaped by collective modes of work. Within this context, teachers’ decision-making in the classroom is influenced by the interplay of school culture and teacher culture. To understand the characteristics of such decision-making, qualitative analyses were conducted using data obtained from multiple interviews with Japanese elementary school teachers. The findings indicate that teachers’ decision-making in the classroom are strongly shaped by the collaborative dimensions of school and teacher culture, particularly through goal setting at the school or grade level and the assumption of shared professional roles.
Authors:
Akari Fuji, University of Tsukuba, Japan
About the Presenter(s)
Ms. Akari Fuji is currently a researcher at the University of Tsukuba.
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