Fieldwork with Depth: Its Implication and Future Directions of Comparative Education Research in Japan

• Published in: Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2022 Vol. 46A; pp. 179 - 191
• Main Author: Sugimura, Miki
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Publishing Limited 14.12.2023
• Subjects: Education; Education & society; Global & comparative education; field-oriented; fieldwork; comparative education research; theorizing; comparative education; Japan

Abstract Comparative education research in Japan is strongly oriented toward emphasizing fieldwork, unlike Western methodologies that aim for theorization. For this reason, it is sometimes regarded as peripheral research without a theorizing orientation or as a counterstrategy to Western research. T...