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In-person event: University Entrance Examinations Stratify High School English Education

Event Speaker(s): 
Fukunaga, Sunao (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Saturday, March 25, 2023 - 6:15pm to 8:00pm

This qualitative study examined how the Japanese university English entrance examination reform functions as policy planning and elucidates how the reform has ended up stratifying high school English teaching practices, exacerbating disparities between students who have access to quality instruction and those who do not. Central to the argument is how the lack of understanding of intersectionality when planning English education policy leads to planning inequality and privileging elites in the Japanese education context.

Keywords
English education policy, university entrance examinations, intersectionality

Schedule: 

  • Doors open 18:00
  • Presentation 18:15-19:45
  • Out of room by 20:00

As usual, attendees will be getting together after the meeting to socialize at a local pub or restaurant and anyone is welcome to join.

Please note that the mask policy for the venue is to require masks.

Address: 
Fukuoka
Elgala (Daimaru East) Building, Tenjin (6 F, Kurume University Satellite Campus)
Japan
Event in Planning: 
Scheduled
Cost for JALT Members: 
free
Cost for non-JALT Members: 
1,000 yen