A case study of how education labour markets are organized in Japan: mandatory teacher rotation in Japanese public schools. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seebruck, Ryan
• Is Part Of: Asia Pacific journal of education. Volume 39:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 323
• Page End: 337
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Jinji idou (personnel change) -- kibou hyoumei (transfer requests) -- tanshin fu'nin (solo assignment) -- informal organization -- human resource management; Education -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Education -- Asia -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Asia -- Periodicals; Education -- Social aspects -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Education -- Social aspects -- Asia -- Periodicals; 370.95952
• DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2019.1598847
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0218-8791

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Public teachers in Japan are subjected to a compulsory rotation system where the prefectural board of education governs their entire career paths. Past research has written of the macro- and micro-level impacts of rotation systems, including Japanese teacher rotation, but this paper, based on years of working in and observing Japanese schools, is the first study in English to offer a detailed examination of how the system functions, revealing how informal and formal organizational structure work in concert to facilitate teacher rotation in Japan.