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What is GIGA School Concept

Chapter 8
Emerging Trends and Historical Perspectives Surrounding Digital Transformation in Education: Achieving Open and Blended Learning Environments
Educational policies that provide one device per student and a high-speed Wi-Fi environment in the classroom to meet individual learning needs and make learning collaborative.
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Digital Transformation in Primary and Secondary Education in Japan
Hiroshi Sato (University of Tsukuba, Japan) and Emiko Uchiyama (Odawara Junior College, Japan)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4423-8.ch008
Abstract
In Japan, schools were closed from March to May 2020 due to COVID-19. As most schools could not offer online classes, in April 2020, the government implemented the GIGA School Concept to accelerate the development of information and communication technology (ICT) in primary and secondary education. A case study of a secondary school was conducted. The results show that the principal exercised four types of leadership based on firm values: (1) sharing the vision and motivating teachers, (2) distributed leadership, (3) instructional leadership, and (4) responding appropriately to a pandemic. At the national levels, the main focus was on responding to the pandemic and implementing the GIGA School Initiative policy, while the schools were following more multifaceted leadership for improvement.
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