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Competitor or Ally?: Japan's Role in American Educational Debates

Competitor or Ally?: Japan's Role in American Educational Debates

Letendre, Gerald K.
Letendre, Gerald K.

Hardcover

Series: Reference Books in International Education (Garland Publishing), Book 45

General EducationJapanese History

ISBN10: 0815332734
ISBN13: 9780815332732
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 1 1999
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.62 Width: 5.78 Depth: 8.86
Language: English
In this book the authors systematically address the most common stereotypes or myths about Japanese education that are currently being circulated in the popular press, teaching magazines and educational research journals. The authors show how arguments about Japan are used to further political ends within the American educational debate. Some of the myths that the book debunks are Japan's high adolescent suicide rate. LeTendre and Zeng show that adolescent suicide among males is now twice as high in the U.S. as in Japan. Tsuchida and Lewis take on the myth of Japanese classrooms as crowded places centered on rote-learning--providing detailed evidence as to why Japanese students may indeed have an edge in math. McConnell uses Japan's highly successful foreign language program to deconstruct images of Japan Inc.--showing the highly fractious and bitter political debates that occur in Japan. Yang provides data on differences in Japanese and American teachers' work roles--showing that differences in the two educational systems are not simply due to cultural differences, but have a basis in educational policy and school organization. Shimizu offers an alternative view of achievement motivation among Japanese students based on in-depth interviews with Japanese teens.

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