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Japanese Schooling: Patterns of Socialization, Equality, and Political Control

Japanese Schooling: Patterns of Socialization, Equality, and Political Control

Shields, James J.

Paperback

AnthropologyGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0271023406
ISBN13: 9780271023403
Publisher: Penn St Univ Pr
Published: Apr 15 1993
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Japanese Schooling is organized around important crosspoints for understanding the historic roots and contemporary features of Japanese education. These include (1) socialization for discipline at home and in school; (2) the impact of university examinations on educational equality and moral development; and (3) centralized control and national identity. Written by leading American and Japanese scholars, Japanese Schooling is uniquely informative and comprehensive, with wide-ranging and critical analyses of sensitive issues and traditional educational questions. Among the topics that highlight both strengths and weaknesses are: nursery schooling, pupil violence in junior high schools, the reasons for high achievement levels in mathematics, the textbook controversy and teacher unionism, the role of large class size in teaching cooperative behavior, gender issues, and special education. As one reviewer said, The book has no equal among recently published works which in comparison avoid sharp analysis and are narrowly focused.

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