Japanese Higher Education as MythIn this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred. |
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Contents
The Potėmkin Factor | 3 |
Myths Mendacity and Methodology | 19 |
The Shattering of Knowledge | 45 |
Japans EducatioExamination Regime | 77 |
The Sociopsychology of Student Apathy | 96 |
Japanese Higher Education as Simulated Schooling | 123 |
How English | 148 |
Students Who Pretend Not to Know | 180 |
Lessons Learned in Higher Education | 215 |
The Price of Simulated Schooling and Reform | 237 |
Statistics of Japanese Education | 261 |
Other Types of Postsecondary Schools in Japan | 269 |
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| Title | Japanese Higher Education as Myth An East Gate book |
| Author | Brian J. McVeigh |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | M.E. Sharpe, 2002 |
| ISBN | 076560924X, 9780765609243 |
| Length | 301 pages |
| Subjects | › Education / Higher |
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