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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455473903321

Autore

McVeigh Brian J.

Titolo

Japanese higher education as myth / / Brian J. McVeigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

0-7656-0925-8

1-315-70316-5

1-317-46703-5

0-7656-1177-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

East Gate Book

Disciplina

378.52

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Japan - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate Book."

First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The PoteĢˆmkin Factor; 2. Myths, Mendacity, and Methodology; 3. State, Nation, Capital, and Examinations: The Shattering of Knowledge; 4. Gazing and Guiding: Japan's Educatio-Examination Regime; 5. Schooling for Silence: The Sociopsychology of Student Apathy; 6. Japanese Higher Education as Simulated Schooling; 7. Self-Orientalism Through Occidentalism: How ""English"" and ""Foreigners"" Nationalize Japanese Students

8. ""Playing Dumb"": Students Who Pretend Not to Know9. Lessons Learned in Higher Education; 10. The Price of Simulated Schooling and ""Reform""; Appendix A: Statistics of Japanese Education; Appendix B: Other Types of Postsecondary Schools in Japan; Appendix C: Modes of Institutional Operation and Simulation; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 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.