1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465411803321

Autore

Archer Margaret Scotford

Titolo

Social origins of educational systems / / Margaret S. Archer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-58400-7

1-299-27961-9

1-136-66090-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (848 p.)

Collana

Classical texts in critical realism

Disciplina

306.43

Soggetti

Educational sociology

School management and organization - Great Britain - History

School management and organization - France - History

School management and organization - Denmark - History

School management and organization - Soviet Union - History

Comparative education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1979. With new introd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The development of state educational systems -- pt. II. Educational systems in action.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social structures. Professor Archer goes on to provide a theoretical framework which accounts for the major characteristics of national education and the principal changes that such systems have undergone.Now with a new introduction, Social Origins of Educational Systems is vital reading for all tho



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963630803321

Autore

Breaden Jeremy

Titolo

The organisational dynamics of university reform in Japan : international inside out / / Jeremy Breaden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08410-1

1-283-87163-7

1-136-18945-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Classificazione

EDU015000EDU001000SOC008000

Disciplina

378.00952

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Japan

Universities and colleges - Japan - Administration

Educational change - Japan

Education and globalization - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on style; Introduction: internationalisation from the inside out; Internationalisation, kokusaika and university organisations; Analysing organisational dynamics; Structure of the book; 1 Japanese higher education reform: adaptation and alignment; Development of the Japanese 'university'; The new-look university; Conclusions: a new look?; 2 Making sense of university internationalisation; The concept of kokusaika; Kokusaika in higher education; Conclusions: explaining university kokusaika; 3 Inside the Academy; Profile of the Academy

Organisational storiesSumming up the Senbon story; 4 Managing the global campus; Discussing international students: the paternalist organisation; Paternalism: legal and extra-legal origins; Paternalism in practice at Global House; International students and ethnicity; Conclusions: accommodating kokusaika; 5 Organising internationalisation; Rationalism and red tape: Senbon hōshiki; Administrative organisation; Encasing kokusaika; Administrative shadowing; Encasing and shadowing: implications; 6 Administrators and administrated; 'My job': identity and the institutionalisation of



kokusaika

Kokusaika and gender rolesConclusions: kokusaika and organisational change; 7 Mobilising conflict; Conflict exposed: the General Assembly; The bilingual organisation; Crossing identities; Conclusions: claiming kokusaika; Conclusion: winners, losers and internationalisation reconsidered; Kokusaika as response; Kokusaika as story; Kokusaika and the workplace; Kokusaika and identity; Kokusaika and internationalisation; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For several decades internationalisation has been a cornerstone of both Japanese government higher education policy and approaches to reform at an institutional level, but Japan has still not managed to lose its reputation as a somewhat reclusive member of the global academic community. Consensus on the potential of internationalisation to reinvigorate Japanese higher education is matched by the depth of recognition that universities have, to date, failed to internationalise successfully. This book offers a new approach to Japan's internationalisation conundrum by proceeding from the