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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778877603321

Autore

Yoneyama Shoko

Titolo

The Japanese high school : silence and resistance / / Shoko Yoneyama

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-134-73448-4

1-280-33402-9

9786610334025

0-203-01360-3

0-203-17079-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xix, 287 pages)

Collana

The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Disciplina

373.52

Soggetti

Education, Secondary - Japan

Education, Secondary - Australia

High school students - Japan - Attitudes

High school students - Australia - Attitudes

Teacher-student relationships - Japan

Teacher-student relationships - Australia

Educational sociology - Japan

Educational change - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-276) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Japanese High School: Silence and Resistance; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on style; Abbreviations; 1 Japanese students in crisis; 2 Methodology and comparative problems; Part I Control: the structure of silence; 3 Student-teacher relationships: the alienation paradigm; 4 Discipline and punishment: dehumanisation; 5 School rules: the web of regimentation; 6 Achievement pressure and the meaning of study; Part II Responses: conformity and resistance; 7 Ijime: the price of super-conformity; 8 Tokokyohi: Burnout and Resistance; 9 Conclusion; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Subject index; Name index

Sommario/riassunto

For large numbers of school students in Japan school has become a



battle field. Recent violent events in schools, together with increasing drop-out rates and bullying are undermining stereotypes about the effectiveness of the Japanese education system. This incisive and original book looks at Japanese high school from a student perspective and contextualises this educational turmoil within the broader picture of Japans troubled economic and political life.