Lifelong learning in neoliberal Japan : risk, community, and knowledge / / Akihiro Ogawa

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797769703321
• Autore: Ogawa Akihiro <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4384-5788-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 374.52
• Soggetti: Continuing education - Japan; Neoliberalism - 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Why Lifelong Learning Now?; Lifelong Learning as a Global Trend; Risk: An Analytical Tool; Risk: A Japanese Context; Methods; Overview of Chapters; Chapter 2 Japan's Lifelong Learning: History, Policies, and Practices; Three Key Terms; Social Education; Lifelong Education; Lifelong Learning; Lifelong Learning Promotion Law; Lifelong Learning Council Report in 1992; Focus on the Local: Developments in the 1990's; Chapter 3 Risk Management by a Neoliberal State; Lifelong Learning and Risk; Japan's Lifelong Learning in the 2000's; "Comprehensive Knowledge" Local Communities: Locations for Realizing the New Public Commons; Neoliberal Knowledge; Chapter 4 The New Public Commons; The New Public Commons; The Bunka Borantia; Civic Knowledge; "Entrepreneurial Self " for Constructing Civic Knowledge; Jukugi (Due Deliberation); Real Jukugi; New Public Commons as a New Growth Strategy; Chapter 5 The Japanese "Community School"; Revival of Communication; The Japanese "Community School" System; Ikiru Chikara (Zest for Living); Integrating School Education and Social Education; A Varied Landscape; Chapter 6 Becoming a Social Entrepreneur Why Don't You Initiate a New Style of Working?; Vocational Training in Japan; After the Lehman Shock; The Knowledge and Skills Required to Support the New Public Commons; Becoming a Social Entrepreneur: A Challenging Opportunity; ; Taking Risks to Survive in the New Labor Market; Postscript; Chapter 7 New Knowledge for Youth; Suicide among Young People; "Career Education"; Changing Trends in Universities; Toward Social Inclusion; Developing Citizens; Afterword; Appendix; Appendix 1. Japan's Lifelong Learning in the 2000's; Appendix 2. Major Legal and Policy Developments of Japan's Lifelong Learning (1947-2011) Appendix 3. List of Civic Knowledge Sources; Mission; Management; Continuity and Sustainability; Bonding; Networking; Volunteering; Coordination; Partnership; Notes; Japanese Glossary; References; Index