03025oam 2200661I 450 991078023160332120230807203639.01-317-46702-70-7656-0925-81-315-70316-51-317-46703-50-7656-1177-510.4324/9781315703169 (CKB)111087027812170(EBL)1982525(SSID)ssj0000185147(PQKBManifestationID)12009271(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185147(PQKBWorkID)10207133(PQKB)11124809(MiAaPQ)EBC1982525(Au-PeEL)EBL1982525(CaPaEBR)ebr11030933(CaONFJC)MIL745158(OCoLC)904791995(OCoLC)958109916(OCoLC)905855775(FINmELB)ELB141353(EXLCZ)9911108702781217020180706e20152002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJapanese higher education as myth /Brian J. McVeighLondon ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (318 p.)East Gate Book"An East Gate Book."First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe.1-336-13872-6 0-7656-0924-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Potëmkin 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 Students8. ""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; IndexIn 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.Education, HigherJapanHistory21st centuryEducation, HigherHistory378.52McVeigh Brian J.956267MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780231603321Japanese higher education as myth3784753UNINA