LEADER 03069oam 2200685I 450 001 9910812817503321 005 20240409215259.0 010 $a1-317-46702-7 010 $a0-7656-0925-8 010 $a1-315-70316-5 010 $a1-317-46703-5 010 $a0-7656-1177-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315703169 035 $a(CKB)111087027812170 035 $a(EBL)1982525 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185147 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12009271 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185147 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10207133 035 $a(PQKB)11124809 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1982525 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1982525 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11030933 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL745158 035 $a(OCoLC)904791995 035 $a(OCoLC)958109916 035 $a(OCoLC)905855775 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB141353 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027812170 100 $a20180706e20152002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJapanese higher education as myth /$fBrian J. McVeigh 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 225 0 $aEast Gate Book 300 $a"An East Gate Book." 300 $aFirst published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a1-336-13872-6 311 $a0-7656-0924-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Pote?mkin 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 327 $a8. ""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 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aEducation, Higher$zJapan$xHistory$y21st century 615 0$aEducation, Higher$xHistory 676 $a378.52 676 $a370.952 700 $aMcVeigh$b Brian J.$0956267 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812817503321 996 $aJapanese higher education as myth$93949537 997 $aUNINA