Japanese higher education as myth / / Brian J. McVeigh

• Autore: McVeigh Brian J.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.52; 370.952
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Japan - History - 21st century
• Note generali: "An East Gate Book."; First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Students ; 8. ""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
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Japanese higher education as myth
• ISBN: 1-317-46702-7; 0-7656-0925-8; 1-315-70316-5; 1-317-46703-5; 0-7656-1177-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812817503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II