Dragon gate [[electronic resource] ] : competitive examinations and their consequences / / Kangmin Zeng
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| Autore: |
Zeng Kangmin
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| Titolo: |
Dragon gate [[electronic resource] ] : competitive examinations and their consequences / / Kangmin Zeng
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Cassell, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 371.26 |
| Soggetto topico: | Universities and colleges - East Asia - Entrance examinations - Social aspects |
| Universities and colleges - East Asia - Entrance examinations - Psychological aspects | |
| Competition (Psychology) | |
| Education - East Asia | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes; List of tables; List of figures; 1 Introduction; 2 A comparative history of university entrance examinations: to the end of the Japanese Empire; 3 A comparative history of university entrance examinations: from 1945 to now; 4 What kind of exams? Questions of world history and mathematics in the three countries; 5 The cram world: why so large in East Asia?; 6 With help from the gods: prayer, luck and spiritual strength: the desecularization of entrance exam systems; 7 Time, effort and money: mobilizing private resources to gain social status |
| 8 The news media and the dark side of the exam systems 9 Conclusion; Appendix: Key to abbreviated citations; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This text examines the enormous pressure placed on University students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan which have led to the rapid expansion of the ""cramming"" industry and to a growing number of students looking to religion and spirituality for guidance. The book examines the issue of the rise in youth suicides, and the dramatic rise in levels of cheating; both raising fundamental questions about the education system in the late 1990's. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dragon gate |
| ISBN: | 1-281-29140-4 |
| 9786611291402 | |
| 1-84714-342-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450910603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Frontiers of international education.