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Education Reform and Social Class in Japan : the emerging incentive divide.

Until the early 1990s, Japanese education was widely commended for achieving outstanding outcomes in global comparison. At the same time, it was frequently criticized for failing to cultivate 'individuality' and 'creativity' in students. Wide-ranging education reforms were enacte...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kariya, Takehiko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge/University of Tokyo series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Until the early 1990s, Japanese education was widely commended for achieving outstanding outcomes in global comparison. At the same time, it was frequently criticized for failing to cultivate 'individuality' and 'creativity' in students. Wide-ranging education reforms were enacted during the 1990s to remedy these perceived failings. However, as this book argues, the reforms produced a different outcome than intended, contributing to growing disparity in learning motivation and educational aspiration of students from different class backgrounds instead. Takehiko Kariya demonstrates by.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (241 pages).
ISBN:9781135128852
1135128855