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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kariya, Takehiko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge/University of Tokyo series.
Temas:
Education > Japan.
Educational change > Japan.
Education > Social aspects > Japan.
Education > Japan > History.
Japan > Social conditions.
Éducation > Japon.
Enseignement > Réforme > Japon.
Éducation > Japon > Histoire.
Education
Education > Social aspects
Educational change
Social conditions
Japon > Conditions sociales.
Japan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Education Reform and Social Class in Japan: The Emerging Incentive Divide; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Editorial Note; Introduction: The Complex of Class and Education in a Changing Society; 1. Education and Social Mobility in Post-War Japan; 2. The Age of Meritocracy; 3. Meritocracy, Ability Orientation and 'Discrimination'; 3.1. The Irony of Egalitarianism in Post-War Japan; 3.2. A Double Standard of Inequality and 'Meritocratic Discrimination'; 4. Education Reform and Elite Education; 5. Inequality of Effort Under the Meritocracy
  • 6. Pitfalls of the 'Self-Responsible Society'
  • Is Opportunity Equal?7. The Structure of Self-Confidence
  • Educational Inequality and Self-Esteem; 8. The Incentive Divide
  • Selecting the Society of the Future; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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