Education and Equality in Japan
On the basis of direct personal observation in the classroom, systematically gathered data, and extensive reading in primary sources, the author provides a rich description of how a society can be gradually transformed by the educational process in its schools. He then relates this process to the pr...
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- One. Transforming Society by Education
- Two. The Background for Change
- Three. The Government and the Teachers' Union
- Four. The Importance of Class and Family
- Five. Egalitarian Education
- Six. Cognitive Equality
- Appendix to Chapter Six
- Seven. The Development of the Egalitarian Sentiment
- Eight. The Examination Competition
- Nine. Equalizing Society
- Ten. The Lessons of Japanese Education
- Bibliography
- Index