In this book the authors systematically address the most common
stereotypes or myths about Japanese education that are currently
being circulated in the popular press, teaching magazines and
educational research journals. The authors show how arguments about
Japan are used to further political ends within the American
educational debate. Some of the myths that the book debunks are
Japan's high adolescent suicide rate. LeTendre and Zeng show that
adolescent suicide among males is now twice as high in the U.S. as
in Japan. Tsuchida and Lewis take on the myth of Japanese
classrooms as crowded places centered on rote-learning--providing
detailed evidence as to why Japanese students may indeed have an
"edge" in math. McConnell uses Japan's highly successful foreign
language program to deconstruct images of "Japan Inc."--showing the
highly fractious and bitter political debates that occur in Japan.
Yang provides data on differences in Japanese and American
teachers' work roles--showing that differences in the two
educational systems are not simply due to "cultural" differences,
but have a basis in educational policy and school organization.
Shimizu offers an alternative view of achievement motivation among
Japanese students based on in-depth interviews with Japanese teens.
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