Challenges to Japanese Education - Economics, Reform, and Human Rights (Paperback)

In this volume, eight leading Japanese scholars present their research on profound and sensitive issues facing Japanese society, much of which has not been available to the English-speaking world. Travelling from Japan to engage in a unique forum at the University of California, they joined eminent professors Befu, DeVos, and Rohlen to bring over fifty leading scholars up to date on the global challenges facing Japan and how education has and will play into the reformulation of its identity. Chapters examine such topics as education policy changes, the education of minorities, including the Burakumin, the hegemony of college entrance examinations, social mobility and basic human rights, increased economic competition and global migration, political influences on educational reform, and the future of Japanese education.

General

Imprint:	Teachers College Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	International Perspectives on Educational Reform Series
Release date:	2010
First published:	December 2009
Editors:	June A Gordon • Hidenori Fujita • Takehiko Kariya • Gerald LeTendre
Dimensions:	226 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-8077-5053-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
LSN:	0-8077-5053-0
Barcode:	9780807750537

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