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International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics,
science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and
Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world.
Understandably, this has attracted many policymakers and
researchers seeking to emulate this success, but it has also
attracted strong criticism and a range of misconceptions of the
Japanese and Korean education system. Directly challenging these
misconceptions, which are prevalent in both academic and public
discourses, this book seeks to provide a more nuanced view of the
Japanese and Korean education systems. This includes the idea that
the highly standardized means of education makes outstanding
students mediocre; that the emphasis on memorization leads to a
lack of creativity and independent thinking; that students'
successes are a result of private supplementary education; and that
the Japanese and Korean education systems are homogenous to the
point of being one single system. Using empirical data Hyunjoon
Park re-evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the existing
education systems in Japan and Korea and reveals whether the issues
detailed above are real or unfounded and misinformed. Offering a
balanced view of the evolving and complex nature of academic
achievement among Japanese and Korean students, this book will
appeal to students and scholars of Asian, international and
comparative education, as well as those interested in Asian society
more broadly.
International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics,
science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and
Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world.
Understandably, this has attracted many policymakers and
researchers seeking to emulate this success, but it has also
attracted strong criticism and a range of misconceptions of the
Japanese and Korean education system. Directly challenging these
misconceptions, which are prevalent in both academic and public
discourses, this book seeks to provide a more nuanced view of the
Japanese and Korean education systems. This includes the idea that
the highly standardized means of education makes outstanding
students mediocre; that the emphasis on memorization leads to a
lack of creativity and independent thinking; that students'
successes are a result of private supplementary education; and that
the Japanese and Korean education systems are homogenous to the
point of being one single system. Using empirical data Hyunjoon
Park re-evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the existing
education systems in Japan and Korea and reveals whether the issues
detailed above are real or unfounded and misinformed. Offering a
balanced view of the evolving and complex nature of academic
achievement among Japanese and Korean students, this book will
appeal to students and scholars of Asian, international and
comparative education, as well as those interested in Asian society
more broadly.
Research in the Sociology of Education is an important and
established series, highlighting how societal contexts shape the
educational experiences and outcomes of individual children and
youth. Including five single-country studies from settings as
diverse as rural China, Germany and the United States, as well as
two cross-national comparative studies, this insightful new volume
continues the series tradition for publishing research from across
a broad range of settings. It demonstrates that various educational
issues (including student victimization at school, immigrant-native
gaps in educational aspiration, and STEM outcomes) are not limited
to specific societies but are relevant worldwide. By exploring
national and regional situations and then placing them within this
broader context, readers are able to see both the commonality and
uniqueness of educational issues around the globe.
Contributions come from authors spread around the globe,
illuminating how the efficacy and ideologies of schooling variably
unfold in differing national and historical contexts. Written by
sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and cultural critics,
this journal offers lively and accessible empirical work to a broad
audience.
In recent decades, globalization and regional integration have
brought significant economic and demographic changes in East Asia,
including rising economic inequality, growing population movements
within and across borders, and the emergence or renewed
geopolitical significance of cultural and linguistic minority
populations. These trends have coincided with significant changes
in family formation, dissolution, and structures. How have these
changes played out in the diverse educational systems of East Asia?
In what innovative ways are East Asian governments addressing the
new demographic realities of their student populations? This volume
offers a snapshot of key educational stratification issues in East
Asian nations, and their evolution in conjunction with changing
student populations. Scholars of Japan, China, and Korea in this
volume address issues ranging from curricular adaptations to
globalization, to persisting and new forms of educational
stratification, to new multiculturalism in educational policy. In
addition, authors consider the ways that migration is shaping
education in the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore.
Collectively, the pieces in this volume represent a first attempt
to investigate national responses to critical regional trends.
What does it mean to become an adult in the face of economic
uncertainty and increasing racial and immigrant diversity? Nearly
half of all young people in the United States are racial
minorities, and one in four are from immigrant families. Diversity
and the Transition to Adulthood in America offers a comprehensive
overview of young people across racial and immigrant groups and
their paths through traditional markers of adulthood-from finishing
education, working full time, and establishing residential
independence to getting married and having children. Taking a look
at the diversity of experiences, the authors uncover how the
transition to adulthood is increasingly fragmented, especially
among those without college degrees. This book will introduce
students to immigrant, racial, and ethnic diversity in the
transition to adulthood in contemporary America.
What does it mean to become an adult in the face of economic
uncertainty and increasing racial and immigrant diversity? Nearly
half of all young people in the United States are racial
minorities, and one in four are from immigrant families. Diversity
and the Transition to Adulthood in America offers a comprehensive
overview of young people across racial and immigrant groups and
their paths through traditional markers of adulthood-from finishing
education, working full time, and establishing residential
independence to getting married and having children. Taking a look
at the diversity of experiences, the authors uncover how the
transition to adulthood is increasingly fragmented, especially
among those without college degrees. This book will introduce
students to immigrant, racial, and ethnic diversity in the
transition to adulthood in contemporary America.
Korean families have changed significantly during the last few
decades in their composition, structure, attitudes, and function.
Delayed and forgone marriage, fertility decline, and rising divorce
rates are just a few examples of changes that Korean families have
experienced at a rapid pace, more dramatic than in many other
contemporary societies. Moreover, the increase of marriages between
Korean men and foreign women has further diversified Korean
families. Yet traditional norms and attitudes toward gender and
family continue to shape Korean men and women's family behaviors.
Korean Families Yesterday and Today portrays diverse aspects of the
contemporary Korean families and, by explicitly or implicitly
situating contemporary families within a comparative historical
perspective, reveal how the past of Korean families evolved into
their current shapes. While the study of families can be approached
in many different angles, our lens focuses on families with
children or young adults who are about to forge family through
marriage and other means. This focus reflects that delayed marriage
and declined fertility are two sweeping demographic trends in
Korea, affecting family formation. Moreover, "intensive" parenting
has characterized Korean young parents and therefore, examining
change and persistence in parenting provides important clues for
family change in Korea. This volume should be of interest not only
to readers who are interested in Korea but also to those who want
to understand broad family changes in East Asia in comparative
perspective.
Korean families have changed significantly during the last few
decades in their composition, structure, attitudes, and function.
Delayed and forgone marriage, fertility decline, and rising divorce
rates are just a few examples of changes that Korean families have
experienced at a rapid pace, more dramatic than in many other
contemporary societies. Moreover, the increase of marriages between
Korean men and foreign women has further diversified Korean
families. Yet traditional norms and attitudes toward gender and
family continue to shape Korean men and women's family behaviors.
Korean Families Yesterday and Today portrays diverse aspects of the
contemporary Korean families and, by explicitly or implicitly
situating contemporary families within a comparative historical
perspective, reveal how the past of Korean families evolved into
their current shapes. While the study of families can be approached
in many different angles, our lens focuses on families with
children or young adults who are about to forge family through
marriage and other means. This focus reflects that delayed marriage
and declined fertility are two sweeping demographic trends in
Korea, affecting family formation. Moreover, "intensive" parenting
has characterized Korean young parents and therefore, examining
change and persistence in parenting provides important clues for
family change in Korea. This volume should be of interest not only
to readers who are interested in Korea but also to those who want
to understand broad family changes in East Asia in comparative
perspective.
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