Competitor or Ally?: Japan's Role in American Educational Debates

ISBN-13: 9780815332732 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 194 str.

Gerald K. LeTendre

Opis

US-based scholars of education and social sciences of whom one grew up in Japan and two in China discuss Japanese education as a construction of American projections, and demonstrate new, more sophisticated, and more nuanced research in the field. They look at such issues as what aspects get noticed

Spis treści

Introduction, MerryWhite; Chapter 1 International Achievement Studies and Myths of Japan, Gerald K.LeTendre; Chapter 2 CHAPTER 2 A Look at the Other Side of Japanese Education: Student Responsibility and Learning, InekoTsuchida, Catherine C.Lewis; Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Coping with Diversity: The Achilles' Heel of Japanese Education?, DavidMcConnell; Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 Individuality, Learning, and Achievement: Japanese Perspectives, HidetadaShimizu; Chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 Work Roles and Norms for Teachers in Japan and the United States, HuaYang; Chapter 6 CHAPTER 6 “The Dark Side of…”: Suicide, Violence and Drug Use in Japanese Schools, KangminZeng, GeraldLeTendre; Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 International Comparisons and Educational Research Policy, GeraldLeTendre, DavidBaker; CONCLUSION Resilient Myths: Are Our Minds Made Up About Japanese Education?, Catherine C.Lewis; Glossary; References; List of Contributors; Index;

O autorze

Gerald K. LeTendre