Education and Equality in Japan / / William K. Cummings.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1980 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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