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Education in Contemporary Japan

Inequality and Diversity

By: Kaori Okano,Motonori Tsuchiya

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Education in Contemporary Japan

Inequality and Diversity

By: Kaori Okano,Motonori Tsuchiya

A balanced introduction to and examination of contemporary Japanese education. While the postwar system of schooling has provided valuable ingredients for economic success, it has been accompanied by unfavourable developments such as excessively competitive exams, stifling uniformity, bullying, and an undervaluing of non-Japanese ethnicity. This book offers up-to-date information and new perspectives on schooling in contemporary Japanese society, and uses detailed ethnographic studies and interviews with students and teachers. It examines the main developments of modern schooling in Japan, from the beginning of the Meiji era up to the present, and includes analysis of the most recent reforms. It develops a new picture of the role that schooling plays for individuals and the wider society. Essential reading for students and educators alike.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521626862

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9780521626866

School to Work Transition in Japan

An Ethnographic Study

By: Kaori Okano

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School to Work Transition in Japan

An Ethnographic Study

By: Kaori Okano

This participant-observation study presents the practice of school to work transition at two Japanese high schools, and explains variations about the modal career trajectory of low achieving students, drawing on Bourdieu's work. It helps to explain the relationship between social values, family ethos, industry, school and economic performance, and the relatively low class consciousness in Japan. It should be of interest to educationalists, sociologists and labour relations specialists studying Japan.

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Multilingual Matters

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1853591629

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9781853591624

Education and Social Justice in Japan

By: Kaori H. Okano

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Education and Social Justice in Japan

By: Kaori H. Okano

This book is an up-to-date critical examination of schooling in Japan by an expert in this field. It focuses on developments in the last two decades, with a particular interest in social justice. Japan has experienced slow economic growth, changed employment practices, population decline, an aging society, and an increasingly multi-ethnic population resulting from migration. It has faced a call to respond to the rhetoric of globalization and to concerns in childhood poverty in the perceived affluence. In education we have seen developments responding to these challenges in national and local educational policies, as well as in school-level practices. What are the most significant developments in schooling of the last two decades? Why have these developments emerged, and how will they affect youth and society as a whole? How can we best interpret social justice implications of these developments in terms of both distributive justice and the politics of difference? To what extent have the shifts advanced the interests of disadvantaged groups? This book shows that, compared to three decades ago, the system of education increasingly acknowledges the need to address student diversity of all kinds, and delivers options that are more varied and flexible. But interest in social justice in education has tended to centre on the distribution of education (who gets how much of schooling), with fewer questions raised about the content of schooling that continues to advantage the already advantaged. Written in a highly accessible style, and aimed at scholars and students in the fields of comparative education, sociology of education and Japanese studies, this book illuminates changing policies and cumulative adjustments in the daily practice of schooling, as well as how various groups in society make sense of these changes.

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Routledge

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1317803450

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Young Women in Japan

Transitions to Adulthood

By: Kaori H. Okano

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Young Women in Japan

Transitions to Adulthood

By: Kaori H. Okano

This book examines young women in Japan, focusing in particular on their transitions to adulthood, their conceptions of adulthood and relations with Japanese society more generally. It considers important aspects of the transition to adulthood including employment, marriage, divorce, childbirth and custody.

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1134030843

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Education and Social Justice in Japan

By: Kaori H. Okano

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School to Work Transition in Japan

An Ethnographic Study

By: Kaori Okano

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Young Women in Japan

Transitions to Adulthood

By: Kaori H. Okano

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Transitions to Adulthood

By: Kaori H. Okano

Young women in Japan: Transitions to adulthood received a CHOICE "Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 2010" award from the American Library Association. This book examines young women in Japan, focusing in particular on their transitions to adulthood, their conceptions of adulthood and relations with Japanese society more generally. Drawing on detailed primary research including a year-long observation of high schools and subsequent interviews over a 12 year period, it traces the experiences of a group of working class women from their last year of high-schooling in 1989 through to 2001 as they approached their thirties. It considers important aspects of the transition to adulthood including employment, marriage, divorce, childbirth and custody. It shows how the role and identities of young women changed over the course of the 1990s, exploring the impact of changes within Japanese society and global forces, and explains fully the implications for ordinary young people and their everyday lives. It considers to what extent young women’s perceptions of themselves and society are shifting, and how far this can be explained by external constraints and their own experiences and decisions.

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1134030835

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Schooling in Changing Japan

Social Inequality, Transnationalism and Multiculturalisms

By: Kaori H. Okano

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Social Inequality, Transnationalism and Multiculturalisms

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0415832527

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Young Women in Japan

Transitions to Adulthood

By: Kaori Okano

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Transitions to Adulthood

By: Kaori Okano

Young women in Japan: Transitions to adulthood received a CHOICE "Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 2010" award from the American Library Association. This book examines young women in Japan, focusing in particular on their transitions to adulthood, their conceptions of adulthood and relations with Japanese society more generally. Drawing on detailed primary research including a year-long observation of high schools and subsequent interviews over a 12 year period, it traces the experiences of a group of working class women from their last year of high-schooling in 1989 through to 2001 as they approached their thirties. It considers important aspects of the transition to adulthood including employment, marriage, divorce, childbirth and custody. It shows how the role and identities of young women changed over the course of the 1990s, exploring the impact of changes within Japanese society and global forces, and explains fully the implications for ordinary young people and their everyday lives. It considers to what extent young women�s perceptions of themselves and society are shifting, and how far this can be explained by external constraints and their own experiences and decisions.

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Taylor & Francis US

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0415469414

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Education in Contemporary Japan

Inequality and Diversity

By: Kaori Okano,Motonori Tsuchiya

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Education in Contemporary Japan

Inequality and Diversity

By: Kaori Okano,Motonori Tsuchiya

This book offers a balanced introduction to and examination of contemporary Japanese education. The postwar system of schooling has led to some unfavorable developments such as excessively competitive exams, stifling uniformity and an undervaluing of non-Japanese ethnicity. This book examines the main developments of modern schooling in Japan and includes analysis of the most recent reforms, presenting a new picture of the role of schooling for individuals and the wider society. Essential reading for students and educators alike.

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Book's by Kaori Okano

Education in Contemporary Japan

Education in Contemporary Japan

School to Work Transition in Japan

School to Work Transition in Japan

Education and Social Justice in Japan

Education and Social Justice in Japan

Young Women in Japan

Young Women in Japan

Education and Social Justice in Japan

Education and Social Justice in Japan

School to Work Transition in Japan

School to Work Transition in Japan

Young Women in Japan

Young Women in Japan

Schooling in Changing Japan

Schooling in Changing Japan

Young Women in Japan

Young Women in Japan

Education in Contemporary Japan

Education in Contemporary Japan

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