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Education in Japan : a comprehensive analysis of education reforms and practices by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…1 Background and context of education system in Japan -- Part 1 The education system in Japan -- 2 Primary and Secondary Education -- 3 Higher education in Japan: Its uniqueness and historical development -- 4 Restructuring of social education and lifelong learning, and community governance -- 5 National and local educational administration -- Part 2 Educational issues in Japan -- 6 The relationship between teachers' working conditions and teacher quality -- 7 Lesson study -- 8 Teacher narrative description -- 9 A history of schools and local communities in modern Japan -- 10 Background of "Individualised Meritocracy" among Japanese youth: Social circulation model of post-war Japan and its collapse -- 11 Discussing the "Multicultural" in Japanese society -- 12 Higher education reform: Focusing on national university reform -- 13 English language teaching and learning in Japan: History and prospect -- 14 Safety education from the perspective of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) -- Postscript: Toward education that truly enhances people's wellbeing.…”
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The Japanese educational challenge : a commitment to children by White, Merry I., 1941-

Subjects: “…Education Japan 1965-…”

Japanese education today : a report from the U.S. Study of Education in Japan by U.S. Study of Education in Japan, United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement

Subjects: “…Education Japan.…”

Education in contemporary Japan by Beauchamp, Edward R., 1933-

Subjects: “…Education Japan.…”

Tokugawa Confucian education : the Kangien Academy of Hirose Tansō (1782-1856) by Kassel, Marleen

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The educational system in Japan : case study findings by National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment (U.S.)

Subjects: “…Education Japan Evaluation Case studies.…”
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Educating hearts and minds : reflections on Japanese preschool and elementary education by Lewis, Catherine C.

Contents: “…A brief background on Japan's educational system -- The preschool experience: play, community, reflection -- The whole child goes to elementary school -- The small group: a home base for children -- The roots of discipline: community and commitment -- Discipline: how peers and teachers manage misbehavior -- Learning and caring -- What is a successful school?…”
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The Japanese education system : a case study summary and analysis by Wu, Angela

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Japanese education in crisis by ABC International, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

Contents: “…Japan's Education System: Fierce Competition (2:54) -- Cram School: A Japanese Institution (2:04) -- Japanese Social Withdrawal: "Hikikomori" (4:09) -- Japanese Economic Competition: Defeated by Pressure (2:24) -- Young Generation Out of Control (2:40) -- Japanese Education Reform (2:49) -- Japan's Lost Generation (1:35)…”
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Geography education in Japan by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Outline of Geography Education in Japan -- Problems and Perspectives of Geography Education in Japanese Elementary Schools -- Current Status and Issues in Junior High School Geography Education -- Current Status and Issues in Senior High School Geography Education -- Textbook Approval System and Geography Textbooks in Japan -- Reconsidering Regional Geography Education in Japan -- The Current State and Issues of Field Research in Japanese Geographic Education -- Maps, Globes, Cognitive Space and Geographic Education in Japan -- Social Participation in the Community and Geography Education -- Geography Education as Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Japan -- Institutional Issues in Disaster Prevention and Geography Education in Elementary and Secondary Education in Japan -- University Geography Departments and the Teaching License in Japanese Geography Education -- The Association of Japanese Geographers? …”
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Management education in Japan by Kanbayashi, Norio, 1965-

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Creativity and Japanese education : report to the United States Study of Education in Japan, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Department of Education by Lewis, Catherine C.

Subjects: “…Education Japan.…”

Japanese education and the development of postwar educational policy, 1945-1985 by Beauchamp, Edward R., 1933-

Subjects: “…Education Japan History.…”
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International comparisons of expenditures for education by National Center for Education Statistics

Subjects: “…Education North America Finance Statistics.…”

Japanese and U.S. education compared by Beauchamp, Edward R., 1933-

Subjects: “…Education Japan.…”

Japanese higher education as myth by McVeigh, Brian J.

Contents: “…Introduction: the Potëmkin factor -- Myths, mendacity, and methodology -- State, nation, capital, and examinations: the shattering of knowledge -- Gazing and guiding: Japan's educatio-examination regime -- Schooling for science: the sociopsychology of student apathy -- Japanese higher education as simulated schooling -- Self-orientalism through occidentalism: how "english" and"foreigners" nationalize Japanese students -- "Playing dumb": students who pretend not to know -- Lessons learned in higher education -- The price of simulated schooling and "reform."…”
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Education and the Kyoto School of Philosophy : pedagogy for human transformation by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Negativity, Experience and Transformation: Educational Possibilities at the Margins of Experience -- Insights from the German Traditions of Philosophy of Education /…”
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Foreign language education in Japan : exploring qualitative approaches by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Homeland Education in a New Home: Japanese Government Policy and Its Local Implementation in a Weekend Japanese Language School in the United States -- Identity, Place, and Language: Conflict and Negotiation in the Writing of an English Textbook for Japanese Secondary School Students -- Stuck in between: English Language Environment for International Students and Skilled Foreign Workers in Japan -- Bringing a European Language Policy into a Japanese Educational Institution: The Contested Field of Institutional Foreign-Language Education Reform -- Effecting the "Local" by Invoking the "Global": State Educational Policy and English Language Immersion Education in Japan -- Cultures of Learning in Japanese EFL Classrooms: Student and Teacher Expectations -- Two Classes, Two Pronunciations: A Postmodern Understanding of Power in EFL Students' Classroom Performance -- Willingness to Communicate: The Effect of Conference Participation on Students' L2 Apprehension -- An Internship in Communicative English Teaching -- Afterword -- Appendix: Discussion Questions -- About the Authors -- Index.…”
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Disaster resilience of education systems : experiences from Japan by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Introduction -- Governance of the Education Sector and Risk Reduction -- Local Governance and School Disaster Education -- Disaster Prevention Education in the Japanese School Curricula in Recent Years -- Schools, Teachers, and Training in Risk Reduction after the 2011 Tohoku Disaster -- Curriculum of Maiko High School in Kobe -- Community Linkages and Disaster Risk Reduction Education -- School Disaster Resilience Assessment -- Training Project in Higher Education -- International cooperation -- Role of International NGOs in Education Sector Recovery in Japan -- International cooperation -- International cooperation -- Future Perspectives of Disaster Resilience of Education System in Japan and Abroad.…”
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Internationalization within higher education : perspectives from Japan by Stigger, Elizabeth, Wang, Marian, Laurence, David Ernst, Bordilovskaya, Anna

Contents: “…1 Introduction: Internationalization in higher Education -- 2 Trends in Access to Higher Education in Japan: One Institution's Responses -- 3 Contextualizing Internationalization in Higher Education: Study Abroad Programs for Global Human Resources Development -- 4 Internationalization of Higher Education in the Foreign Language Curriculum in Japan: A Teacher's Perspective on Compulsory English Discussion Course -- 5 On the Road to Achieving Communicative Abilities: Contextualizing Communicative Language Learning -- 6 Considering the Implications of Internationalization within Japanese Higher Education.…”
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