Japanese Education in an Era of Globalization: Culture, Politics, and Equity

by Gary DeCoker and Christopher Bjork

This volume documents the significant changes that have occurred in Japanese schools since the collapse of that nation's economic bubble. Before the recession, Japan was the country that most educational reformers sought to emulate due to its students' performance on standardized tests. Now, however, a different and more complicated picture of the Japanese education system emerges. This book places Japanese education in a global context, with particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807754234
• ISBN13: 9780807754238
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"