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Transnational competence : rethinking the U.S.-Japan educational relationship / edited by John N. Hawkins, William K. Cummings.
Van Pelt Library LB2376.3.J3 T72 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series, frontiers in education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign study--Japan.
- Foreign study.
- American students--Japan.
- American students.
- Teachers, Foreign--Japan.
- Teachers, Foreign.
- Education, Higher--United States--International cooperation.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Japan--International cooperation.
- International cooperation.
- United States--Relations--Japan.
- United States.
- Relations.
- Japan.
- Japan--Relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 205 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- Born out of a bilateral project between distinguished scholars in Japan and the United States, Transnational Competence provides a definitive and comprehensive study of the status of relations between these two countries in an educational context.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Exchanges in a Borderless World Economy / Richard J. Wood 1
- Part 1 The Challenge
- 1. Transnationalism and Transnational Competence / William K. Cummings 7
- 2. The Knowledge Network / Philip G. Altbach, Toru Umakoshi 25
- 3. Foreign Language Education / Kazue Masuyama 41
- Part 2 Educational Exchanges
- 4. An Overview of Cultural and Educational Exchanges / Akimasa Mitsuta, Peggy Blumenthal 59
- 5. Sister City and High School Exchanges / Yoshiya Abe, Roberta Wollons 77
- 6. Collegiate Exchanges / John N. Hawkins, Yoshiro Tanaka, Tina Yamano Nishida 95
- 7. Technological Exchanges / William K. Cummings, Shigeru Nakayama 107
- Part 3 Transnational Competence and Japan
- 8. Japan's Role in Transnational Education / Yoshiya Abe 127
- 9. A New Focus for Japan / Shigeru Nakayama, Yoshiro Tanaka 141
- Conclusion: Redesigning the U.S.-Japan Linkage / John N. Hawkins 159.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 079144631X
- 0791446328
- OCLC:
- 43757454
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