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Education and equality in Japan / William K. Cummings.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cummings, William K., author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 869
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Japan--History--1945-.
- Education.
- Educational equalization--Japan--History--20th century.
- Educational equalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 problems of the advanced industrial world.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691100883
- 0691100888
- 9780691643151
- 0691643156
- 9781400853717
- 1400853710
- 9780691615776
- 0691615772
- OCLC:
- 884013645
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