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Description
This course has four major goals: 1) to provide a descriptive and analytic introduction to Japanese education (kindergarten through university) in the post World War II era; 2) to introduce fundamental concepts from the sociology of education; 3) to identify what is distinctive about Japanese education through comparison and contrast with British and American education; 4) to broaden the international perspective of students by using British-Japanese comparisons as a counter to the more commonly used US-Japanese comparisons.
Format
Lectures supplemented by slides and other visual materials.
Grading and Required Work
One short essay (five pages or less) on a topic within the course rubric; one final examination.
Text
Motonori TSUCHIYA and Kaori Okano, Education in Contemporary Japan: Inequality and Diversity (Cambridge, 1999).
Readings
Supplementary and alternative readings will be given for specific topics.
Session |
Lecture topics |
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1 |
Introduction to the course – Whatfs interesting about Japanese education? |
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2 |
The historical development of education in Japan contrasted with the US and Britain |
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3 |
Foreign studies of Japanese education – an historical overview |
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4 |
The structure and provision of education in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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5 |
Pre-school in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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6 |
Primary schools and education in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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7 |
Becoming a teacher in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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8 |
Secondary schools and education in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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9 |
Minorities and education in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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10 |
Gender and education in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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11 |
Elites, social mobility and education in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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12 |
College entrance in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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13 |
Graduate education in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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14 |
Recent educational reform movements in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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15 |
Technology and education in Japan, the US, and Britain |
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