1st Edition

Education and Schooling in Japan since 1945

Edited By Edward R. Beauchamp Copyright 1999
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

The best scholarship on the development of contemporary Japan This collection presents well over 100 scholarly articles on modern Japanese society, written by leading scholars in the field. These selections have been drawn from the most distinguished scholarly journals as well as from journals that are less well known among specialists; and the articles represent the best and most important... Read more
Volume Introduction, Reforming Education in Postwar Japan: American Planning for a Democratic Japan, 1943-1946, History Textbook Reform in Allied Occupied Japan, 1945-1952, Ienaga Saburo and the First Postwar Japanese History Textbook, Textbook Censorship in Japan: The Ienaga Case, The History of the Textbook Controversy, Language and Politics: The Reversal of Postwar Script Reform Policy in Japan, Lessons from the Kokugo (National Language) Readers, Education, Postwar Japanese Education: A History of Reform and Counterreform, What Is a Successful School?, Higher Education in Japan, Burakumin Protest: The Incident at Yoka High School, From School to Work in Japan, Linguistic Minorities and Education in Japan, Teacher Education Reform in Japan: Ideological and Control Issues, Japan's Juken Industry, The Role of the Education Mama, Among Friends: The Seductive Power of Bullying, The Role of the Japan-U.S. Relationship in Asia: The Case for Cultural Exchange, Acknowledgments

Biography

Edward R. Beaucamp