Education Policy and Equal Opportunity in Japan /

Education Policy and Equal Opportunity in Japan / / Akito Okada.

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In many societies today, educational aims or goals are commonly characterized in terms of “equality,” “equal opportunity,” “equal access” or “equal rights,” the underlying assumption being that “equality” in some form is an intelligible and sensible educational ideal. Yet, there are different views...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Okada, Akito,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Asia-Pacific Studies: Past and Present ; 4
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Physical Description:1 online resource (218 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES AND TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • NOTES ON STYLE
  • JAPANESE TERMS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 THE INITIAL APPLICATION OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN JAPAN, 1868–1944
  • 2 THE INITIAL POSITION OF THE CONCEPT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION, 1945–1950
  • 3 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION, 1951–1959
  • 4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY UNDER THE HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH PERIOD, 1960S–1970S
  • 5 FROM HUMAN CAPITAL TO MARKET VALUES IN EDUCATION, 1980S–PRESENT DAY
  • 6 EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
  • CONCLUSION
  • Appendix 1 THE JAPANESE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN 1937
  • Appendix 2 THE JAPANESE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE 1980S
  • Appendix 3 THE JAPANESE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN 2008
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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