Marshall, Byron K.
Boulder : Westview Press, 1994.
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Part of the series New perspectives on Asian history;New perspectives on Asian history.
Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-304) and index.
- 1. Clarifying loyalty and filial piety: 1800-1850s — 2. Knowledge from throughout the world: the reforms of the 1870s — 3. Assimilating the elements: 1879-1905 — 4. To liberate education from bureaucratic control: 1905-1931 — 5. Mobilizing the spirit of the nation: 1931-1945 — 6. Stamping out the bad, stamping in the new: 1945-1950 — 7. Warfare waged between the entrenched: 1950-1969 — 8. The challenge of a new era: 1970-1989 — 9. Our national identity as Japanese: post-Showa Japan.
- This broad historical survey assesses Japanese efforts to overcome dilemmas that are faced by all modern school systems. Marshall describes Japanese efforts to strike a balance between equality and excellence, individual creativity and team cooperation, standardization and innovation, and internationalism and cultural identity. The author also provides valuable historical perspective on such contemporary issues as gender and ethnicity.
Subjects:
- Education — Japan — History.
- Educational change — Japan.
- Schools — Centralization — Japan.
- Elite (Social sciences) — Education — Japan.
- Nationalism and education — Japan.
- Japan. fast (OCoLC)fst01204082
- History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
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