Windows on Japanese Education

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The fact that Japanese students consistently outperform other nationalities on international tests of educational achievement has made the Japanese educational system a leading topic for media attention and evaluative study. This volume is a collection of essays by Japanese and American scholars in the field of Japanese education that presents a systematic overview of this system, its strengths and its weaknesses. Topics ranging from the history of Japanese education and its recent reform campaign to the methods used to teach pre-schoolers and elementary students, women, teachers and engineers are the primary focus of this study. Each contributor writes both within his or her own speciality and with a view to those political, social and economic factors that affect the Japanese educational climate. A look to the future of Japanese higher edcation, as well as guidelines that can benefit educationals systems in other countries conclude the work.

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EDWARD R. BEAUCHAMP is Professor of Historical and Comparative Studies in Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is the author of An American Teacher in Early Meiji Japan, Learning to Be Japanese, and Dissertations in the History of Education, as well as articles in the History of Education Quarterly. Dr. Beauchamp co-edited Educational Policies in Crisis: Japanese and American Perspectives (Praeger, 1986), Education in Japan: A Sourcebook, and Foreign Employees in 19th Century Japan.