International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world. Understandably this has attracted many policymakers and researchers seeking to emulate this success, but it has also attracted strong criticism and a range of misconceptions of the Japanese and Korean education systems. Directly challenging these misconceptions, which are prevalent in both academic and public discourses, this book seeks to provide a more nuanced view of the Japanese and Korean education systems.…mehr
International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world. Understandably this has attracted many policymakers and researchers seeking to emulate this success, but it has also attracted strong criticism and a range of misconceptions of the Japanese and Korean education systems. Directly challenging these misconceptions, which are prevalent in both academic and public discourses, this book seeks to provide a more nuanced view of the Japanese and Korean education systems.
Hyunjoon Park is the Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Sociology and Education at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Data and Educational Systems 3. Demystifying the stereotype - Do Japanese and Korean schools make talented students mediocre? 4. Demystifying the stereotype - do Japanese and Korean students achieve high test scores at the expense of creativity? 5. Demystifying the stereotype - are high test scores of Japanese and Korean students due to 'shadow education'? 6. Demystifying the stereotype - are Japanese and Korean schools homogenous? 7. Conclusion - the troubling turn
1. Introduction 2. Data and Educational Systems 3. Demystifying the stereotype - Do Japanese and Korean schools make talented students mediocre? 4. Demystifying the stereotype - do Japanese and Korean students achieve high test scores at the expense of creativity? 5. Demystifying the stereotype - are high test scores of Japanese and Korean students due to 'shadow education'? 6. Demystifying the stereotype - are Japanese and Korean schools homogenous? 7. Conclusion - the troubling turn
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