Globalization and Japanese Exceptionalism in Education Insiders Views into a Changing System 1st Edition by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi (Editor) 1138915351 9781138915350

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• ISBN 10:1138915351
• ISBN 13:9781138915350
• Author: Ryoko Tsuneyoshi

Globalization is the most common overriding characteristic of our time, with societies all over the world struggling to change their educational systems to meet what are perceived to be the needs of globalization. This book provides an insider’s account of how the Japanese educational system is trying to meet that challenge while placing the developments in a larger international context. Distinguishing itself from other books in the same genre, this volume (1) brings in the diversity of insiders‘ reactions concerning globalization reform in education, while placing such actions in the larger international context, and (2) covers a wide span of education (elementary to higher education) and shows how the globalization reforms as a whole are affecting Japanese education. With a focus on insiders’ accounts, this book brings in information that is little known outside of Japan. It also links globalization processes in Japanese society, school education and higher education, accounting for similarities and differences across educational levels, providing insight into the multifaceted processes affecting the Japanese education system.

Table contents:

1 Introduction
2 “Exceptionalism” in Japanese education and its implications
3 Japan’s challenge in fostering global human resources: policy debates and practices
4 Global citizenship education in Asia
Section II Globalization and the multicultural challenge in Japan
5 From high school abroad to college in Japan: the difficulties of the Japanese returnee experience
6 Breaking in or dropping out? Filipina immigrant girls envisioning alternative lives in a globalized world
7 Transition from university to work in Japan: approaching experiences of international students
Section III Case studies in meeting the global and multicultural challenge
8 The University of Tokyo PEAK program: venues into the challenges faced by Japanese universities
9 Developing human resource for a multicultural coexistence society: a case study of Gunma University–Gunma Prefecture Cooperation Project “Multicultural Community Advancement Officers” certificate program
Section IV The issues revisited
10 Why does cultural diversity matter? Korean higher education in comparative perspective
11 Globalization or Anglicization? A dilemma of English-language teaching in Japan
12 Japanese schooling and the global and multicultural challenge

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