The Japanese high school : silence and resistance

The Japanese high school : silence and resistance / Shoko Yoneyama.

This book describes the Japanese high school as experiencd by the students themselves: a perspective which has largely been ignored until now.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yoneyama, Shoko
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Series:Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
Subjects:
Education, Secondary > Japan.
Education, Secondary > Australia.
High school students > Japan > Attitudes.
High school students > Australia > Attitudes.
Teacher-student relationships > Japan.
Teacher-student relationships > Australia.
Educational sociology > Japan.
Educational change > Japan.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
Education, Secondary
Educational change
Educational sociology
High school students > Attitudes
Teacher-student relationships
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Australia
Japan
Japan.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Japanese students in crisis
  • 2. Methodology and comparative problems
  • pt. 1. Control: the structure of silence
  • 3. Student-teacher relationships: the alienation paradigm
  • 4. Discipline and punishment: dehumanisation
  • 5. School rules: the web of regimentation
  • 6. Achievement pressure and the meaning of study
  • pt. 2. Responses: conformity and resistance
  • 7. Ijime: the price of super-conformity
  • 8. Tōkōkyohi: burnout and resistance.

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