Re-evaluating education in Japan and Korea : demystifying stereotypes

Re-evaluating education in Japan and Korea : demystifying stereotypes / Hyunjoon Park.

"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, b...

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Main Author: Park, Hyunjoon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge studies in education and society in Asia.
Subjects:
Education > Japan.
Education > Korea.
Academic achievement > Japan.
Academic achievement > Korea.
Comparative education.
EDUCATION > General.
EDUCATION > Multicultural Education.
EDUCATION > Research.
EDUCATION > Comparative.
EDUCATION > History.
Academic achievement
Comparative education
Education
Japan
Korea
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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