基本説明
Recent violent events in schools, together with increasing drop-out rates and bullying are undermining stereotypes about the effectiveness of the Japanese education system.
Full Description
For large numbers of school students in Japan school has become a battle field. Recent violent events in schools, together with increasing drop-out rates and bullying are undermining stereotypes about the effectiveness of the Japanese education system. This incisive and original book looks at Japanese high school from a student perspective and contextualises this educational turmoil within the broader picture of Japans troubled economic and political life.
Contents
Chapter 1 Japanese students in crisis; Chapter 2 Methodology and comparative problems; Part 1 Control: the structure of silence; Chapter 3 Student-teacher relationships: the alienation paradigm; Chapter 4 Discipline and punishment: dehumanisation; Chapter 5 School rules: the web of regimentation; Chapter 6 Achievement pressure and the meaning of study; Part 2 Responses: conformity and resistance; Chapter 7 Ijime: the price of super-conformity; Chapter 8 Tokokyohi: Burnout and Resistance; Chapter 9 Conclusion;