A01=Gerald K. LeTendre
achievement motivation theory
adolescent
Adolescent Suicide
American Education
American Education Research
American Middle School
Assistant Language Teachers
Author_Gerald K. LeTendre
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classroom diversity studies
classrooms
comparative
comparative pedagogy
cross-cultural learning research
Dark Side
education
educational policy analysis
educators
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Exam Preparation
Family School Cooperation
Foreign Educational Systems
Instructional Load
International Test Score
japan's
Japan's Schools
japanese
Japanese Classrooms
Japanese Education
Japanese Middle Schools
Japanese Preschool
Japanese Schools
Japanese Teachers
Jet Program
myths about Japanese education
Paper Cranes
school
suicide
Taisaku Honbu
Talk Show Viewing Audiences
teacher work norms
teachers
TIMSS Study
Vice Versa
Youth Suicide
Product details
- ISBN 9781138991545
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this book the authors systematically address the most common stereotypes or myths about Japanese education that are currently being circulated in the popular press, teaching magazines and educational research journals. The authors show how arguments about Japan are used to further political ends within the American educational debate. Some of the myths that the book debunks are Japan's high adolescent suicide rate. LeTendre and Zeng show that adolescent suicide among males is now twice as high in the U.S. as in Japan. Tsuchida and Lewis take on the myth of Japanese classrooms as crowded places centered on rote-learning--providing detailed evidence as to why Japanese students may indeed have an "edge" in math. McConnell uses Japan's highly successful foreign language program to deconstruct images of "Japan Inc."--showing the highly fractious and bitter political debates that occur in Japan. Yang provides data on differences in Japanese and American teachers' work roles--showing that differences in the two educational systems are not simply due to "cultural" differences, but have a basis in educational policy and school organization. Shimizu offers an alternative view of achievement motivation among Japanese students based on in-depth interviews with Japanese teens.
