Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 366 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781847143426
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9780304700158
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0304700150
Series Statement:
Frontiers of international education
Content:
This text examines the enormous pressure placed on University students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan which have led to the rapid expansion of the "cramming" industry and to a growing number of students looking to religion and spirituality for guidance. The book examines the issue of the rise in youth suicides, and the dramatic rise in levels of cheating; both raising fundamental questions about the education system in the late 1990s
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes; List of tables; List of figures; 1 Introduction; 2 A comparative history of university entrance examinations: to the end of the Japanese Empire; 3 A comparative history of university entrance examinations: from 1945 to now; 4 What kind of exams? Questions of world history and mathematics in the three countries; 5 The cram world: why so large in East Asia?; 6 With help from the gods: prayer, luck and spiritual strength: the desecularization of entrance exam systems; 7 Time, effort and money: mobilizing private resources to gain social status
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8 The news media and the dark side of the exam systems9 Conclusion; Appendix: Key to abbreviated citations; References; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780304700158
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dragon Gate : Competitive Examinations and Their Consequences
Language:
English
URL:
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