Education policy and equal opportunity in Japan. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Akito Okada.
• Authors: Okada, Akito, 1967-
• Contents: Education Policy and Equal Opportunity in Japan; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES ON STYLE; JAPANESE TERMS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE INITIAL APPLICATION OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN JAPAN, 1868-1944; 2. THE INITIAL POSITION OF THE CONCEPT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION, 1945-1950; 3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION, 1951-1959; 4. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY UNDER THE HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH PERIOD, 1960s-1970s; 5. FROM HUMAN CAPITAL TO MARKET VALUES IN EDUCATION, 1980s-PRESENT DAY. 6. EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANCONCLUSION; Appendix 1. THE JAPANESE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN 1937; Appendix 2. THE JAPANESE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE 1980S; Appendix 3. THE JAPANESE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN 2008; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: New York, New York Oxford, England : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (213 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 371.2/070952; Educational planning -- Japan; Educational equalization -- Japan; Education and state -- Japan; Education and state -- Japan; Educational equalization -- Japan; Educational planning -- Japan; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Education and state; Educational equalization; Educational planning; Japan; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857452689; 0857452681; 1306548004; 9781306548007
• Related ISBNs: 9780857452672
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.