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Yokoyama, Keiko – Policy Futures in Education, 2008
The study scrutinizes the rationale behind higher education policy change in England and Japan, giving attention to stakeholders' perspective and legitimacy, policy network, and policy sphere. It argues that change in higher education policy in England and Japan towards being more market-oriented in the 1980s (England) and the 1990s (Japan) can…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change
Inoguchi, Takashi; Fujii, Seiji – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This study is part of a collaborative project examining the quality of life in Confucian societies in Asia. Our major findings suggest that, when our sixteen specific life domains are grouped into three life spheres, namely, material, post-material, and public, the Japanese people tend to be most satisfied with the post-material sphere of life and…
Descriptors: Asians, Family Income, Educational Attainment, Quality of Life

Becker, Carl B. – National Forensic Journal, 1983
The author, a Fulbright Lecturer at Osaka University, discusses debate in Japan and the Japanese value system with its deference to age and authority. (PD)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Debate, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
Shimada, Kazunori; Moriyama, Jun; Matsuura, Masashi – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2007
The purpose of this study is to analyze the structure of industrial high school students' self-concepts. The survey was conducted on 1,040 industrial high school students in Japan. A factor analysis was carried out, and five factors were identified: F1, attitude toward self-discipline; F2, attitude toward career development; F3, attitude toward…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Social Values, Skill Development
Kitagawa, Haruo – Moral Education Forum, 1988
Describes the nature and scope of Japan's Institute of Moralogy (IOM), created in 1926. States that the goals of IOM emphasize individuality, life-long learning, and adaptation to social change, which includes contributing to the welfare of international society. Discusses the history, philosophy, and current activities of moralogists. (GEA)
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Foreign Countries, Individualism, Lifelong Learning
Lutes, John W. – A.C.E.H.I. Journal, 1987
Common experiences of Japanese children and adults with hearing loss are presented and strategies for enhancing socialization, self-concept, self-acceptance, public attitudes, education, employment, hearing aids, and society values and services are explored. (Author/VW)
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Self Concept
Wojtan, Linda S. – Southwestern Journal of Social Education, 1984
Describes the history and cultural roots of the Japanese system of education. Explores salient aspects of the system, its values and objectives and draws comparisons to the United States education system. Identifies those aspects of the Japanese system which are adaptable and worthy of emulation in the U. S. schools. (JDH)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education

Kanaya, Toshio – Community College Review, 1979
Examines three causes for Japan's high literacy rate: (1) emphasis on literacy in Japanese society; (2) pervasive effect of the modern Japanese school system; (3) special structural features of the Japanese language which aid in functional use. (DR)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Japanese, Language Typology
LeVine, Robert A.; White, Merry I. – 1986
Based on anthropological and historical inquiry, this book proposes and illustrates a new approach to the comparative analysis of educational policy. It investigates cultural conceptions of human potential as they inform social and economic goals of education by reviewing the transitions of Western countries, Japan, and the People's Republic of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Educational Policy

Cheng, Kai-ming – Peabody Journal of Education, 1998
Describes the cultural origins of East Asian educational values and practices, contrasting characteristics of East Asian and Western education; arguing that differences in cultural values carry over into educational values, policies, and practices; and cautioning that with the current global diffusion of educational policies, it is important to…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Exchange, Educational Attitudes
White, Merry I., Ed.; Pollak, Susan, Ed. – 1986
This book makes available a wide variety of cultural perspectives on education and on economic and social progress. It will help anyone concerned with these issues to overcome the North American and European bias which is all too common in dealing with the Third World and Japan. The focus is on three main questions: (1) How does the culture…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Educational Anthropology, Foreign Countries
Kamitsuka, Arthur Jun – 1968
This study concentrated on developing a conceptual scheme for adapting participation training, an adult education approach based on democratic concepts and practices, to the Three Love Movement (Love of God, Love of Soil, Love of Man) in Japan. (This Movement is an outgrowth of Protestant folk schools.) While democratization is an aim, the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Democratic Values, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Objectives
Matsuura, Shojiro – Moral Education Forum, 1988
Discusses the moral education at Reitaku High School (Chiba-ken, Japan) which emphasizes the constant improvement of each person's character. Outlines the five basic goals of the school, describing the three major methods used to achieve them: group instruction, moral education through the influence of character, and moral education in the…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Ethical Instruction

Armstrong, David G. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1976
An attempt to impose Western values on Japan through the education system after World War II had no lasting success after the withdrawal of western occupation troops. (JD)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Educational Change

Hiratsuka, Masunori – Journal of Moral Education, 1980
This article traces the historical development of the Japanese nation with respect to the education, character, and spirit of its people. Changes in educational thought in the post-World War II period are discussed and indication made of the active interest in and current provisions for moral education in Japanese schools. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Curriculum, Educational History, Educational Policy