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Willis, David B. – 1986
This case study of 215 high school students in Columbia Academy, an international school in Kobe, Japan, was conducted from 1980 to 1985 to examine the values students hold in relation to their demographic characteristics. The study, written by a faculty member of this school who also served on the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnocentrism, Foreign Students, International Education

Tsukada, Mamoru – Comparative Education, 1988
Examines yobiko, Japanese supplementary education system which prepares high school graduates who didn't pass college entrance examinations (ronin students) to retake tests. Examines ways yobiko tracks and places graduates. Examines system's relations to high-school tracking and subcultures. Examines current reforms and yobiko's impact on ronins'…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
Willis, David B. – 1987
This anecdotal ethnography describes the student culture at Columbia Academy, an international school in Kobe, Japan. The paper begins by contrasting the affluence of Columbia Academy and its students with the relative austerity of a nearby Japanese middle school. The paper follows a typical day at Columbia, and describes the nationalities of the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Educational Anthropology, Educational Environment