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Publication Date: 1988
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Institutionalised Supplementary Education in Japan: The Yobiko and Ronin Student Adaptations.
Tsukada, Mamoru
Comparative Education, v24 n3 p285-303 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' self-concepts. (TES)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation, High School Graduates, Post High School Guidance, Postsecondary Education, Selective Admission, Self Concept, Student Placement, Student Subcultures, Supplementary Education, Track System (Education)
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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