Considering Equity in Basic Education Reform in Japan from the Perspective of Private Costs of Education

Autor/in	Nishimura, Mikiko
Titel	Considering Equity in Basic Education Reform in Japan from the Perspective of Private Costs of Education
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 7 (2006) 2, S.205-217 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Equal Education; Educational Change; Costs; Supplementary Education; Educational Finance; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Cost; Kosten; Ergänzungsunterricht; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	It is widely acknowledged that the private costs of education occupy a substantial part of the overall education cost and thus they have implications for quality and equity in education. The case of Japan demonstrates that access to basic education at junior high school level is unequal and inequitable when considering private costs of education borne within and outside the school system. It was also found that household spending on supplementary education in public schools is likely to be determined by local implementation of education reforms. Current education reform with its absence of financial and technical support to schools under the guise of deregulation does not seem to generate good levels of choice nor does it seem to sustain quality and equity in education. (Contains 4 figures, 2 tables, and 3 endnotes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10