What We Should and Should Not Learn from the Japanese and Other East Asian Education Systems

Autor/in	Jeynes, William
Titel	What We Should and Should Not Learn from the Japanese and Other East Asian Education Systems
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 22 (2008) 6, S.900-927 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904807310042
Schlagwörter	Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Technology Transfer; Adoption (Ideas); International Educational Exchange; International Studies; Comparative Education; Educational Policy; Educational Philosophy; Acculturation; Cross Cultural Studies; Effective Schools Research; Asia; Japan; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Technologietransfer; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Internationaler Austausch; Internationaler Studiengang; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Akkulturation; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Schulforschung; Asien; USA
Abstract	The author argues that there is an ongoing debate among educators concerning the extent to which American educators can learn from East Asian school systems. Some social scientists argue that cultural differences make this impossible. Others argue that there are many ways that Americans can benefit. The author believes that both sides of this debate have a point. He therefore encourages educators to take a middle road. Learning from East Asian education systems is somewhat facilitated because in a number of respects, they were strongly and deliberately modeled after the Western educational rubric. Americans, in particular, were often at the forefront of developing East Asian education systems from the 1870s to the 1950s. However, there are cultural differences that limit the extent to which the United States can transfer various aspects of the East Asian rubrics. Therefore, the author provides guidance on what that middle road might be. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10