Japanese Higher Education as Myth [Hardcover]

In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese quality education , McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.1. Introduction: The Potemkin Factor 2. Myths, Mendacity, and Methodology 3. State, Nation, Capital, and Examinations: The Shattering of Knowledge 4. Gazing and Guiding: Japan's Education-Examination Regime 5. Schooling for Silence: The Sociopsychology of Student Apathy 6. Japanese Higher Education as Simulated Schooling 7. Self-Orientalism through Occidentalism: How English and Foreigners Nationalize Japanese Students 8. Playing Dumb : Students Who Pretend Not to Know 9. Lessons Learned in Higher Education 10. The Price of Simulated Schooling and Reform Appendix A B C