Britain's Educational Reform: A Comparison with Japan
Author:   Mike Howarth
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415038508


Pages:   218
Publication Date:   01 November 1990
Format:   Hardback
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Britain's Educational Reform: A Comparison with Japan


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The Education Reform Act has introduced massive change to the British education system, in part to make Britain more competitive. This book examines the reforms from the perspective of the Japanese education system and its contribution to that country's economic success. Questions are raised about comparative standards of educational attainment in the two countries and about the content and structure of education, highlighting dimensions missing from Britain's proposed reforms, but already present in Japan. The book questions some of Britain's idiosyncratic notions of education: the highly structured, early differentiation of the learning programme according to pupil ability, the elitism of A-level, the work-related objectives of TVEI and the historical shaping of our attitudes to education, training, industry and work.

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Author:   Mike Howarth
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415038508


ISBN 10:   0415038502
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   01 November 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Background to Change 2. The Statistics of Difference 3. Elements Missing from the Educational Reforms 4. Examinations and Progression Through the System 5. The National Curriculum 6. Vocationalism in Schools 7. Attitudes 8. The Economic Objectives of Education and Training

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`Thought-provoking...' - Oxford Review of Education


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