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Other Japanese Educations and Japanese Education Otherwise. Review Essay
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Takayama, Keita – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2011
Education in the United States was in a state of "crisis" at the time of the 1983 release of "A Nation at Risk," the landmark report on the US education reform. This was the time when the rising Japanese economy started threatening the post-war US economic dominance and conservative figures such as Ronald Reagan gained popular…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Ethnography, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Formative Assessment: Possibilities, Boundaries and Limitations
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Elwood, Jannette – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, 2006
This review essay describes in detail two recent publications: "Formative Assessment: Improving Learning in Secondary Classrooms" (Centre for Educational Research and Innovation [CERI], 2005, Paris, OECD) and "Towards Coherence Between Classroom Assessment and Accountability" ("The 103rd Yearbook of the National Society…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Formative Evaluation, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Inside Japanese Education: A Review of White's The Japanese Educational Challenge and Stevenson, Azuma, and Hakuta's Child Development and Education in Japan.
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Foorman, Barbara R. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Reviews two recent books that place the discussion of Japanese education within the social and psychological context of Japanese culture. One book depicts Japanese society's commitment to children; the other explores conceptual and empirical issues related to U.S.-Japanese comparative studies in child development. (RH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Educational Practices