| Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation: A Comparative Analysis of Post-War Education Reform Contributor(s): Shibata, Masako (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739111493 ISBN-13: 9780739111499 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation explores the reconstruction of education in both countries after World War II. In Japan large-scale reforms were undertaken swiftly after the nation's surrender, whereas in the U.S. Zone of Germany most of the traditional aspects of education were maintained. Masako Shibata argues that differences in the role of the university and in the pattern of elite formation, traceable back to the beginnings of Meiji Japan and the Kaiserreich created the conditions for the diverging approaches of the Japanese and German leaders to the adoption of foreign educational patterns during the Occupation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - Education | Comparative - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 370.952 |
| LCCN: 2005006550 |
| Series: Studies of Modern Japan |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.32" W x 9.3" (1.23 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focusing on the post war reconstruction of the education systems in Japan and Germany under U.S. military occupation after World War II, this book offers a comparative historical investigation of education reform policies in these two war ravaged and ideologically compromised countries. While in Japan large-scale reforms were undertaken swiftly after the end of the war, the U.S. zone in Germany maintained most of the traditional aspects of the German education system. Why did Japan so readily accept ideas and values developed in the allied countries while Germany resisted? Masako Shibata explores this question, arguing that the role of the university and the pattern of elite formation, which can be traced back to the period of the formation of Meiji Japan and the Kaiserreich, created the conditions for differing reactions from educational leaders in each country; this had a decisive impact on the proposed reforms. By examining these reactions through a sociological, cultural, and historical frame, an explanation emerges. Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation will prove to be a valuable resource both to scholars of history and education reform. |