Imperial Subjects as Global Citizens: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Education in Japan Contributor(s): Lincicome, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739131141 ISBN-13: 9780739131145 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $57.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: This book offers a new perspective on Japanese educational policy reforms that have been enacted under the guise of internationalization since the late 1980s. Current policy agendas are contextualized within the framework of repeated attempts to internationalize education (kyoiku no kokusaika) in Japan. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 379.52 |
LCCN: 2008044671 |
Series: Asiaworld |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 242 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Lincicome offers a new perspective on Japanese educational debates and policy reforms that have taken place under the guise of internationalization since the mid-1980s. By contextualizing these developments within a historical framework spanning the entire twentieth century, he challenges the argument put forward by education officials, conservative politicians, and their supporters in the academy and the business world that history offers no guide for addressing the educational challenges that face contemporary Japan. Combining diachronic and synchronic approaches, Lincicome analyzes repeated attempts throughout the twentieth century to Ointernationalize educationO (/kyoiku no kokusaika/) in Japan. This comparison reveals important similarities that transcend educational policy to encompass Japanese conceptions of individual, national, and international identity; relations between the individual, the nation, the state, and the international community; and the type of education best suited to negotiating multiple identities among the next generation of Japanese subject-citizens. |