The origins of Japanese credentialism
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Bibliographic Information
The origins of Japanese credentialism
（Japanese society series）
Trans Pacific Press, 2011
- : hbk
- Other Title
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Kyōiku to senbatsu no shakaishi
教育と選抜の社会史
Available at 15 libraries
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Library of Education, National Institute for Educational Policy Research
: hbk.371.3||145.1121100570
Note
"Prefaced by Ronald Dore"--Cover
Includes bibliographical reference and index
Contents of Works
- CV:教育と選抜の社会史 : 学歴主義の起源
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this English translation of a semi-classic study, readers have the opportunity to explore the manner in which both credentialism and the various levels of the modern education system have developed in Japan.
Professor Ikuo Amano, the author of extensive works on Japanese education and examination systems, takes the reader through a detailed analysis of the process by which education and academic qualifications have become the crucial factors in determining social position. Using Japan as a concrete example of an industrial society thoroughly permeated by credentialism, Amano's book makes explicit the relationship between social selection and education, and, in so doing, points the way to why credentialism has come to dominate industrial societies.
The book also includes a comparative consideration of the development of education, qualification, and selection mechanisms in both Japan and Europe.
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