JAPANESE HIGHER EDUCATION AS MYTH
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JAPANESE HIGHER EDUCATION AS MYTH (ebook)

BRIAN J. MCVEIGH

$1,160.00
IVA incluido
Editorial:
ROUTLEDGE
Materia
EDUCACION
ISBN:
9781317467021
Páginas:
317
Formato:
Epublication content package
Idioma:
Inglés
DRM
Si

In this dismantling of the myth of Japanese "quality education", McVeigh investigates the consequences of what happens when statistical and corporatist forces monopolize the purpose of schooling and the boundary between education and employment is blurred.

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