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Dragon Gates: Competitive Examinations and Their Consequences
Kangmin Zeng
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Description for Dragon Gates: Competitive Examinations and Their Consequences
Hardcover. Examining the enormous pressure placed on University students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, this text looks at the rapid expansion of the "cramming" industry, the rise in levels of cheating and in youth suicides which has led to a growing number of students looking to religion and spirituality. Series: Frontiers of International Education S. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1FPJ; 1FPK; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM; JKSB1; JNK; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
This text examines the enormous pressure placed on University students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan which have led to the rapid expansion of the cramming industry and to a growing number of students looking to religion and spirituality for guidance. The book examines the issue of the rise in youth suicides, and the dramatic rise in levels of cheating; both raising fundamental questions about the education system in the late 1990s.
This text examines the enormous pressure placed on University students in Japan, Korea and Taiwan which have led to the rapid expansion of the cramming industry and to a growing number of students looking to religion and spirituality for guidance. The book examines the issue of the rise in youth suicides, and the dramatic rise in levels of cheating; both raising fundamental questions about the education system in the late 1990s.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. London
Number of pages
386
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Series
Frontiers of International Education S.
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780304700158
SKU
KRS0003911
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