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The History of Modern Japanese Education: Constructing the National School System, 1872-1890
Benjamin Duke
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The History of Modern Japanese Education is the first account in English of the construction of a national school system in Japan, as outlined in the 1872 document, the Gakusei. Divided into three parts tracing decades of change, the book begins by exploring the feudal background for the Gakusei during the Tokugawa era which produced the initial leaders of modern Japan. Next, Benjamin Duke traces the Ministry of Education's investigations of the 1870s to determine the best western model for Japan, including the decision to adopt American teaching methods. He then goes on to cover the eventual "reverse course" sparked ... Read more
The History of Modern Japanese Education is the first account in English of the construction of a national school system in Japan, as outlined in the 1872 document, the Gakusei. Divided into three parts tracing decades of change, the book begins by exploring the feudal background for the Gakusei during the Tokugawa era which produced the initial leaders of modern Japan. Next, Benjamin Duke traces the Ministry of Education's investigations of the 1870s to determine the best western model for Japan, including the decision to adopt American teaching methods. He then goes on to cover the eventual "reverse course" sparked ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813569666
SKU
V9780813569666
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About Benjamin Duke
BENJAMIN DUKE is a professor emeritus of comparative and international education at the International Christian University in Tokyo. He is the author of several books on education in Japan.
Reviews for The History of Modern Japanese Education: Constructing the National School System, 1872-1890
"Duke tackles the thorniest issue in the making of modern Japan and...has written what has to be regarded as the definitive work on the book's topic. Essential."
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"Benjamin Duke has written a wonderfully detailed, well-structured and, above all, entertaining account of one of the most important periods in the development of Japanese Education."
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"Benjamin Duke has written a wonderfully detailed, well-structured and, above all, entertaining account of one of the most important periods in the development of Japanese Education."
Public Affairs
... Read more