Intense years : how Japanese adolescents balance school, family, and friends /
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| Author / Creator: | Fukuzawa, Rebecca. |
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| Imprint: | New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2001. |
| Description: | xiv, 135 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | RoutledgeFalmer studies in international and comparative education |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4449804 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Series Editor's Preface
- Introduction. Japan: A Dynamic Society
- Young Adolescents in and out of School
- The Study
- Chapter 1.. The Curriculum and Life in Classrooms
- The Middle School Curriculum
- In the Classroom--Lecture or Questioning?
- Shifting Toward Cramming
- Nonacademic Curriculum
- Out of Class but Still in School
- The Approach of Entrance Exams
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2.. Exams, Juku, and the Pressure to Advance in School
- Changing Enrollment and High School Entrance
- High School Entrance Exam
- Growth of Juku and Juku Enrollment
- Exam Hell
- Academic Pressure and Student Life: Finding a Balance
- Chapter 3.. The Ideal of Education: A "Family Community"
- Shudan Seikatsu
- Gakkyuzukuri
- Life Guidance versus Student Guidance
- Conclusion: Changing Patterns
- Chapter 4.. Peers and Friendships: Groups and Expanding Social Network
- Friends, Friends, Friends
- Personality Types and Adolescent Subculture
- Student Groups and Cliques
- Organizational Effects on Friendship Formation
- Attractiveness and Dating
- Dating
- Preparing for Goodbye: Friendships and Academic Aspirations
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5.. The Cultural Role of "Teacher"
- Tannin-sensei: The Foundation of the School
- The Grade: Bonding across Classes
- Sections, Committees, and Departments
- Intersecting Worlds
- Chapter 6.. Adjustment: Problems in School
- The Onset of a Problem Age
- School Refusal Syndrome
- Ochikobore
- School Violence
- Ijime
- Taibatsu/Kanri Kyoiku
- Conclusion: Adolescent Problems and the Breakdown of the Classroom
- Chapter 7.. Family Relations and the School
- Parental Supervisions and Control
- Family Time and School Time
- Parental Expectations for Schooling
- Parental Involvement in the School
- Home Support and Ky[left angle bracket]o[right angle bracket]iku Mama
- Studying and Parental Attitudes
- Family Problems
- Social Aspirations and Relations with Teachers
- Impact of Counseling Placement: Identification with Parents
- Conclusion
- Conclusion. The Changing Conditions of Adolescent Lives
- Changes in the Family
- From Social Development to Academic Preparation
- Increasing Significance of Social Class
- Toward a "Western" Life Course and Adolescence
- Precarious Balance
- Japanese Terms
- References
- Index