Dragon gate: competitive examinations and their consequences
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1. Verfasser: Zeng, Kangmin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Cassell 1999
Schriftenreihe:Frontiers of international education
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes; List of tables; List of figures; 1 Introduction; 2 A comparative history of university entrance examinations: to the end of the Japanese Empire; 3 A comparative history of university entrance examinations: from 1945 to now; 4 What kind of exams? Questions of world history and mathematics in the three countries; 5 The cram world: why so large in East Asia?; 6 With help from the gods: prayer, luck and spiritual strength: the desecularization of entrance exam systems; 7 Time, effort and money: mobilizing private resources to gain social status
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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 366 pages)
ISBN:1847143423
9781847143426
9780304700158
0304700150

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