Learning Democracy in Japan: The Social Education of Japanese Adults - Hardcover

Thomas, J E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803997299 ISBN 13: 9780803997295

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1986

Synopsis

Professor Thomas has written the first book in English on the evolution of adult education in Japan, and its role in shaping a democratic society. He describes the rich range of adult education and, in the context of the sometimes turbulent Japanese history of social upheaval, he examines the relationship between adult education and social change. In particular, he asks whether Japanese adult education is connected with economic success.

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Review:

`There is no doubt that thematic consistency is very high in the book.... The book is worth a serious reading for its significant analysis and numerous penetrating comments on modern culture′ - Indian Journal of Social Science

`This book is both a valuable addition to our knowledge of adult education in other cultures and thought provoking about our own more immediate concerns′ - Adult Education

`a most important book on Japanese social education... Thomas analyses its present condition and historical background precisely, and bases his analysis on intensive practical research. I am convinced that this book will add enormously to the study of adult education in Japan and to comparative adult education′ - Professor Takamichi Uesugi, Kyoto University

`a pioneering and very interesting book... it fills out with living detail many of our unanswered questions about what kind of learning goes on after and around the schools′ and colleges′ rigid competitions; and it sets the whole complex in a context of historical and cultural continuity... the profound scholarship is plain for all to see′ - Comparative Education

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0803997299
• ISBN 13: 9780803997295
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 154