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Education in Japan


Education in Japan
The causes and negative and positive effects of intense competition in the nation's elite high schools and colleges.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages) | 15 sources | 2000 United States


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"The culture of competition at certain levels of Japanese education is all-consuming. Once the Japanese student completes compulsory education, he or she is confronted with formidable entrance examinations for high school and college. Ironically, the student's school experiences prior to and after the onset of this "examination hell" are characterized by a marked lack of competition. The Japanese grade school student enjoys considerable support both from teachers and peers in the classroom. The Japanese college student encounters minimal academic demands. Only students fighting for the few available slots in the elite high schools and colleges participate in Japan's relentless culture of competition.


The intense competition in Japanese education appears a contradiction for a society that values egalitarianism, group..."

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Education in Japan (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Cause-and-Effect-Essay-Education-in-Japan/15711

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"Education in Japan" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Cause-and-Effect-Essay-Education-in-Japan/15711>




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