Schooling Selves
Autonomy, Interdependence, and Reform in Japanese Junior High Education
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Note on Conventions
Introduction
Chapter 1. Individuals, Autonomy, and Society in Japanese Education
Chapter 2. Reshaping Reform: Discipline, Autonomy, and Group Relations
Chapter 3. Classes, Clubs, and Control
Chapter 4. Mass Games and Dreams of Youth
Chapter 5. Changing the Classroom? Autonomy and Expression in Japanese Language and Literature
Chapter 6. The Challenges and Trials of Curricular Change
Chapter 7. To Graduation and Beyond: High School Entrance and Juku
Conclusion
Fieldwork Appendix
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
“Cave examines the impact of Japanese educational reform policies in junior high schools through a longitudinal, multi-site ethnographic study…. Throughout the book, Cave provides insight into how concepts such as individuality, autonomy, education (guidance), and equity are defined and understood in contemporary Japanese society and how they are enacted in the institution of junior high schools.”
Asian Studies: East Asia
Education: Comparative Education | Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education
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