ISBN:
9780815331452
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (153 p)
Series Statement:
Reference Books in International Education
Parallel Title:
Print version Intense Years : How Japanese Adolescents Balance School, Family and Friends
DDC:
305.235/0952
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This volume examines the lives of young adolescents in Japanese middle schools, focusing on the dynamics of school, family, and social life, and explores the change from child to adolescent that takes place in the middle school years
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; INTENSE YEARS: HOW JAPANESE ADOLESCENTS BALANCE SCHOOL, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Series Editor's Foreword; INTRODUCTION Japan: A Dynamic Society; YOUNG ADOLESCENTS IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL; THE STUDY; CHAPTER 1The 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 2Exams, Juku, and the Pressure toAdvance in School
Description / Table of Contents:
CHANGING ENROLLMENT AND HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCEHIGH 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 4Peers 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
Description / Table of Contents:
PREPARING FOR GOODBYE: FRIENDSHIPS AND ACADEMIC ASPIRATIONSCONCLUSION; CHAPTER 5The Cultural Role of "Teacher"; TANNIN-SENSEI: THE FOUNDATION OF THE SCHOOL; THE GRADE: BONDING ACROSS CLASSES; SECTIONS, COMMITTEES, AND DEPARTMENTS; INTERSECTING WORLDS; CHAPTER 6Adjustment: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 7Family Relations and the School; PARENTAL SUPERVISIONS AND CONTROL; FAMILY TIME AND SCHOOL TIME
Description / Table of Contents:
PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS FOR SCHOOLINGPARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOL; HOME SUPPORT AND KYIKU 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 ofAdolescent 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;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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