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Tables of Contents for Japanese Higher Education As Myth
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction: The Potemkin Factor
3
16
Myths, Mendacity, and Methodology
19
26
State, Nation, Capital, and Examinations: The Shattering of Knowledge
45
32
Gazing and Guiding: Japan's Educatio-Examination Regime
77
19
Schooling for Silence: The Sociopsychology of Student Apathy
96
27
Japanese Higher Education as Simulated Schooling
123
25
Self-Orientalism Through Occidentalism: How ``English'' and ``Foreigners'' Nationalize Japanese Students
148
32
``Playing Dumb'': Students Who Pretend Not to Know
180
35
Lessons Learned in Higher Education
215
22
The Price of Simulated Schooling and ``Reform''
237
24
Appendix A: Statistics of Japanese Education
261
8
Appendix B: Other Types of Postsecondary Schools in Japan
269
2
Appendix C: Modes of Institutional Operation and Simulation
271
6
References
277
18
Index
295