The new Japanese educational reforms and the achievement "crisis" debate

Educational Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 364-394

  Tsuneyoshi, Ryoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Educational reform; Japanese education

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442511217     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904803262147     Document Type: Review

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