Frontiers of education: Japan as "global model" or "Nation at risk"?

International Review of Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 493-515

  Willis, David Blake ^a   Yamamura, Satoshi ^a   Rappleye, Jeremy ^b  

^a Soai University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HIGHER EDUCATION; MODEL; POLICY MAKING; SUPERPOWER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 46949110882     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-008-9090-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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