What we should and should not learn from the Japanese and other East Asian education systems

Educational Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 900-927

  Jeynes, William ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Comparative education; Educational policy; History philosophy of education; International

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349171005     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904807310042     Document Type: Article

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