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Download full textMakino, Atsushi – 1997
In the wake of economic and social change in Japan, several lifelong learning initiatives have been implemented. Structural changes such as internationalization, the coming of the information age, and the maturation of Japanese society caused the formerly homogeneous society to become more flexible, paving the way for lifelong learning. Additional…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOkuda, Shinjo; Hishimura, Yikihiko – Higher Education, 1983
The basic pattern of contemporary secondary education in Japan, laid down immediately after World War II according to the American model of comprehensive high schools with elected school boards, has given way to a structure more in keeping with Japanese needs. However, coeducation has taken firm root in Japanese secondary schools. Major policy…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Mallet, Richard D. – National Association for Foreign Student Affairs Newsletter, 1966
Described briefly in this article are such higher education innovations in five Far Eastern countries as (1) educational research organizations, (2) college entrance examinations, (3) international exchange programs (including those with the United States), (4) college standards and accreditation, (5) language laboratory use and equipment, (6)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), College Entrance Examinations, Educational Change
Nishinosono, Haruo – Educational Perspectives, 2002
As a result of rapid developments in information and communication technology (ICT), dramatic changes are taking place in approaches to teaching and learning in university and school classrooms. These changes offer new opportunities to explore entirely new methods of instruction in teacher education. ICT provides alternatives to conventional…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Styles, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Christenson, Leo G., Comp.; Mercer, John W., Comp. – 1993
This document contains task force findings and recommendations regarding development of a statewide plan for facilitating education and employment transitions (EET) of youths and adults throughout Minnesota. Chapter 1 presents a rationale for a statewide EET system in the context of the employment/earnings patterns of Minnesota youths and adults,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis
