Intense Years
eBook - ePub

Intense Years

How Japanese Adolescents Balance School, Family and Friends

  1. 152 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Intense Years

How Japanese Adolescents Balance School, Family and Friends

About this book

This volume examines the lives of young adolescents in Japanese middle schools, focusing on the dynamics of school, family, and social life, and explores the change from child to adolescent that takes place in the middle school years.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781136529597

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Series Editor’s Preface
  10. Introduction. Japan: A Dynamic Society
  11. Chapter 1. The Curriculum and Life in Classrooms
  12. Chapter 2. Exams, Juku, and the Pressure to Advance in School
  13. Chapter 3. The Ideal of Education: A “Family Community”
  14. Chapter 4. Peers and Friendships: Groups and Expanding Social Network
  15. Chapter 5. The Cultural Role of “Teacher”
  16. Chapter 6. Adjustment: Problems in School
  17. Chapter 7. Family Relations and the School
  18. Conclusion. The Changing Conditions of Adolescent Lives
  19. Japanese Terms
  20. References
  21. Index