The self-activating entrance examination system - its hidden agenda and its correspondence with the Japanese "salary man".

Autor/in	Takeuchi, Yo
Titel	The self-activating entrance examination system - its hidden agenda and its correspondence with the Japanese "salary man".
Quelle	In: Higher education, 34 (1997) 2, S. 183-198Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 37; Tabellen 4; Grafiken 1
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1023/A:1003001402176
Schlagwörter	Leistungsdruck; Test; Aufnahmeprüfung; Prüfung; Wettbewerb; Hochschulzulassung; Auslese; Leistung; Japan
Abstract	The entry examination for admission to high schools and universites in Japan is a crucial element in the screening process, especially in the case of the more prestigious institutions. This paper examines why competitive entrance examinations are such an important feature of the system, analyses their impact on the development of social character and then discusses to what extent this social character interacts with that of the typical Japanes white collar worker, the one perpetuating the other. ... The whole process can be describes as one of the successive contests in which, as in a tournament, the prize (admission to a leading university) goes only to those who win every round of the competition. This in turn leads to the prize of employment by a major company since mostly these recruit on the basis of the university origin rather than the particular specialisation. (DIPF/Orig.abstract)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1998_(CD)