Political Correctness in the Land of Conformity

Autor/in	Davidson, Bruce W.
Titel	Political Correctness in the Land of Conformity
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 26 (2013) 2, S.182-191 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-013-9360-9
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Political Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Ideology; Politics of Education; Political Socialization; Educational History; Intellectual History; Educational Development; Educational Change; Social Influences; Activism; Social Behavior; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ausland; Ideologie; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politische Sozialisation; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Geistesgeschichte; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Einfluss; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten
Abstract	The author has lived in Japan over twenty-five years, teaching in higher education for more than twenty. He observes that it has been alarming to see the inroads of ideological activism in the academic community in Japan, which is having unfortunate effects on the curricula of many schools, including his own, Hokusei Gakuen University. In this article, the author touches on some positive and also some fundamentally problematic features of Japanese higher education, especially since the end of World War II. Then he examines historical peculiarities of the Japanese educational scene that have fostered the rapid progress of politically correct ideologies on campuses. Next, he looks at the current state of college education in Japan. Finally, the author draws some practical implications from his analysis. (Contains 16 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10