Is the Expansion of Higher Education in Japan for Young Students Only or for All? A Critical Analysis from a Lifelong Learning Perspective

Autor/in	Fuwa, Kazuhiko
Titel	Is the Expansion of Higher Education in Japan for Young Students Only or for All? A Critical Analysis from a Lifelong Learning Perspective
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 28 (2009) 4, S.459-471 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Criticism; Lifelong Learning; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Politics of Education; Access to Education; Participation; Adult Students; Barriers; Performance Factors; Educational Change; Citizenship; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kritik; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Educational policy; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Teilnahme; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Leistungsindikator; Bildungsreform; Staatsbürgerschaft
Abstract	The recent restructuring of higher education in Japan has been carried out in the context of neo-liberalism with an emphasis on the unbridled workings of market forces. However, civic discourse on issues such as active citizenship and social inclusion/exclusion, which is significant to higher education as a democratic public sphere, has been left behind. Focusing on this omission, this article aims at a critical analysis of the government expansion policy initiative in Japan. It includes discussion of a wide-ranging group of participants, in particular adults who are disadvantaged with regard to access to higher education in a knowledge-based society, from the point of view of lifelong learning. It is a very important subject in Japan to encourage the active participation of adults in higher education. Regarding this aspect, the article discusses significant points for building new concepts and systems in higher education, instead of the established traditional concepts and systems, which have contributed to the exclusion of adults from higher education. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10