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We have donated and aim to continue to donate this book to organisations that support education, students, young people and youth culture, particularly in Asia and Japan.
A Study of Japanese students' perceptions of their first years at university Marina Lee-Cunin To purchase the following book, click here
"Japanese higher education is currently going through the kind of ‘big bang’ reforms experienced by many other sectors of the society during the past decade, but one voice has been conspicuously absent from the reform debates – that of the university student. Marina Lee Cunin’s carefully researched, yet provocative account fills this important gap in the literature and provides important clues as to what the direct consumers think of their higher educational experiences in Japan." Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies, University of Oxford and co-editor of 2004 and the 'Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education (Transpacific Press)
"In most of the expanding literature on Japanese higher education, surprisingly few people have actually asked the students what they think about their institutions. In this book, Dr. Lee-Cunin performs a major service by presenting a wealth of fascinating data gathered from students in a middle-ranking national university in central Japan. Contrary to popular opinion, students are neither apathetic nor uncritical of the education they receive, and reformers, whether within universities or the bureaucracy, will ignore their voices at their peril." J.S. Eades, Professor of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan, co-editor (with Tom Gill and Harumi Befu) of Globalization and Social Change in Contemporary Japan (Melbourne: Transpacific Press, 2002)
This book contributes to a better understanding of the Japanese higher education system and offers a unique insight into the world of Japanese students. It is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary Japanese issues and education matters.
Marina Lee-Cunin is a social-anthropologist who has taught and conducted research in Japan, the UK and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Student Views in Japan