Exploring Cross-national Attraction in Education: some historical comparisons of American and Chinese attraction to Japanese education

by Jeremy Rappleye

This book attempts to theorize cross-national attraction by comparing American and Chinese attraction to Japanese education. The study takes a long historical view - spanning roughly from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to today - to determine when and why Japanese education has become attractive to these two countries. It uses a combination of official reports and scholarly analysis as sources to evaluate attraction. The study is underpinned by recently developed models of educational transfer and it attempts to use a comparison of American and Chinese attraction to Japanese education as a means to further develop emerging theoretical understandings of cross-national attraction in education.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Theoretical Foundations and Research Design
Globalization and Comparative a promising moment
New Models of Educational Policy Borrowing
Critiquing the New definitions, relationships, and agency
Research central questions, rational, limitations
American Views of Japanese Education Historically
A Century of Neglect, 1868 to early 1960s
Foundations of Attraction, 1960s to 1970s
Analysis
Contemporary American Views of Japanese Education
A Note on Sources
Intense Attraction, late 1970s to early 1990s
Analysis of Attraction
Decline in Attraction, early 1990s to present
Chinese Views of Japanese Education Historically
'Borrowing From China's first modern education system'
Analysis of Attraction
Long Period of Neglect, 1922 to late 1970s
Contemporary Chinese Views of Japanese Education
A Note on Sources
'Education for Modernization', Japan as one of six
Emergence of the Cultural Frame, Attraction to Japan
Analysis
Comparisons and New Theories of Cross-national Attraction
Cross-national a brief review
Comparisons and New Insights about Cross-national Attraction
Evaluation of Existing Models of Policy Borrowing
Toward a new Contextual Map of Cross-National Attraction
Globalization and Comparative debates revisited

92 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2007