Towards a Clearer Understanding of the Socio-economic, Socioeducational, and Socio-political Role of Higher Education in Japan

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It is crucial for university faculty to have a clearer understanding of the role and responsibility of higher education in the wider Japanese society. In Japan it has been argued that higher education institutions compete among each other to convince students how well they can fit them into existing systems of power and privilege. Asking faculty and students a number of sensitive questions about teaching and learning can help us gauge the extent to which espoused and practiced higher education does or does not match. Students need to be more actively involved in developing and managing university courses so that they can be more personally motivated to love learning and inquiry. Students need to better understand and appreciate the social complexities of teaching and researching. Faculty, for their part, need to better understand and appreciate the social complexities of student learning.
2003-10-28