THE FOLLOWING ARE ITEMS WHICH RELATE TO EDUCATION IN JAPAN. Two newspaper articles come from the International Herald Tribune - Asahi Shimbun section, TOKYO Tuesday June 19, 2001. Both of these articles are located on page 25 of the newspaper and relate to Computer errors at Yamagata University and Kanazawa University which erroneously failed students taking the entrance examinations. Go to "fewsmiles.gif""
Go to "examfail.gif"" Following these two articles comes a thesis published in the Comparative Education Journal Volume 22 No. 1, 1986. pp19-25 It is titled, "The Cultural Basis of Student Achievement in Japan", written by Nobuo K. Shimahara. It runs to 6 pages in length The first page is an introduction and premise of the cultural basis. Go to "sa01.gif" The second page is a continuation of the cultural basis and a discussion of indigenous Japanese Psychology Go to "sa02.gif" Page 3 continues with group orientation and concentration Go to "sa03.gif" Page 4 and 5 continue with group orientation and concentration Go to "SA04.gif" Go to "SA05.gif" Page 6 is the conclusion, acknowledgements and references cited. Go to "SA06.gif"
