Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea: De-mystifying Stereotypes

In this book Hyunjoon Park puts the critical stereotypical views of education in Japan and Korea under the microscope to decipher whether or not they are true, or unfounded, based on empirical evidence which uses international student achievement data as its core. As such, Park offers a balanced view of the changing and complicated nature of academic achievement among Japanese and Korean students that will appeal to scholars of Asian, international and comparative education.