Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program Book

Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program, In 1987, the Japanese government inaugurated the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program in response to global pressure to internationalize its society. This ambitious program has grown to be a major government operation, with an annual budget of, Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program

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Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program
Written by author David L. McConnell
Published by University of California Press, March 2000
In 1987, the Japanese government inaugurated the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program in response to global pressure to "internationalize" its society. This ambitious program has grown to be a major government operation, with an annual budget of
"Japan's official efforts at internationalization have been painful to witness. . . . The government's JET program is easily the most ambitious and its history and on-the-ground problems offer significant insights into Japan's struggle to open up to the o

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Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
1 Japan's Image Problem: Culture, History, and Global Integration 1
2 The Solution: Top-Down "Grassroots Internationalization" 30
3 The Start-Up Years: The "Crash Program" Nearly Crashes 64
4 Managing Diversity: The View from a Prefectural Board of Education 115
5 Beyond the Stereotypes: The Jet Program in Local Schools 166
6 The Learning Curve: Jetting Into the New Millennium 228
7 Final Thoughts 268
Epilogue: Mirror on Multiculturalism in the United States 277
Notes 283
Bibliography 309
Index 317

Title: Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program

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Publication Date: March 2000

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Width: 6.000 cm (2.36 inches)

Heigh : 9.000 cm (3.54 inches)

Depth: 0.880 cm (0.35 inches)

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reviewed Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program on May 29, 2008

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I enjoyed reading this study of clashing cultures and the development of the JET program. I recommend it, especially to people who are going on the program as well as to those who have already gone. If you are looking for light stories of JET experiences, though, this would not fulfill your expectations.

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	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	List of Acronyms
1	Japan's Image Problem: Culture, History, and Global Integration	1
2	The Solution: Top-Down "Grassroots Internationalization"	30
3	The Start-Up Years: The "Crash Program" Nearly Crashes	64
4	Managing Diversity: The View from a Prefectural Board of Education	115
5	Beyond the Stereotypes: The Jet Program in Local Schools	166
6	The Learning Curve: Jetting Into the New Millennium	228
7	Final Thoughts	268
	Epilogue: Mirror on Multiculturalism in the United States	277
	Notes	283
	Bibliography	309
	Index	317