Further Life of Economist Article
Some of the arguments in the article “Japan’s cramming schools – A controversial institution has some surprising merits” in The Economist are being picked up elsewhere. Liz Dwyer, education editor for...
View ArticleJuku: It’s All About Perceptions
One of the most frequent question that is posed to me when I present my research on juku is: does supplementary education work? My two answers are: we don’t know, and it doesn’t matter for educational...
View ArticleThe センター試験 as the Linchpin of Educational Reform
An edited and more concise version of this post appeared as an editorial in the Japan Times on Friday, February 3, 2012, entitled “Stocking up on useless facts to pass an exam“. I have been studying...
View ArticleFirst Academic Job Ad to Specify Supplementary Education
As a sign of the growing institutionalization of research on supplementary education and the leadership of Prof. Mark Bray (Hong Kong Univ) in this field, the Comparative Education Research Centre at...
View ArticleAnother Academic Job Focused on Supplementary Education?
Perhaps I’ve found a second job that is advertised with a focus on supplementary education, though I have the strong suspicion that Marburg University in Germany has something else in mind when they...
View ArticleAERA 2012: Impacts of Supplemental Tutoring Configurations for Preschoolers...
American Educational Research Association Apr 17, 12:25-13:55h Carol Vukelich, Myae Han, Matha Buell (all Univ of Delaware), and Laura Justice (Ohio State Univ) “Impacts of Supplemental Tutoring...
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Juku Flyer Vancouver V
Here’s another flyer. I picked this one up in Kerrisdale. Juku Flyer Vancouver V Note that the time table shows some emphasis on (provincial) exam preparation, but also some emphasis on English. In...
View ArticlePainful Irony: My Editorial Becomes Element in an Entrance Examination
Oh. I can’t bear it! Through a very circuitous route, I have learned that a 2010 editorial I wrote for the on-line English edition of the Asahi was used in the English portion of an entrance...
View ArticleSupplementary Education in Vancouver
Some years ago, I coordinated a mini-census of supplementary education institutions in Metro Vancouver. I reported on this project in an article in Education Canada in 2008. I have continued to keep an...
View ArticleHusaina Banu Kenayathulla: Household Budgeting for Education, including...
Husaina Banu Kenayathulla. 2012. An Economic Analysis of Household Educational Decisions in Malaysia. PhD Dissertation: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Faculty of Education,...
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New Book on Supplementary Education Around the World
Janice Aurini, Scott Davies & Julian Dierkes (eds.) Out of the Shadows: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 22) Emerald...
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Interviews about “Out of the Shadows”
In November the volume I co-edited with Janice Aurini and Scott Davies was published by Emerald. I was recently interviewed by Ee-Seul Yoon (UBC Faculty of Education) about various aspects of the...
View ArticleLooking back on Jukupedia: Coverage
Over the course of actively writing posts for Jukupedia from 2011 to 2014, I covered many different topics in 116 posts, all but 2 of which I wrote. “Japan” and “Juku in Japan” were the categories I...
View ArticleFirst Academic Job Ad to Specify Supplementary Education
As a sign of the growing institutionalization of research on supplementary education and the leadership of Prof. Mark Bray (Hong Kong Univ) in this field, the Comparative Education Research Centre at...
View ArticleAnother Academic Job Focused on Supplementary Education?
Perhaps I’ve found a second job that is advertised with a focus on supplementary education, though I have the strong suspicion that Marburg University in Germany has something else in mind when they...
View ArticleAERA 2012: Impacts of Supplemental Tutoring Configurations for Preschoolers...
American Educational Research Association Apr 17, 12:25-13:55h Carol Vukelich, Myae Han, Matha Buell (all Univ of Delaware), and Laura Justice (Ohio State Univ) “Impacts of Supplemental Tutoring...
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Juku Flyer Vancouver V
Here’s another flyer. I picked this one up in Kerrisdale. Juku Flyer Vancouver V Note that the time table shows some emphasis on (provincial) exam preparation, but also some emphasis on English. In...
View ArticlePainful Irony: My Editorial Becomes Element in an Entrance Examination
Oh. I can’t bear it! Through a very circuitous route, I have learned that a 2010 editorial I wrote for the on-line English edition of the Asahi was used in the English portion of an entrance...
View ArticleSupplementary Education in Vancouver
Some years ago, I coordinated a mini-census of supplementary education institutions in Metro Vancouver. I reported on this project in an article in Education Canada in 2008. I have continued to keep an...
View ArticleHusaina Banu Kenayathulla: Household Budgeting for Education, including...
Husaina Banu Kenayathulla. 2012. An Economic Analysis of Household Educational Decisions in Malaysia. PhD Dissertation: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Faculty of Education,...
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