Educating for Productivity: Comparisons of Japanese and English Schooling and Vocational Preparation
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in National Institute Economic Review
- Vol. 119, 40-56
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002795018711900104
Abstract
The high technical quality and reliability of Japanese manufactures raises questions of how the training and education of their workforce differs from Britain's. The standards reached by Japanese 15-18 year-olds in their technical and vocational secondary schools—and the number of pupils reaching them—are described in this paper and compared with Britain, as well as the standards reached in mathematics during compulsory schooling till 15. This article follows earlier studies of German and French schooling and vocational preparation (see this Review, August 1983, February and May 1985, and May 1986).Keywords
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