First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This book examines the place of body practices and the management of emotions in Japanese preschools.
Carole C. Kemmerer , Los Angeles Times “ As in the best ethnographic research — and surely this qualifies for that accolade — the study raises a number of hypotheses about the impact of educational ...
When Lois Peak traveled to Japan in search of the "magical childrearing technique" behind this transformation, she discovered that the answer lies not in the family but in the preschool, where teachers gently train their pupils in proper ...
"The children are more than mere pictures. They tell us the truths about Japan." So wrote a visitor to Japan at the turn of the century and this view underlies the title of this book.
This book, first published in 1995, is a vivid portrait of life in Japanese preschools and elementary schools.
Passages to Modernity is an important and original contribution to our understanding of the institutional and ideological reach of the early twentieth-century state and the contested emergence of a striking new discourse about woman as ...
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Examines the place of body practices and the management of emotions in Japanese preschools.
This book, written by an international team of experienced researchers, investigates unique and dynamic approaches to key issues in policy transformation, curriculum reforms and teacher training in three cultures – China, Japan and the ...