Educating Hearts and Minds: Reflections on Japanese Preschool and Elementary Education
"...a major contribution to the study of early childhood education. This book is useful in a wide variety of instructional settings: from basic courses on Japanese culture to introductory education classes. I would especially recommend it for use in preservice teacher development courses, as the book not only demolishes many pernicious myths about Japan, but also raises fundamental questions about American assumptions regarding early childhood education."   Education About Asia"With this remarkable book, Lewis joins the top rank of Americans writing about Japanese education.  Her book is accessible and engaging, written in a personal, clear, and jargon-free style, and is filled with lively examples.  It overturns many assumptions and cliches....Libraries that hold only a few books on contemporary Japanese education should have this one alongside seminal works of Thomas Rohlen, Merry White, Joy Hendry, Lois Peak, and Joseph Tobin."   Choice"Lewis has made a real contribution to our understanding of early school education in Japan, and by implication, how children become Japanese."   Kyoko Inoue, Curriculum Studies"Lewis brings forth these themes and conveys them through the use of indigenous paradigms and metaphors. She offers the average student some simple yet powerful ways to make sense of modern Japanese culture."    Gerald LeTendre, Resources