Primary School in Japan
Subtitle: Self, Individuality and Learning in Elementary Education (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 19, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780415446792
Subjects: Education / General; Elementary; Education; Education / Teaching; Education (Elementary); Education, Elementary; Individuality in children; Japan; Japanese
Description: The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan. This book, based on an extended, detailed study of two primary schools in the Kinki district of Japan, discusses these debates.