Japanese Lessons
Subtitle: A Year in a Japanese School Through the Eyes of an American Anthropologist and Her Children
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: August 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780814713341
Subjects: Educational systems; Primary / junior schools; Social Science; Elementary; Education / Teaching; Education; Japan; Anthropology - Cultural; Non-Formal Education; EDUCATION_JAPAN; Education / General; General
First sentence: Every morning, six days a week, the streets of Japanese towns and cities are full of lively groups of children converging on neighborhood schools.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Getting Started; label: 2
title: Why Study Japanese Education?; label: 3
title: Day-to-Day Routines; label: 4
title: Together at School, Together in Life; label: 5
title: A Working Vacation and Special Events; label: 6
title: The Three R's, Japanese Style; label: 7
title: The Rest of the Day; label: 8
title: Nagging, Preaching, and Discussions; label: 9
title: Enlisting Mothers' Efforts; label: 10
title: Education in Japanese Society; label: 11
title: Themes and Suggestions; label: 12
title: Sayonara