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Teaching in Japan Nobuo K. Shimahara

Teaching in Japan By Nobuo K. Shimahara

Teaching in Japan by Nobuo K. Shimahara


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Summary

This book explores two very probing questions: what sustains teaching in Japan, and what is pressing teaching to change, presenting a cultural perspective based on ethnographic and other related data.

Teaching in Japan Summary

Teaching in Japan by Nobuo K. Shimahara

This collection of essays explores teaching in Japan as it relates to contemporary social change in the past two decades. The collection explores day-to-day teaching in Japan from the teacher's erspective relying on first hand accounts by those within the system.

Teaching in Japan Reviews

"This valuable book combines examination of current educational reforms in Japan with an ethnographic account of the actual experience of two beginning teachers. Interwoven throughout is an analysis of postwar reforms, plus comparative perspectives on pedagogy in Japan and in the U.S... Although Japanese schools have undergone several waves of reform in the postwar world, the ethnographic study, which constitutes the second half of the book, clearly demonstrates that the culture transmitted both by beginning and experienced teachers continues to stress traditional values. Recommended for general readers and upper-division undergraduates and above." -- Choice October 2002

About Nobuo K. Shimahara

Nobuo K. Shimahara is a professor of education and anthropology at the Graduate School of Education and a member of the faculty of the Graduate School, Rutgers University. He has taught at Rutgers University since 1968 and served as a visiting professor at several universities, including the University of Tokyo.

Table of Contents

Preface Part One: Teaching and Current Issues Chapter 1: Introduction: The Background Chapter 2: Culture and Teaching in Japan Chapter 3: Teacher Education and Social Change Chapter 4: Professional Development: Professional Strategies Part Two: Ethnography of Learning to Teach Chapter 5: Learning to Teach in Japanese Schools, with Akira Sakai Chapter 6: Cultural Theory of Teaching and Practice, with Akira Sakai Chapter 7: Occupational Socialization of Beginning Teachers, with Akira Sakai Epilogue: A Critical Reflection References Author Profile

Additional information

NPB9780815335122
9780815335122
0815335121
Teaching in Japan by Nobuo K. Shimahara
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Inc
2002-01-02
192
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