Japanese lessons : a year in a Japanese school through the eyes of an American anthropologist and her children

Author(s)

• Benjamin, Gail

Bibliographic Information

Japanese lessons : a year in a Japanese school through the eyes of an American anthropologist and her children

Gail R. Benjamin

New York University Press, c1997

• : cloth
• : pbk

Other Title

がっこう

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-257) and index

Contents of Works

• Getting started
• Why study Japanese education?
• Day-to-day routines
• Together at school, together in life
• A working vacation and special events
• The three R's, Japanese style
• The rest of the day
• Nagging, preaching, and discussions
• Enlisting mothers' efforts
• Education in Japanese society
• Themes and suggestions
• Sayonara

Details

• NCID: BA29775404
• ISBN:
  • 0814712916
  • 0814713343
• LCCN: 96035698
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 262 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LA1314.7
  • DC20 : 372.952
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Education, Elementary -- Japan -- Urawa-shi
  • LCSH : Students, Foreign -- Education (Elementary) -- Japan
  • LCSH : American students -- Japan
  • LCSH : Elementary schools -- Japan -- Urawa -- Sociological aspects
  • LCSH : Comparative education
  • LCSH : Benjamin, Gail