Contested childhood : diversity and change in Japanese preschools
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Contested childhood : diversity and change in Japanese preschools
Routledge, 2000
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-236) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415924580
Description
In Contested Childhood, Holloway, an educational and developmental psychologist, examines the Japanese preschool and identifies the cultural models that guide Japanese child-rearing as being contentious and fragmented. She looks at the societal, religious and economic factors that shape various preschool programs and shows how culture influences child-rearing beliefs and practices.
Table of Contents
1. Contested Cultural Models of Schooling 2. Caring for Young Children in Japan 3. Relationship-oriented Preschools: Fun and Friends 4. Ame to Muchi: Sweetness and the Whip 5. Child-Oriented Preschools: 'Strong Individuals, Good Groups' 6. Preschools and Social Class: Early Experiences of a Stratified Society 7. Shinto, Buddhist, and Christian Preschools 8. The Slow Demise of Public Preschools 9. Finding Our Way 10. References
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: pbk ISBN 9780415924597
Description
In Contested Childhood, Holloway, an educational and developmental psychologist, examines the Japanese preschool and identifies the cultural models that guide Japanese child-rearing as being contentious and fragmented. She looks at the societal, religious and economic factors that shape various preschool programs and shows how culture influences child-rearing beliefs and practices.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Contested Cultural Models of Schooling 2. Caring for Yound Children in Japan 3. Relationship-Oriented Preschools: Fun and Friends 4. Role-Oriented Preschools: Sweetness and the Whip 5. Child-Oriented Preschools: Strong Individuals, Good groups 6. Preschools and Social Class: Early Experiences in a Stratified Society 7. Shinto, Buddhist, and Christian Preschools 8. The Slow Demise of Public Preschools 9. Finding Our Way
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