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Author:

Benjamin, Gail.

Title:

Japanese lessons : a year in a Japanese school through the eyes of an American anthropologist and her children / Gail R. Benjamin.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

x, 262 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Benjamin, Gail.
Education, Elementary--Urawa-shi.--Urawa-shi.
Students, Foreign--Education (Elementary)--Japan.
American students--Japan.
Elementary schools--Urawa--Urawa--Sociological aspects.
Comparative education.

Notes:

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

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780814712917 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0814712916 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)35593458

LCCN:

96035698

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)