Japanese Lessons : A Year in a Japanese School Through the Eyes of An American Anthropologist and Her Children /

Benjamin, Gail.

Japanese Lessons : A Year in a Japanese School Through the Eyes of An American Anthropologist and Her Children / Gail R. Benjamin. - 1 online resource (262 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

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

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.

Open Access

9780814786123




Benjamin, Gail.


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


Electronic books.

LA1314.7 / .B46 1997

372.952