Learning to Teach in Two Cultures: Japan and the United States

ISBN-13: 9781138545007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 270 str.

Nobuo K. Shimahara; Akira Sakai

Opis

Originally published in 1995. This ethnographic account of teaching practise in both Japan and the USA offers an excellent cross-cultural perspective of education. It focuses on beginning teachers and particularly highlights both the similarities and the contrasting elements between the two countries.

Spis treści

Series Editor’s Foreword 1. Introduction 2. How American Teachers Learn to Teach 3. Expectations and Classroom Control: The Case of American Teachers 4. Development of Teaching Strategies and Perspectives 5. How Japanese Teachers Learn to Teach 6. Japanese Pedagogy and Teachers’ Expectations of Students 7. Occupational Socialization of Beginning Teachers in Japan 8. Learning to Teach in the United States and Japan: Contrasts and Conclusions

O autorze

Nobuo K. Shimahara