In the United States and Japan there are cultural attitudes that both promote and hinder education. While Japanese education is usually described as superior to an American education, a careful examination reveals that in both systems certain values and attitudes are carried to extremes and have a negative impact. This book shows how cultural attitudes shape schools and how Americans and Japanese can overcome the educational maladies in both countries.
Under the present educational centralization Japanese secondary school teachers are severely handicapped in carrying out the goals of...
In the United States and Japan there are cultural attitudes that both promote and hinder education. While Japanese education is usually described a...
Today, most American mothers work full time and children have much more free time and live in less secure urban environments. The amount of time spent attending school in Japan and the US is just one of the cultural attitudes that is examined in this book.
Today, most American mothers work full time and children have much more free time and live in less secure urban environments. The amount of time spent...
