Teaching and Learning in Japan - Softcover

Rohlen/LeTendre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521651158 ISBN 13: 9780521651158

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Major scholars on Japan explore the Japanese style of learning in this important volume.

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Review

"This text provides an in-depth examination of Japanese learning and teaching in many contexts across the life span of the Japanese people." Contemporary Psychology

"Teaching and Learning in Japan resonates within the scholarly tradition of Robert Bellah's landmark study of the relationship of Japanese religion to the everyday lives of people in the Tokugawa period." James J. Shields, Journal of Japanese Studies

"Teaching and Learning in Japan resonates within the scholarly tradition of Robert Bellah's landmark study of the relationship of Japanese religion to the evryday lives of people in the Tokugawa period." James J. Shields, Journal of Japanese Studies

Book Description

Major scholars on Japan explore the Japanese style of learning in this important volume, drawing upon ethnographic and experimental studies of learning throughout the lifespan. The reader will get an inside view of Japanese teaching methods, where the emphasis is on the process of learning, rather than the end product.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521651158
• ISBN 13: 9780521651158
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412