Shimahara Teaching in Japan

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-69650-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Reference Books in International Education

This collection of essays explores teaching in Japan as it relates to contemporary social change in the past two decades. The collection explores day-to-day teaching in Japan from the teacher's erspective relying on first hand accounts by those within the system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shimahara, Nobuo K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part One: Teaching and Current Issues
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Background
Chapter 2: Culture and Teaching in Japan
Chapter 3: Teacher Education and Social Change
Chapter 4: Professional Development: Professional Strategies
Part Two: Ethnography of Learning to Teach
Chapter 5: Learning to Teach in Japanese Schools, with Akira Sakai
Chapter 6: Cultural Theory of Teaching and Practice, with Akira Sakai
Chapter 7: Occupational Socialization of Beginning Teachers, with Akira Sakai
Epilogue: A Critical Reflection
References
Author Profile

Über Autor(innen)

Nobuo K. Shimahara is a professor of education and anthropology at the Graduate School of Education and a member of the faculty of the Graduate School, Rutgers University. He has taught at Rutgers University since 1968 and served as a visiting professor at several universities, including the University of Tokyo.