Includes biblographical references and index.

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This comprehensive study of the Japanese education system follows the Japanese child from the kindergarten, through the progressively more arduous and competiti

Compares United States elementary education practices with those in Asia and comes to some surprising conclusions.

Written by leading English-language educators in Japan, this Handbook provides an in-depth guide for the new generation of teachers at Japanese universities. In