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

by Akira Sakai and Nobuo K Shimahara

Book Overview

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. In part the authors inquire into the socialisation of new teachers in their particular culture. Chapters provide detailed accounts of how teachers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138544140
• ISBN13: 9781138544147
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"