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" Japanese lessons : "
Gail R. Benjamin.
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BL
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784076
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b604089
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Gail R. Benjamin.
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Japanese lessons : : a year in a Japanese school through the eyes of an American anthropologist and her children\ Gail R. Benjamin.
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New York: New York University Press, ©1997.
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(x, 262 pages)
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0585316287
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: 0814712916
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: 081478612X
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: 9780585316284
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: 9780814712917
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: 9780814786123
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| Contents
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Getting started --; Why study Japanese education? --; Day-to-day routines --; Together at school, together in life --; A working vacation and special events --; The three R's, Japanese style --; The rest of the day --; Nagging, preaching, and discussions --; Enlisting mothers' efforts --; Education in Japanese society --; Themes and suggestions --; Sayonara.
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In Japanese Lessons Gail R. Benjamin recounts her experiences as an American parent with two children in a Japanese elementary school. An anthropologist, Benjamin successfully weds the roles of observer and parent, illuminating the strengths of the Japanese system and suggesting ways in which Americans might learn from it.
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Benjamin, Gail.
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Education, Elementary -- Japan -- Urawa-shi.
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Students, Foreign -- Education (Elementary) -- Japan.
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LA1314.7G355 1997
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Gail Benjamin
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