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Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited
Joseph Tobin
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Description for Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited
Paperback. Discovers how two decades of globalization and sweeping social transformation have affected the way three cultures educate and care for their youngest pupils. This title illustrates the surprising, illuminating, and at times entertaining experiences of four-year-olds - and their teachers - on both sides of the Pacific. Num Pages: 280 pages, 112 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Published twenty years ago, the original "Preschool in Three Cultures" was a landmark in the study of education: a profoundly enlightening exploration of the different ways preschoolers are taught in China, Japan, and the United States. Here, lead author Joseph Tobin - along with new collaborators Yeh Hsueh and Mayumi Karasawa - revisits his original research to discover how two decades of globalization and sweeping social transformation have affected the way these three cultures educate and care for their youngest pupils. Putting their subjects' responses into historical perspective, Tobin, Hsueh, and Karasawa analyze the pressures put on schools to evolve ... Read more
Published twenty years ago, the original "Preschool in Three Cultures" was a landmark in the study of education: a profoundly enlightening exploration of the different ways preschoolers are taught in China, Japan, and the United States. Here, lead author Joseph Tobin - along with new collaborators Yeh Hsueh and Mayumi Karasawa - revisits his original research to discover how two decades of globalization and sweeping social transformation have affected the way these three cultures educate and care for their youngest pupils. Putting their subjects' responses into historical perspective, Tobin, Hsueh, and Karasawa analyze the pressures put on schools to evolve ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226805047
SKU
V9780226805047
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99-50
About Joseph Tobin
Joseph Tobin is the Nadine Mathis Basha Professor in Early Childhood Education at Arizona State University and the author or editor of several books. Yeh Hsueh is associate professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Research at the University of Memphis. Mayumi Karasawa is professor of cultural psychology at Tokyo Woman's Christian University.
Reviews for Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited
"Overall, this reviewer found this to be a fascinating book and recommends it highly to a wide audience." (Choice)"