Kaori H Okano
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 235104 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kaori H Okano |
| NOMBRES | Kaori H |
| APELLIDO | Okano |
| FIRMA | OKANO K H |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Earthquake Children
Reviewed by: Earthquake Children: Building Resilience from the Ruins of Tokyo by Janet Borland Kaori H. Okano (bio) Earthquake Children: Building Resilience from the Ruins of Tokyo. By Janet Borland. Harvard University Asia Center, 2020. xx, 300 pages. $60.00, cloth; $32.00, paper. Earthquake Children: Building Resilience from the Ruins of Tokyo is an absorbing book that presents well-documented historical research through reader-friendly narrati…
Nonformal Education and Civil Society in Japan
1. Nonformal education in Japan: Its interface with formal schools, Kaori Okano 2. The homework club and beyond: A civil society group's quest to build a place for learning and belonging in a time of migration, Tomoko Nakamatsu 3. The importance of nonformal education in the success of Dowa Education, June A. Gordon 4. Community based after-school care programs in Japan: Potential of non-formal education for children and residents, Eiji Tsuda 5. …
School culture
The term 'school culture' can conjure memories of one's own schooling, imbued with fond nostalgia for some and quite the opposite for others. One is likely to recall a different culture at preschool, primary school, secondary school and tertiary institutions. A person who happened to move to another school mid-way through an academic year, may recall initial feelings of excitement or anxiety about facing a new school culture. Furthermore, people …
Young Women in Japan
Young women in Japan: Transitions to adulthood received a CHOICE "Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 2010" award from the American Library Association. This book examines young women in Japan, focusing in particular on their transitions to adulthood, their conceptions of adulthood and relations with Japanese society more generally. Drawing on detailed primary research including a year-long observation of high schools and subsequent interviews…
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of …
The global–local interface in multicultural education policies in Japan
This paper examines interactions between the global and the local in the context of Japanese mainstream schooling, by focusing on the development of local government policies to manage diversity in schools. This paper reveals how local governments developed education policies in interaction with grassroots professional groups, activists and schools, and by selectively incorporating national policies. These local policies are multicultural educati…
Koreans in Japan
North Koreans in Japan
North Koreans in Japan: Language, Ideology, and Identity. Sonia Ryang. Boulder: Westview Press, 1997. xi. 248 pp., photographs, references, index
Social Justice and Job Distribution in Japan
Japan and the West
The global–local interface in multicultural education policies in Japan
This paper examines interactions between the global and the local in the context of Japanese mainstream schooling, by focusing on the development of local government policies to manage diversity in schools. This paper reveals how local governments developed education policies in interaction with grassroots professional groups, activists and schools, and by selectively incorporating national policies. These local policies are multicultural educati…
Social Justice and Job Distribution in Japan
Koreans in Japan
Japan and the West
Social Justice and Job Distribution in Japan
North Koreans in Japan
North Koreans in Japan: Language, Ideology, and Identity. Sonia Ryang. Boulder: Westview Press, 1997. xi. 248 pp., photographs, references, index
Koreans in Japan
The global–local interface in multicultural education policies in Japan
This paper examines interactions between the global and the local in the context of Japanese mainstream schooling, by focusing on the development of local government policies to manage diversity in schools. This paper reveals how local governments developed education policies in interaction with grassroots professional groups, activists and schools, and by selectively incorporating national policies. These local policies are multicultural educati…
School culture
The term 'school culture' can conjure memories of one's own schooling, imbued with fond nostalgia for some and quite the opposite for others. One is likely to recall a different culture at preschool, primary school, secondary school and tertiary institutions. A person who happened to move to another school mid-way through an academic year, may recall initial feelings of excitement or anxiety about facing a new school culture. Furthermore, people …
Young Women in Japan
Young women in Japan: Transitions to adulthood received a CHOICE "Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 2010" award from the American Library Association. This book examines young women in Japan, focusing in particular on their transitions to adulthood, their conceptions of adulthood and relations with Japanese society more generally. Drawing on detailed primary research including a year-long observation of high schools and subsequent interviews…
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of …
Nonformal Education and Civil Society in Japan
1. Nonformal education in Japan: Its interface with formal schools, Kaori Okano 2. The homework club and beyond: A civil society group's quest to build a place for learning and belonging in a time of migration, Tomoko Nakamatsu 3. The importance of nonformal education in the success of Dowa Education, June A. Gordon 4. Community based after-school care programs in Japan: Potential of non-formal education for children and residents, Eiji Tsuda 5. …
Earthquake Children
Reviewed by: Earthquake Children: Building Resilience from the Ruins of Tokyo by Janet Borland Kaori H. Okano (bio) Earthquake Children: Building Resilience from the Ruins of Tokyo. By Janet Borland. Harvard University Asia Center, 2020. xx, 300 pages. $60.00, cloth; $32.00, paper. Earthquake Children: Building Resilience from the Ruins of Tokyo is an absorbing book that presents well-documented historical research through reader-friendly narrati…
Political science (8 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Japanese History and Culture (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Economic growth (4 obras) · Economics (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Japan (3 obras) · Politics (3 obras)