Japanese Lessons
A Year in a Japanese School through the Eyes of an American Anthropologist and Her Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6083923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald Letendre, Gerald K Letendre (0000-0003-3737-4324, corresponding author), Gail R Benjamin, Gail Benjamin |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 432 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Japanese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-6848 • E-ISSN: 1549-4721 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/133251 |
| OpenAlex | W1973118413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
Gail R. Benjamin reaches beyond predictable images of authoritarian Japanese educators and automaton schoolchildren to show the advantages and disadvantages of a system remarkably different from the American one... --The New York Times Book Review Americans regard the Japanese educational system and the lives of Japanese children with a mixture of awe and indignance. We respect a system that produces higher literacy rates and superior math skills, but we reject the excesses of a system that leaves children with little free time and few outlets for creativity and self-expression. In Japanese Lessons, Gail R. Benjamin recounts her experiences as a 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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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2020 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |