Diffusion of Innovations in English Language Teaching: The Elec Effort in Japan, 1956-1968

by Lynn E. Henrichsen

Through an investigation and description of the campaign conducted by the Rockefeller-funded English Language Exploratory Committee (ELEC) to revolutionize English-language-teaching practices in Japan, Henrichsen addresses the issue of how internationally oriented reformers of educational systems and practices can go about creating change and dealing with resistance to it. Henrichsen contends that innovation alone is rarely sufficient to bring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313266174
• ISBN13: 9780313266171
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"