Teaching Embodied: Cultural Practice in Japanese Preschools

by Akiko Hayashi and Joseph Tobin

Book Overview

When we look beyond lesson planning and curricula--those explicit facets that comprise so much of our discussion about education--we remember that teaching is an inherently social activity, shaped by a rich array of implicit habits, comportments, and ways of communicating. This is as true in the United States as it is in Japan, where Akiko Hayashi and Joseph Tobin have long studied early education from a cross-cultural perspective. Taking readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022626310X
• ISBN13: 9780226263106
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"