Primary School in Japan: Self, Individuality and Learning in Elementary Education (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series)

Primary School in Japan: Self, Individuality and Learning in Elementary Education (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series)


The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan. A series of educational reforms since 1990, including the implementation of a new curriculum in 2002, has been a source of fierce controversy. This book, based on an extended, detailed study of two primary schools in the Kinki district of Japan, discusses these debates,

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