1st Edition
Contested Childhood Diversity and Change in Japanese Preschools
By Susan D. Holloway
Copyright 2000
256 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Contested Childhood, Holloway, an educational and developmental psychologist, examines the Japanese preschool and identifies the cultural models that guide Japanese child-rearing as being contentious and fragmented. She looks at the societal, religious and economic factors that shape various preschool programs and shows how culture influences child-rearing beliefs and practices.
Acknowledgments 1. Contested Cultural Models of Schooling 2. Caring for Yound Children in Japan 3. Relationship-Oriented Preschools: Fun and Friends 4. Role-Oriented Preschools: Sweetness and the Whip 5. Child-Oriented Preschools: Strong Individuals, Good groups 6. Preschools and Social Class: Early Experiences in a Stratified Society 7. Shinto, Buddhist, and Christian Preschools 8. The Slow Demise of Public Preschools 9. Finding Our Way
Biography
Susan D. Holloway