Tobin, Joseph Jay. <br/><br/>
Preschool in three cultures :  Japan, China, and the United States /  [print] 
Joseph J. 
 - Revised Edition 
 - New Haven, Connecticut :  Yale University Press,  (c)1989. 
 - ix, 238 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
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<br/><br/> Introduction   Komatsudani: A Japanese Preschool   Dong-feng: A Chinese Preschool   St. Timothy's: An American Preschool   A Comparative Perspective. 
<br/><br/> Published twenty years ago, the original Preschool in Three Cultures was a landmark in the study of education: a profoundly enlightening exploration of the different ways preschoolers are taught in China, Japan, and the United States. Here, lead author Joseph Tobin-along with new collaborators Yeh Hsueh and Mayumi Karasawa-revisits his original research to discover how two decades of globalization and sweeping social transformation have affected the way these three cultures educate and care for their youngest pupils. Putting their subjects' responses into historical perspective, Tobin, Hsueh, and Karasawa analyze the pressures put on schools to evolve and to stay the same, discuss how the teachers adapt to these demands, and examine the patterns and processes of continuity and change in each country.  Featuring nearly one hundred stills from the videotapes, Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited artfully and insightfully illustrates the surprising, illuminating, and at times entertaining experiences of four-year-olds-and their teachers-on both sides of the Pacific. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300048124 9780226805030 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88020904  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB8950087  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>BA07118807  JP-ToKJK 030-00423  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursery schools--Japan--Case studies.<br/>Nursery schools--China--Case studies.<br/>Nursery schools--United States--Case studies.<br/>Educational anthropology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Nursery schools Early Childhood Education  
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Case studies.<br/>Instructional and educational works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1140.25.T635.P747 2009