Teaching Embodied - Cultural Practice in Japanese Preschools

Taking you to the classrooms of Japanese preschools, this book explores the everyday, implicit behaviors that form a crucially important - but grossly understudied-aspect of educational practice. It focusses on how teachers embody their lessons: how they use their hands to gesture, comfort, or discipline; and more. Zusammenfassung Taking you to the classrooms of Japanese preschools! this book explores the everyday! implicit behaviors that form a crucially important - but grossly understudied-aspect of educational practice. It focusses on how teachers embody their lessons: how they use their hands to gesture! comfort! or discipline; and more.

Product details

• Authors: Akiko Hayashi, Akiko Tobin Hayashi, Hayashi Akiko, Joseph Tobin, Joseph Hayashi Tobin, Tobin Joseph
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2015
• EAN: 9780226263076
• ISBN: 978-0-226-26307-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Japan, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten