Contested Childhood: Diversity and Change in Japanese Preschools

by Susan D. Holloway

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415924597
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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