ABSTRACT

This collection of essays explores teaching in Japan as it relates to contemporary social change in the past two decades. The collection explores day-to-day teaching in Japan from the teacher's erspective relying on first hand accounts by those within the system.

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction: The Background

chapter 2|22 pages

Culture of Teaching in Japan

chapter 3|24 pages

Teacher Education and Social Change

part |2 pages

Part Two Ethnography of Learning to Teach