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Japanese Childcare : An Interpretive Study of Culture and Organization (Japanese Studies)
Japanese Childcare An Interpretive Study of Culture and Organization - Japanese Studies Author:Eyal Ben-Ari Based on field research within Kyoto's Katsura day care center, Japanese Childcare looks at the broad societal goals of preschools, analyzing the structures by which they try to foster the rudiments of organizational life central to Japanese ideology. Eyal Ben-Ari considers the management of day care in Japan, discussing bureaucratic tex... more »ts that display official notions of "normal" child development. The book also examines the individuals and resources that allow such institutions to function: administrators, teachers, staff meetings, and the role of the state in standardizing preschool education.« less