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Download full textStites, Michele L.; Sonnenschein, Susan; Chen, Yongxiang; Imai-Matsumura, Kyoko; Gürsoy, Hatice – Education Sciences, 2021
The two studies examined in this paper compare the different mathematical opportunities provided in preschool classrooms in China, Japan, and the United States, with an emphasis on mathematical-themed books in classroom libraries. Study one presents the results of an online survey to examining the content of preschool classroom libraries in China…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction
Direct linkIzumi-Taylor, Satomi; Ito, Yoko; Lin, Chia-Hui; Akita, Kiyomi – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine similarities and differences of American, Japanese, and Taiwanese kindergarten teachers' perspectives about clean-up time. The participants consisted of two female American kindergarten teachers in the southeastern US, two female Japanese kindergarten teachers on the main island, and two female Taiwanese…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Bjork, Christopher – Comparative Education Review, 2009
When "Preschool in Three Cultures" was published in 1989, it attracted great attention, as a result of the insights into the three cultures explored as well as the methodology that anchored the research. What made the book so intriguing to many scholars, regardless of their geographical areas of interest, however, was the unique…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedIshigaki, Emiko Hannah; Lin, Jiasui – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1999
Presents findings from a comparative project in China, Korea, and Japan, exploring the views of preschool teachers on children's' right to play. Reviews three papers and one symposium presented on this theme. (JPB)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Childrens Rights, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background
Holloway, Susan D. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 1999
The views of teachers and directors in four Christian preschools and four Buddhist preschools are examined in this qualitative study of early childhood education in Japan. In Christian preschools, the guiding principle was that each child was a precious gift of God. This belief resulted in a play-oriented curriculum that maximized the choices…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Buddhism, Christianity, Church Role
Peer reviewedTobin, Joseph Jay; And Others – Comparative Education Review, 1987
Japanese preschool teachers and administrators watched and commented on videotapes of Japanese and U.S. preschools. In contrast to American notions of home-school continuity and the mothering role of the preschool teacher, Japanese educators saw their large preschool classes (of approximately 30 students) as teaching overly individualistic,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Wakai, Kunio, Ed.; Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed. – 1996
This annual report discusses several topics related to the work of the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development. Seven topics are covered in the report. The articles are: (1) "Fathers' Participation in the Lives of Their 4-Month-Old Infants: The United States and Japan" (Marguerite Stevenson Barratt, Koichi Negayama and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Cultural Differences
