ERIC Number: EJ826667
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Publication Date: 2003-Oct
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Socratic Teachers and Confucian Learners: Examining the Benefits and Pitfalls of a Year Abroad
Greenholtz, Joe
Language and Intercultural Communication, v3 n2 p122-130 Oct 2003
This paper explores the interplay between Western conceptions of education and students from other educational traditions, most specifically Japan, through the lens of the author's practice in international education. He examines models of the private and public spheres and public discourse advanced by Hannah Arendt and Jurgen Habermas in relation to the purpose of education, and discusses the transferability of these concepts to cross-cultural contexts, through an analysis of the nature of the public and the private in Japanese society. Finally, the paper urges international educators to take responsibility for the message they send exchange students by providing the mediation necessary to put their exchange experience into the proper context. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: International Education, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Context Effect, Intercultural Communication, Mediation Theory, Cultural Differences, Educational Philosophy, Comparative Analysis, Asian Culture, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Theories, Individualism, Cultural Context, Confucianism, Non Western Civilization, Interpersonal Communication
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; Japan
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