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ERIC Number: EJ506496
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
Disruption and Reconnection: Counseling Young Adolescents in Japanese Schools.
LeTendre, Gerald K.
Educational Policy, v9 n2 p169-84 Jun 1995
Using two case studies, examines the systems used by Japanese middle school teacher/counselors to counsel troubled early adolescents. The system works well for prevention, but can substantially drain a teacher's time. Cautions against wholesale adoption of Japanese organizational techniques in California schools, since teachers are already overworked. Stressing orderliness can deteriorate into a repressive atmosphere. (31 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Counseling Techniques, Early Adolescents, Emotional Problems, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Social Support Groups, Teacher Responsibility
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California; Teacher Counselors; United States Study of Education in Japan