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ERIC Number: EJ567098
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1881
A Mirror to Ourselves? The Educational Experiences of Japanese Children at School in the UK.
McPake, Joanna; Powney, Janet
Educational Research, v40 n2 p169-79 Sum 1998
Interviews with 27 Japanese children living in Scotland and England explored the notion of cultural dissonance in four areas: talk and silence in class, academic knowledge versus skills, achievement expectations and aspirations, and cultural identity. Current teaching practices apparently do not take cultural differences into account. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, School Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Japanese People; Scotland