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ERIC Number: EJ583031
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0148-432X
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Teaching Is a Cultural Activity.
Stigler, James W.; Hiebert, James
American Educator, v22 n4 p4-11 Win 1998
Explores teaching as a cultural activity by focusing on U.S. and Japanese systems of teaching in the context of cultural beliefs about how students learn and the teacher's role in the learning process. Educational improvement could result from greater awareness of the cultural scripts used in teaching. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Multicultural Education, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan; United States
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