A Study of Differences and Similarities in Meeting Current Science Education Reforms in Japan and the United States of America.

Niwano, Yoshiei; Schlosser, Steve; Yager, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 2000

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A Study of Differences and Similarities in Meeting Current Science Education Reforms in Japan and the United States of America.

Niwano, Yoshiei; Schlosser, Steve; Yager, Robert E.

Science Education International, v11 n2 p27-32 Jun 2000

Investigates the difficulties that teachers experience in Japan and the United States when they attempt to move to a more constructivist approach in their teaching. (Contains 14 references.) (YDS)

Descriptors: Comparative Education, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Differences, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan; United States

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