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ERIC Number: EJ656371
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
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A Vote for Consensus: Democracy and Difference in Japan.
Yamashita, Hiromi; Williams, Christopher
Comparative Education, v38 n3 p277-89 Aug 2002
Democracy is deeply rooted in Japanese history but not in a form that is readily recognizable to Western observers. A study of student decision making in an elementary classroom found that student attitudes about what children should decide were shaped by students' prior experience of decision making, and that their style of decision making combined voting with consensus. (SV)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Democracy, Democratic Values, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Japanese Culture, Participative Decision Making, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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