Japan's teacher acculturation: Critical analysis through comparative ethnographic narrative

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-131

  Howe, Edward R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Conforu Omiya Uetake 2 103 ^*  (Japan)

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EID: 27944490038     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607470500127251     Document Type: Article

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