The japanese preschool's pedagogy of feeling: Cultural strategies for supporting young children's emotional development

Ethos

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-49

  Hayashi, Akiko ^a   Karasawa, Mayumi ^b   Tobin, Joseph ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amae; Emotion; Feeling; Japan; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649136572     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2009.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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