Japanese Lessons Mathew Dowling The impact of surprisingly varied

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Japanese Lessons Mathew Dowling The impact of surprisingly variedGail R. Benjamin reaches beyond predictable images of authoritarian Japanese educators and automaton schoolchildren to show the advantages and disadvantages of a system remarkably different from the American one The New York Times Book Review Americans regard the Japanese educational system and the lives of Japanese children with a mixture of awe and indignance. We respect a system that produces higher literacy rates and superior math skills, but we