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Preschool in three cultures / Fourth Wave Productions.
LIBRA DVD 015 295
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursery schools--Japan--Case studies.
- Nursery schools.
- Nursery schools--China--Case studies.
- Nursery schools--United States--Case studies.
- Education, Preschool.
- Educational anthropology.
- United States.
- China.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Case studies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.H. : J.J. Tobin, [1989]
- System Details:
- DVD-R format.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- As the number of mothers in the workforce grows and parents feel increased pressure to give their children an educational head start, industrialized societies are turning to preschools to nurture, educate, and socialize young children. Presents a unique comparison of the practices and philosophies of Japanese, Chinese, and American preschools and discusses how changes in child care both reflect and affect larger social change.Shows a typical day in preschool in each country, and brings up such issues as freedom, conformity, creativity, coooperation, and discipline.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Joseph J. Tobin.
- Notes:
- "A videotape companion to: Preschool in three cultures : Japan, China and the United States, by Joseph Tobin, David Wu, Dana Davidson, published by Yale University Press."
- Title from disc label.
- Film footage originally shot for research purposes, with voice-over narration.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- OCLC:
- 163956279
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