{"product_id":"teaching-embodied-cultural-practice-in-japanese-preschools-hardcover","title":"Teaching Embodied: Cultural Practice in Japanese Preschools - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAkiko Hayashi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we look beyond lesson planning and curricula-those explicit facets that comprise so much of our discussion about education-we remember that teaching is an inherently social activity, shaped by a rich array of implicit habits, comportments, and ways of communicating. This is as true in the United States as it is in Japan, where Akiko Hayashi and Joseph Tobin have long studied early education from a cross-cultural perspective. Taking readers inside the classrooms of Japanese preschools, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Embodied\u003c\/i\u003e explores the everyday, implicit behaviors that form a crucially important-but grossly understudied-aspect of educational practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Akiko Hayashi and Joseph Tobin embed themselves in the classrooms of three different teachers at three different schools to examine how teachers act, think, and talk. Drawing on extended interviews, their own real-time observations, and hours of video footage, they focus on how teachers embody their lessons: how they use their hands to gesture, comfort, or discipline; how they direct their posture, gaze, or physical location to indicate degrees of attention; and how they use the tone of their voice to communicate empathy, frustration, disapproval, or enthusiasm. Comparing teachers across schools and over time, they offer an illuminating analysis of the gestures that comprise a total body language, something that, while hardly ever explicitly discussed, the teachers all share to a remarkable degree. Showcasing the tremendous importance of-and dearth of attention to-this body language, they offer a powerful new inroad into educational study and practice, a deeper understanding of how teaching actually works, no matter what culture or country it is being practiced in. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkiko Hayashi \u003c\/b\u003eis a postdoctoral fellow in education at the University of Georgia. \u003cb\u003eJoseph Tobin \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of early childhood education at the University of Georgia and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003ePreschool in Three Cultures Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754045538592,"sku":"9780226263076","price":187.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f7ec959119b98184f5e6959aa2c2cc07.webp?v=1780032220","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/teaching-embodied-cultural-practice-in-japanese-preschools-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}