Cultural Variations

THIS WEEKS DISCUSSION WILL INVOLVE INFORMATION FROM COGNITIVE SECTION (Cultural Variations in Preschool).

Go back to the section where Arnett discusses a Japanese/U.S. preschool study of parents and teachers. It highlights 1) differences in how/what they teach, 2) differences in reasons why parents send children to preschool, 3) differences in percentage of parents who send their kids to preschool.Why do you think children who leave Japanese preschools go on to do better academically than children who leave American preschools when Japanese preschools emphasize group socialization over academic skills?

Use some information from the handout on the FUNDAMENTAL FIVE in infants in the CONTENTS section of Blackboard to explain the better performance of Japanese students