Contested Childhood: Diversity and Change in Japanese Preschools

In Contested Childhood Holloway, an educational and developmental psychologist, examines the Japanese preschool and identifies the cultural models that guide Japanese child-rearing as being contentious and fragmented. She looks at the societal, religious and economic factors that shape various preschool programs and shows how culture influences child-rearing beliefs and practices.Susan D. Holloway is the author of 'Contested Childhood: Diversity and Change in Japanese Preschools', published 2000 under ISBN 9780415924580 and ISBN 0415924588.