Japan's Ancient Nature Concept Shapes Early Education Mindset miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>Observers of Japanese early childhood education and care have pointed to the mindset of educators watching over and waiting on preschoolers as being an intriguing tendency. This <em>mimamoru</em> approach has its roots in a premodern concept of nature, according to Osaka Metropolitan University Professor Yosuke Hirota.</p>