Surviving teaching: Learning from Japanese native-speaker teachers

Abstract

Starting teaching in a new country and a new culture is like being a beginning teacher again. If you come from a Confucian culture where teachers are automatically respected, the New Zealand classroom comes as a shock. How do teachers from Japan survive, adapt and thrive in New Zealand schools, and how can principals support them?

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Okamura, Y., & Miller, J. (2009). Surviving teaching: Learning from Japanese native-speaker teachers. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 1, 12–18. https://doi.org/10.18296/set.0463
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