he mammalian called man (and woman, of course!), laughter is an expression of the satisfaction of one or the other vital urges as well as a catalyst of drives' satisfaction.
In Japan today, there is a growing tendency toward recognizing the essential role of physical didactic methodologies at the lower elementary school level. Thus, Total Physical Response and such deviants as Nakata's MAT (Model, Action, Talk) are increasingly being adopted--primarily, however, in the private school, which is considerably less victimized by an ultra-conservative tenured Ministry of Education than is the state school.
To transfer the concept of fun-in-learning to upper secondary school is still a step Japanese teachers hesitate to take. They feel that play is for young children and that fun has no place in the diet of the older children. The school is
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