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As people exist together in a certain collective environment, their actions and judgments should comply with certain standards. The usual frame of reference has become the yardstick for judgments on actions or for the actions themselves.
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NANAKIDA, A. (2015). Early Childhood Education and Care Curriculum in Japan. In: HUO, L., B. NEUMAN, S., NANAKIDA, A. (eds) Early Childhood Education in Three Cultures. New Frontiers of Educational Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44986-8_2
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