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Japan schooling system11/29/2023 ![]() Ridiculous 'club' commitments, cram school till late & the government's answer to reforms? Reintroduction of Saturday schooling! Un-be-lie-va-ble. Elementary school here is an environment where kids aren't allowed to be kids. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University.I've experienced the trifecta (elementary, h/s & uni) in both short-term & long-term capacities and make no exaggeration when I say that the root of Japan's societal woes all stem from its education system. affiliates/center-on-international-education-benchmarking/top-performing-countries. International Review of Education, 493-515.Ĭenter on International Education Benchmarking: Frontiers of Education: Japan as a “Global Model” or “Nation at Risk”. It should be interesting to see how Japan fares in future academic showings.īlake Willis, D., Yamamura, S., & Rappleye, J. Japanese society as a whole is suffering with increased crime, social disorder, irresponsibility, poor manners, business scandals, and weaker economic performance. They are seeing falling academic achievement, uncommitted teachers, increased bullying, and other problems. There is talk of gakkyu hokai or classroom collapse in Japan today. Traditional values are being questioned more and more and individuality is being encouraged. As I said, Saturday school has been eliminated as well. However, changes are taking place in Japan and they are trying to reduce the stress students feel regarding the examinations. Family socioeconomic status is not obvious in Japan for those reasons, which allows students to focus on academics. All people in Japan receive free medical care. In Japan, all students receive a free meal in school, which they are required to eat, and they wear uniforms. Japan tends to be safer than the U.S., which allows children to be more independent. ![]() Parents do not take them to and from school. Students walk to school on their own in Japan. They do not ask the teacher for help during the academic part of the day. The teachers teach the classes and then, afterwards, if a student finds s/he did not understand the lesson, that student must go for help after school or in Juku. “If an older person says we are doing it wrong, and this is the right way, we believe them.” Respect and structure are extremely important components of Japanese schooling. They have a different type of language for communicating with the older population. Miwa explained that Japanese people are very “delicate” with others and they have much respect for older people. Miwa says that it is difficult to gain entry into college in Japan, but when students do get it, they do not drop out, like many students in the U.S. Some are college preparatory and others train students for the work force. Students may also choose to go to a technical school, like a sewing school. She thinks out of about 500 students in her middle school maybe only 5 students chose to leave school and pursue work. Miwa says that most students go on to high school. Students are openly classified into learning groups, some at the top of the class and some at the bottom. Education is mandatory in Japan until the end of middle school. Students take tests in Japanese, mathematics, science, social students, and English to determine what high school they will attend (Johnson & Johnson, 1996). ![]() Students are kept very busy and they spend long hours in school and participating in after school activities.įrom 1st to 6th grade students attend elementary school and then move on to middle school, where the focus is on examinations. Miwa explained that children are very independent from their parents in Japan and their lives are very structured. Studies show that about 60% of students attend Juku (Johnson & Johnson, 1996). It was important and so parents found ways to pay for it. ![]() Juku is not free, but Miwa does not recall any of her peers not attending Juku. However, almost all student return home for two hours and then report back to classes called Juku, or cram school, which lasts from 8:00 p.m. Students also attended school a half a day on Saturdays, but as of this time, that practice has been eliminated. and lasts until 4:00 p.m., at which time the student report to special classes (such as music, sports, or calligraphy) until 6:00 p.m. The academic portion of School is from 8:00 a.m. Students in Japan go to school about ten months a year – 60 to 40 days longer than American students. My neighbor, Miwa, explained to me that education was something every child knew was very important maybe the most important thing, in their lives. Japan is one of my favorite educational systems to write about, mostly because my next-door neighbor was born and raised in Japan and I am able to understand the system through her eyes as well as through research.
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