The basic school system in Japan is made up of elementary school (lastingsix years), middle school (lasting three years), high school (lasting threeyears), and university (lasting four years). Education is compulsory(义务的)only for elementary and middle school, but 98% of Japanese students ...
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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. Elementary school here is an environment where kids aren't allowed to be kids....
As part of the Mejii reforms, Japan began building a modern school system. Education authorities chose uniforms basdon the great military powers of the day. Boys wore a kind of Prussian cadet uniform and girls wore a uniform based on that of the BRItish RoyalNavy. Many schools are tradition...
Even if you want to learn the tea ceremony, the thought of "joining" a tea ceremony class may seem a little daunting. Our school's short-term tea ceremony course is a course that anyone who is interested in, "I want to try tea ceremony" or "I wonder how I can make matcha tea del...
Japan has been known for its success in building an efficient and effective educational system, particularly for school education. International academic achievement tests such as PISA and TIMSS have shown significant performance for Japanese students at the primary and secondary levels. At the tertiary...
It’s fair to say, and I think most other “veterans” of the public school teaching game here in Japan would agree, that being a public school English teacher here really is a mixed bag. That being said, just because a system isn’t perfect, doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed. With...
First, I describe the present status of educational system in Japan as compared with South Korea. Second, I analyze the data from high school students in South Korea and Japan, collected in 2000 by our study group, and demonstrate homogeneity and heterogeneity of education fever phenomena through...
Class Culture. State Control and the Market Mechanism: The Development of the School System in the Modernization of Japandoi:10.1007/978-3-663-14403-8_19It is possible for us to consider that contemporary education in Japan has a very strong competitive character. Youth in their middle teens ...
Abstract This chapter explores Japan’s education reforms in the 1980s and 1990s. The present school system was built to promote Japan’s industrialization, and has now become obsolete. The thrust of education reform over the past decade has been how to diversify schools away from uniformity and...