Group 4 - Education of Japan

Group 4

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Where is this?

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TOP 1
Numeracy
&
Literacy


What makes education in Japan so unique and different?

What can we learn from it?


21 x 13 = ?
Time?


They don’t learn numbers by heart.
They draw and play.

How can it be?

Teaching the quality of lessons, not quantity


• 90% - practice
• 40% - only listening to other people


Philosophy of Education in Japan

The fundamental principle of education of Japan is in the perfection of
personality as a human being. Education emphasizes these points; respect for a
human being, social training, and efficiency in practical life.


Japan's educational objective
The Law defines the central aim of education as: “the full development of
personality, striving for the rearing of people, sound in mind and body, who shall love
truth and justice, esteem the value of the individual, respect labour and have a deep sense
of responsibility, and be imbued with an independent spirit, as builders of a peaceful
state and society.”


How do Japanese school operate?

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New school years starting every April
An average school day on weekdays lasts for 6 hours
Summer vacation: 6 weeks, Winter and Spring vacation: 2 weeks
Every class has its own classroom, 1 teacher teaches all of subjects ( elementary)
One class: under 40 students


What makes Japanese school system so unique?

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6 years of elementary school
3 years of junior high school
3 years of senior high school
4 years of university

Compulsory education is 9 years : 6 years of elementary school and 3 years of junior high
school


What makes Japanese school system so unique?

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100% enrollment in compulsory grades zero illiteracy
High school enrollment is pretty high: over 96% nationwide, nearly 100%
in the cities


What do children learn in Japanese schools?


Compare subjects of Vietnam with Japan
Vietnam

Japan

Only focus to Vietnamese and math

Although Japanese language is the most

Ethics, craft, history, geography, … can be

important, Moral education, Living

skipped

Environment Studies and Physical Education
are also focused.


Example of ethics

In Viet Nam
Ethics is skipped or The teachers teach general theory such as must love motherland, love people, love parent;
When you study in class, you must fold their hands on the table, look up the board, …
In Japan
Moral exercises are real such as watching when do your parents smile, you think what should you do to laugh
and try to see the results or take the bus to greet the driver and get off the bus to say thank you,…
From grade 1 to grade 3, children will not have a quiz because the Ministry of Education believes that they need
to learn to be a human before they can learn to genious.


Purposes of subjects in Japan

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Japanese Language
Social Studies
Arithmetic
Living Environment Studies
Moral Education
Music

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Arts and Handicrafts
Home Economics
Physical Education
Foreign Language Activities
Special Activities
Period for Integrated Studies


Some interesting facts about Japanese schools

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Nearly all junior high schools require their students to wear a school uniform
In public elementary and junior high schools school lunch (kyuushoku) is provided on a
standardized menu, and is eaten in the classroom.

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Students don’t skip classes in Japan, nor do they arrive late
Students in Japan have a strong sense of belonging in school, they don’t feel like outsiders, nor
do they feel left out.

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Students in Japan actually feel happy in school (85 %).

Some interesting facts about Japanese schools

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Around 91 % of Japanese students reported that they never, or only in some classes, ignored
what the teacher lectured.

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Students spend on average 235 minutes per week in regular math classes, but spend less time in
language and science classes

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A high percentage of Japanese students attend after-school workshops
Pre-primary education is of the utmost importance for Japan.
Japanese students almost never repeat their grades in primary, lower secondary or secondary
school