The Educational System In Japan

Author : Yasuhiro Nemoto
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 1581127995

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The Japanese Education System by Yasuhiro Nemoto Pdf

This comprehensive study of the Japanese education system follows the Japanese child from the kindergarten, through the progressively more arduous and competitive environments of the elementary, middle and high schools, to the relative relaxation, even hedonism, of university life. Drawing on numerous surveys and on the author's personal experience, it provides a wealth of information on teaching methodologies, discipline, class sizes, the school day, assessment and the national curriculum. It also examines the role of the central Ministry of Education and the local boards in administering education throughout the country, and outlines and assesses the government's recent programs of educational reform. The behavior, attitudes and expectations of pupils and parents are discussed in detail, and placed within their political, social and historical context, revealing the complex cultural assumptions determining learning and socialization in Japan. This study thus contributes to the efforts of educators and sociologists to understand and evaluate different approaches to education in diverse cultures, increasingly important in the global information age. It shows how the American and Japanese education systems are based on fundamentally different concepts of society: democratic individualism and hierarchic collectivism respectively. While discussing the positive and negative effects of each extreme, it suggests that American educators might learn from a system in which truancy, insolence, violence and drug abuse are comparatively rare. However, the study shows how the traditional ideals of Japanese education - unquestioning acceptance, self-sacrifice, and respect for superiors - face serious challenges in a time of globalization, and moral, social and cultural change.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:31951D01524182K

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Author : Roy Hidemichi Akagi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007969574

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The Educational System in Japan ... by Roy Hidemichi Akagi Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Education
ISBN : 9264302395

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Education Policy in Japan by OECD Pdf

Japan's education system is one of the top performers compared to other OECD countries. International assessments have not only demonstrated students' and adults' high level of achievement, but also the fact that socio-economic status has little bearing on academic results. In a nutshell, Japan combines excellence with equity. This high performance is based on the priority Japan places on education and on its holistic model of education, which is delivered by highly qualified teachers and supported by the external collaboration of communities and parents. But significant economic, socio-demographic and educational challenges, such as child well-being, teacher workload and the high stakes university exam, question the sustainability of this successful model. Policy makers in Japan are not complacent, and as Japan starts implementing its Third Basic Plan for the Promotion of Education (2018-22), they are carefully analysing tomorrow's threats to Japan's current success. This report aims to highlight the many strengths of Japan's education system, as well as the challenges it must address to carry out reforms effectively and preserve its holistic model of education. The ultimate goal is to ensure that the education system delivers the best for all students, and that Japanese learners have the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values they need for the 21st century.

Author : Gail R. Benjamin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780814713341

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Japanese Lessons by Gail R. Benjamin Pdf

Benjamin dismantles Americans' preconceived notions of the Japanese education system "Gail R. Benjamin reaches beyond predictable images of authoritarian Japanese educators and automaton schoolchildren to show the advantages and disadvantages of a system remarkably different from the American one..."—The New York Times Book Review Americans regard the Japanese educational system and the lives of Japanese children with a mixture of awe and indignance. We respect a system that produces higher literacy rates and superior math skills, but we reject the excesses of a system that leaves children with little free time and few outlets for creativity and self-expression. In Japanese Lessons, Gail R. Benjamin recounts her experiences as a American parent with two children in a Japanese elementary school. An anthropologist, Benjamin successfully weds the roles of observer and parent, illuminating the strengths of the Japanese system and suggesting ways in which Americans might learn from it. With an anthropologist's keen eye, Benjamin takes us through a full year in a Japanese public elementary school, bringing us into the classroom with its comforting structure, lively participation, varied teaching styles, and non-authoritarian teachers. We follow the children on class trips and Sports Days and through the rigors of summer vacation homework. We share the experiences of her young son and daughter as they react to Japanese schools, friends, and teachers. Through Benjamin we learn what it means to be a mother in Japan--how minute details, such as the way mothers prepare lunches for children, reflect cultural understandings of family and education.

Author : Yuto Kitamura,Toshiyuki Omomo,Masaaki Katsuno
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811326325

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Education in Japan by Yuto Kitamura,Toshiyuki Omomo,Masaaki Katsuno Pdf

This book illustrates the nature of Japan’s education system and identifies its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the socioeconomic environment surrounding education in contemporary Japanese society. It describes the basic institutional structure of each educational stage, in an overview of today’s school education in Japan, while also analyzing the current implementation status of important policies and the progress of reform at each stage. The book also examines the status of and problems with various issues that are considered essential to education in Japan today. These include teachers, lesson studies, school and community, educational disparities, education and jobs, multiculturalism, university reforms, internationalization of education and English-language education, education for sustainable development, and others, covering a diverse range of fields. The book is unique in its attempt to comprehensively understand and analyze the educational field in Japan by drawing on the expertise of various academic disciplines.

Author : Gary DeCoker,Christopher Bjork
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807772089

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Japanese Education in an Era of Globalization by Gary DeCoker,Christopher Bjork Pdf

This volume documents the significant changes that have occurred in Japanese schools since the collapse of that nations economic bubble. Before the recession, Japan was the country that most others sought to emulate due to its students performance on standardized tests. Now, however, a different and more complicated picture of the Japanese education system emerges. This book places Japanese education in a global context, with particular attention given to how their education system is responding to changing expectations and pressures that emerge from rapid social change. Chapters written by respected scholars examine issues related to equality, academic achievement, privatization, population diversity, societal expectations, and the influence of the media, parents, and political movements. The research in this book will provide valuable lessons for policymakers and practitioners facing similar challenges.

Author : Thomas P. Rohlen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780520341302

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Japan's High Schools by Thomas P. Rohlen Pdf

". . . Rohlen's book achieves exciting conjectural stances while providing us with rich and trustworthy substantive data and description. His treatment of schools as 'moral communities,' his call for new, culturally sensitive definitions of moral and creative goals in children's education, his interest in the consensus between parent, school, and society which underlies effective schooling are reason alone why this book should be read by anyone interested in the context and future of any educational system ... A splendid book for non-specialists, as well as for policymakers ... "--Merry T. White, The Review of Education "Rohlen uses education as the entering wedge for a good understanding of Japanese society in general. That the author was sensitive to and appreciative of Japanese ways is evident throughout."--Eloise Lee Leiterman, Christian Science Monitor "Never have I encountered a work on modem Japan which so skillfully captures what is intrinsically unique about the society. Indeed, Rohlen proves that comparative education need not be a litany of lifeless facts."--Linda Joffe, London Times Educational Supplement "On the basis of fourteen months of fieldwork in five Japanese high schools, the author integrates observation of the schools themselves with discussion of their relationships to higher education and society at large. . . . Rowen's conclusions offer insightful contributions to the current debate on secondary education in the United States."--Harvard Educational Review "The best introduction for many a year into the cultural mainsprings of Japanese society, the principles of its organization, and the way its citizens think and feel."--Ronald P. Dore, Journal of Japanese Studies

Author : Ryoko Tsuneyoshi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Education and globalization -- Japan
ISBN : 0367272091

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Globalization and Japanese Exceptionalism in Education by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi Pdf

Globalization is the most common overriding characteristic of our time, with societies all over the world struggling to change their educational systems to meet what are perceived to be the needs of globalization. This book provides an insider's account of how the Japanese educational system is trying to meet that challenge while placing the developments in a larger international context. Distinguishing itself from other books in the same genre, this volume (1) brings in the diversity of insiders' reactions concerning globalization reform in education, while placing such actions in the larger international context, and (2) covers a wide span of education (elementary to higher education) and shows how the globalization reforms as a whole are affecting Japanese education. With a focus on insiders' accounts, this book brings in information that is little known outside of Japan. It also links globalization processes in Japanese society, school education and higher education, accounting for similarities and differences across educational levels, providing insight into the multifaceted processes affecting the Japanese education system. Chapters include: From High School Abroad to College in Japan: The Difficulties of the Japanese Returnee Experience The University of Tokyo PEAK Program: Venues into the Challenges Faced by Japanese Universities Why Does Cultural Diversity Matter? Korean Higher Education in Comparative Perspective

Author : Edward R. Beauchamp,James M. Vardaman Jr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317467069

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Japanese Education since 1945 by Edward R. Beauchamp,James M. Vardaman Jr Pdf

A study of postwar education in Japan which is intended to shed light on the development of Japanese educational policy. Major educational documents are included, some taken from records of the American occupation forces and others being original translations from Japanese sources.

Author : Koji Tanaka,Kanae Nishioka,Terumasa Ishii
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317484936

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Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Japan by Koji Tanaka,Kanae Nishioka,Terumasa Ishii Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history and current status of policy, research and practices of curriculum, classroom instruction and assessment in Japan. It outlines the mechanism of curriculum organization and the history of the National Courses of Study, and assesses the theories of academic ability model. It also discusses in detail the history of "Lesson Study" – a characteristic teaching practice in Japan which utilizes groups, and reviews the history of educational assessment in Japan. Case studies on the practice of portfolio assessment in the Period for Integrated Study, as well as the practice of performance tasks in subject-based education are illustrated to show various examples of teaching practices. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Japan explores: • Child-centered Curriculum and Discipline-Centered Curriculum • Theories based on Models of Academic Achievement and Competency • Various Methods for Organizing Creative Whole-Class Teaching • Performance Assessment in Subject Teaching A good guideline for those who would like to use the idea of "Lesson Study" in order to improve their own teaching and management practices and a reference to all working in educational improvement, this book will be of interest to educators and policymakers concerned with curriculum practices or those with an interest in the Japanese education system.

Author : Thomas P. Rohlen,Christopher Bjork
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415168430

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Education and Training in Japan by Thomas P. Rohlen,Christopher Bjork Pdf

This collection, written by Japanese and foreign scholars, represents an inclusive cross-section of the most important work in key areas of this field. Topics include: * the impact of Japanese education and training on Japan's economy and culture * the Japanese influence on the "East Asian approach" to education, in comparison with the educational systems of Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong * Japan's promotion of "learning organizations" and "Knowledge workers" for the Information Age.

Author : Syed Ross Masood
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1022234641

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Japan And Its Educational System by Syed Ross Masood Pdf

A comprehensive analysis of the Japanese educational system that explores its history, culture, and contemporary challenges. With its interdisciplinary approach and engaging writing style, this book is an essential resource for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in the fascinating world of Japanese education. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : James J. Shields
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780271038193

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Japanese Schooling by James J. Shields Pdf

Author : Dr Paul Snowden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9463724672

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Handbook of Higher Education in Japan by Dr Paul Snowden Pdf

A 25-chapter book on Japan's system of colleges and universities, from both historical and contemporary viewpoints and themes. The first in a new series of handbooks on Japanese studies.