2015, Kaunas city Auros Vadapolaits IIb Kaunas Maironis
University Gymnasium
Slide 2
Japanese state education system is a national pride in this
country, with a traditional approach that has helped Japanese
pupils easily outperform their counterparts all around the
world.
Slide 3
School in Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A09HhxXht4
Slide 4
Japanese school system consists of: 6 years of elementary
school, 3 years of junior high school, 3 years of senior high
school and 4 years of University.
Slide 5
The Japanese school year starts in April and consists of three
terms, separated by short holidays in spring and winter, and a one
month long summer break. During the break many students are working
toward better positioning by taking special classes. Vacations are
really short and if you take a sport you will have to go to
practice every day even in the summer.
Slide 6
Slide 7
High schools in Japan are speciality schools, for example,
academics, vocational, etc. Students must apply and interview for
placements in the school. Much like college in the US. Students
sometimes go to schools that are 2 hours away from home by train or
in some cases longer. They usually stay in dormitories or a
relative in that city if they are far from home.
Slide 8
School starts at 8:00 or 8:30 until 15, but they have clubs and
sports after that. once you choose a sport, you can't change it and
you have to stick to that sport the whole year and for the whole
time you are in middle or high school.
Slide 9
Slide 10
Slide 11
There is about 45 minutes for lunch. In high schools in Japan
students are responsible for there lunch. Either bringing a `bento`
from home or going to a convenience store or restaurant.
Slide 12
Some schools have strict rules about no hair touching the
stripes on the flap (your hair has to be short or tied up) but most
schools are easy about that! no make up or jewelry is allowed,
although many pupils break that rule. skirts are supposed to touch
the floor when you kneel, but of course, no one follows that
rule!
Slide 13
Slide 14
Slide 15
Did you know that, according to the newest study, children from
Japan lead the world in numeracy and literacy skills? So, what
makes the approach of Japanese school system so unique and
different from the rest of the world, and more importantly, what
can we learn from it?
Slide 16
This is because teaching in this country is about the quality
of lessons, not quantity.
Slide 17
Slide 18
Slide 19
Heres an example of a regular math class in Japan The class
starts with the customary aisatsu (greetings) to the teacher and is
followed by his question if students know how to solve a problem he
had previously put up on the board. That day his class is supposed
to learn how to solve equations with multiple fractions and he
instructs his fifth-graders how to approach these math
problems.
Slide 20
The first student to finish shots a hand up. The teacher walks
over, glances at the problem and circles it to signal it was
correct. The student then gets up and away from his seat. Another
hand shots up. But, this time the first student takes the role of
the teacher, or the corrector.
Slide 21
Language Children all around the world usually learn between
26-33 letters (not taking into account certain Asian languages
which have a rather pictographic approach). Do you know how many
characters Japanese children need to know in order to read and
write? More than 26, thats for sure.
Slide 22
Japanese children will have already known 1,006 kanji
characters at the age of 15, when they end their compulsory
education, they will know additional 1,130.
Slide 23
In addition to kanji, Japanese have two sets of phonetic
scripts, hiragana and katakana. Each set has 46 characters which
behave as syllables (usually including a consonant and a vowel,
like ka). Combined with specific dots used for marking changes of
the original sounds, these characters are enough to express all the
sounds of modern Japanese.
Slide 24
Students also learn traditional Japanese arts like shodo
(calligraphy) and haiku. Shodo involves dipping a brush in ink and
using it to write kanji (characters that are used in several East
Asian countries and have their own meanings) and kana (phonetic
characters derived from kanji) in an artistic style.
Slide 25
Here are some interesting facts about Japanese schools:
Slide 26
Nearly all junior high schools require their students to wear a
school uniform (seifuku). In public elementary and junior high
schools school lunch is eaten in the classroom. That way, pupils
and teachers get to forge better relationships while eating
together. Students do not ship classes in Japan, nor do they arrive
late for school
Slide 27
Students in Japan actually feel happy in school (85 percent of
them). Around 91 percent of Japanese students reported that they
never, or only in some classes, ignored what the teacher
lectured.
Slide 28
In some schools students who have been caught cheating have had
their heads shaved and have been expelled from school. Nearly every
elementary school in Japan has an outdoor swimming pool.
Slide 29
And even thought most people say that Japanese students have it
bad and school is torture there. Believe me, Japanese kids enjoy
their school life and their clubs. And they have more than enough
time for a social life American schools give too much holiday time.
Every year kids would get excited at the start of summer holidaybut
it would be so long they would finally get bored and into
trouble!
