1. 1. Welcome . The following presentation Education in Japan will give you a general idea about the education development in Japan and its current situation.
2. 2. Education in Japan is well-known: well-maintained educational system and excellent achievement. Japanese children consistently rank at or near the top in successive international tests of most mathematics.
3. 3. Who is in charge of education? Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is responsible for comprehensive educational administration of Japan. MEXT is led by a minister, who is a member of the Cabinet and is chosen by the Prime Minister. Take a look at MEXT!
4. 4. Diagram of Education Phases Kindergarten and Nursery school Elementary school Junior high school High school Universities and colleges
5. 5. Education involves in family, society and the world! Early childhood education begins at home Numerous books and TV shows help mothers to preschool children to educate their children, and to "parenting" more effectively.
6. 6. Who are childrens first and forever teachers? Much of the home training is devoted to teaching manners, proper social behavior, and structured game, verbal and number skills are also popular themes. Parents are strongly committed to early education and frequently enroll their children in preschools.
7. 7. Who teaches and runs preschools? Preschools (yochien ), predominantly staffed by young female junior college graduates, are supervised by the Ministry of Education, but are not part of the official education system. The majority of preschools are private.
8. 8. Elementary school More than 99% of children are enrolled in elementary school. All children enter first grade at age six, and starting school is considered a very important event in a child's life. 6-year education for elementary school.
9. 9. Where to go for elementary? Virtually all elementary education takes place in public schools; About 1% of the schools are private, which are costly.
10. 10. Do they just think about elementary in the period? Some private elementary schools are prestigious, they serve as a first step to higher- level private schools with which they are affiliated, and thence to a university.
11. 11. Junior high school A typical classroom in Japanese junior high school
12. 12. General information Three-year education from grade seven, eight, to ninth grede. ages of roughly 12 and 15 focus on academic studies it would not be easy to find jobs, so most of the students will continue after this phase even though the compulsory education is ended.
13. 13. Go to public or private? Majority of Junior High School are public school, but there are still very few private schools, which can be very expensive, maybe 4 or 5 times more than public.
14. 14. Exam for High School entrance for 2008-09 in a city, Japan. Planned to Recruit: 280(Boy: 180; Girl: 100) Actual Examinee: 3509(Boy: 2341; Girl: 1168) Qualified People: 1345(Boy: 951; Girl: 394)
15. 15. Teachers and students: Junior High School teachers usually teach the subjects based on their major; Most of them are four-year college graduates; 35 students per class on average; A homeroom teacher is assigned to each class, and he will serve as a counselor as well.
16. 16. Do you like to move or stay? The teacher, rather than the students, moves to a new room for each fifty-minute period. Different teachers for different subjects, which means students would have a different teacher each class by staying in the same classroom.
17. 17. About classes: Computers become common teaching facilities; Classroom organization is usually based on small work groups. Some new courses, like foreign languages, will start officially at 7th grade.
18. 18. What to learn: The curriculum covers Japanese language, social studies, mathematics, science, music, fine arts, health, and physical education. Moral education and special activities continue to receive attention. After-school sport clubs or classes are popular among many of students.
19. 19. High school: It is not compulsory in Japan; Most of students will go to high school anyway; High schools are not free, family may spend 3000 USD for a child each year; The number of private high schools is much bigger than private Junior High Schools, it usually costs twice as high as a public high school.
20. 20. High School classroom:
21. 21. Courses Offered: academic courses for students preparing for higher education technical and vocational courses for students expecting to find employment after graduation. Vocational-technical programs includes several hundred specialized courses, information processing, navigation, fish farming, business English, and ceramics.
22. 22. What would you do in Japan? Business and industrial courses are very popular, and accounting is one of top courses as well. Some basic academic courses are strictly required: Japanese language, English, mathematics, and science.
23. 23. What is the way you like best to learn? Teachers are university graduates; Teach in major fields they specialized; Teaching depends largely on the lecture system, with the main goal of covering the very demanding curriculum in the time allotted. Approach and subject coverage tends to be uniform, especially in the public schools.
24. 24. Special education is always an important part: Training of handicapped students, Emphasizing vocational education to enable students to be as independent as possible in the society.
25. 25. Universities and colleges: There are about 600 popular universities and colleges; Four-year learning to earn bachelors degree; Pubilc universities are comprised of national universities and local universities; Half of the universities are private.
26. 26. What would you do for your university life? business, law, accounting, engineering, humanities, and education are popular fields in universities; The average costs (tuition, fees, and living expenses) for a year of higher education in Japan is very high. Part-time jobs, loans, schalorship, nonprofit corporation and other institutions could be some choices for students. University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Waseda University are among the very popular ones.
27. 27. English Education in Japan: It reflects the development of Japan just like a mirror. A Strategic Consideration on English Education in Japan in the 21st Century expects to boost its development furthermore.
28. 28. An English Classroom in Japan
29. 29. Situation of English Education: English is very popular among the people; Both school and society take it seriously; Ability of communication is still not ideal; Reading and writing are much better than spoken English.
30. 30. How would you like to learn a foreign language? Individual tutoring, school study and training class after school are popular ways of learning English since preschool. English as one of the major courses starts since Junior High School, up to High school, 6 years in total as a required core course. English is still a popular and important course in universities, some of the universities require 3 more years to continue studying English.
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