re: education in Japan
frozenandcold
I just wanted to share this because I thought it was very
interesting. We here often of Japan's superior education and I have
even had people throw that in my face in conversations about
unschooling. I have been reading this book about a woman who lived
in Japan for five years and her experiences there. This is what she
says about the education of Japanese:
"The training Japanese children receive leads to success in
examinations, and fills their heads with hundreds of thousands of
facts and fiures. But, if a Japanese child has to analyze a
situation, draw conclusions, defend a viewpoint, or even ask
questions, the inherent wekaness of the Japanese educational system
becomes apparent. Japanese schools repress original and creative
thought. Spontaneity is a dirty word. Originality on a child's
part will surely bring forth a letter of complaint to its parents,
and a leading question will be met wiht a raised eyebrow. Japanese
children do not know how to analyze facts, and criticism is not
received favorably, because the teacher is the only one allowed to
ask quiestions. Japanese schoolchildren are taught to accumulate
information formulae, dates, and facts."
It goes on to talk about conformity and subservience in the school
system and also their HUGE problem of violence and suicide.
Very interesting from an unschooling point of view.
Heidi
interesting. We here often of Japan's superior education and I have
even had people throw that in my face in conversations about
unschooling. I have been reading this book about a woman who lived
in Japan for five years and her experiences there. This is what she
says about the education of Japanese:
"The training Japanese children receive leads to success in
examinations, and fills their heads with hundreds of thousands of
facts and fiures. But, if a Japanese child has to analyze a
situation, draw conclusions, defend a viewpoint, or even ask
questions, the inherent wekaness of the Japanese educational system
becomes apparent. Japanese schools repress original and creative
thought. Spontaneity is a dirty word. Originality on a child's
part will surely bring forth a letter of complaint to its parents,
and a leading question will be met wiht a raised eyebrow. Japanese
children do not know how to analyze facts, and criticism is not
received favorably, because the teacher is the only one allowed to
ask quiestions. Japanese schoolchildren are taught to accumulate
information formulae, dates, and facts."
It goes on to talk about conformity and subservience in the school
system and also their HUGE problem of violence and suicide.
Very interesting from an unschooling point of view.
Heidi
Daniel MacIntyre
Yes, Singapore has a similar problem. Newsweek recently did an article
about how weak they are in practice even though they are number 1 in
international tests of math and reading.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10663340/site/newsweek/
Also, The London Times recently ran an article talking about how, although
on standardized tests, their students scores are rising, in tests of actual
understanding of basic concepts they are falling FAR behind where they were
30 years ago.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2014198,00.html
about how weak they are in practice even though they are number 1 in
international tests of math and reading.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10663340/site/newsweek/
Also, The London Times recently ran an article talking about how, although
on standardized tests, their students scores are rising, in tests of actual
understanding of basic concepts they are falling FAR behind where they were
30 years ago.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2014198,00.html
On 2/9/06, frozenandcold <fivefreebirds@...> wrote:
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> I just wanted to share this because I thought it was very
> interesting. We here often of Japan's superior education and I have
> even had people throw that in my face in conversations about
> unschooling. I have been reading this book about a woman who lived
> in Japan for five years and her experiences there. This is what she
> says about the education of Japanese:
>
> "The training Japanese children receive leads to success in
> examinations, and fills their heads with hundreds of thousands of
> facts and fiures. But, if a Japanese child has to analyze a
> situation, draw conclusions, defend a viewpoint, or even ask
> questions, the inherent wekaness of the Japanese educational system
> becomes apparent. Japanese schools repress original and creative
> thought. Spontaneity is a dirty word. Originality on a child's
> part will surely bring forth a letter of complaint to its parents,
> and a leading question will be met wiht a raised eyebrow. Japanese
> children do not know how to analyze facts, and criticism is not
> received favorably, because the teacher is the only one allowed to
> ask quiestions. Japanese schoolchildren are taught to accumulate
> information formulae, dates, and facts."
>
> It goes on to talk about conformity and subservience in the school
> system and also their HUGE problem of violence and suicide.
>
> Very interesting from an unschooling point of view.
>
> Heidi
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--
Daniel
( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )
"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
Albert Einstein
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Daniel MacIntyre
btw - do you have a link to this article?
On 2/9/06, frozenandcold <fivefreebirds@...> wrote:
>
> I just wanted to share this because I thought it was very
> interesting. We here often of Japan's superior education and I have
> even had people throw that in my face in conversations about
> unschooling. I have been reading this book about a woman who lived
> in Japan for five years and her experiences there. This is what she
> says about the education of Japanese:
>
> "The training Japanese children receive leads to success in
> examinations, and fills their heads with hundreds of thousands of
> facts and fiures. But, if a Japanese child has to analyze a
> situation, draw conclusions, defend a viewpoint, or even ask
> questions, the inherent wekaness of the Japanese educational system
> becomes apparent. Japanese schools repress original and creative
> thought. Spontaneity is a dirty word. Originality on a child's
> part will surely bring forth a letter of complaint to its parents,
> and a leading question will be met wiht a raised eyebrow. Japanese
> children do not know how to analyze facts, and criticism is not
> received favorably, because the teacher is the only one allowed to
> ask quiestions. Japanese schoolchildren are taught to accumulate
> information formulae, dates, and facts."
>
> It goes on to talk about conformity and subservience in the school
> system and also their HUGE problem of violence and suicide.
>
> Very interesting from an unschooling point of view.
>
> Heidi
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
--
Daniel
( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )
"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
Albert Einstein
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We are big into 4-H and had a Japanese boy (age 12) come live with us for a month this summer through that program. We really kind of freaked him out. He had school work that his parents sent with him (he didn't get much done here)and I would agree that problem solving wasn't his strong suit. Even after a month, he cried when he had to leave and of course, we offered for him to come back again this summer.
Julie S.
Julie S.
----- Original Message -----
From: frozenandcold <fivefreebirds@...>
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2006 11:00 am
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] re: education in Japan
> I just wanted to share this because I thought it was very
> interesting. We here often of Japan's superior education and I
> have
> even had people throw that in my face in conversations about
> unschooling. I have been reading this book about a woman who
> lived
> in Japan for five years and her experiences there. This is what
> she
> says about the education of Japanese:
>
> "The training Japanese children receive leads to success in
> examinations, and fills their heads with hundreds of thousands of
> facts and fiures. But, if a Japanese child has to analyze a
> situation, draw conclusions, defend a viewpoint, or even ask
> questions, the inherent wekaness of the Japanese educational
> system
> becomes apparent. Japanese schools repress original and creative
> thought. Spontaneity is a dirty word. Originality on a child's
> part will surely bring forth a letter of complaint to its parents,
> and a leading question will be met wiht a raised eyebrow.
> Japanese
> children do not know how to analyze facts, and criticism is not
> received favorably, because the teacher is the only one allowed to
> ask quiestions. Japanese schoolchildren are taught to accumulate
> information formulae, dates, and facts."
>
> It goes on to talk about conformity and subservience in the school
> system and also their HUGE problem of violence and suicide.
>
> Very interesting from an unschooling point of view.
>
> Heidi
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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frozenandcold
<<<<btw - do you have a link to this article?>>>>>
It is from a book called "Shalom" by Shifra Horn
Heidi
It is from a book called "Shalom" by Shifra Horn
Heidi