1. Japans Education SystemBrent A. Jones Konan University

2. Prof. Koji Nakamura 3. OverviewBackgroundStructure/Learning PopulationKeys to SuccessStormy Waters 4. Japans Modern Educational SystemOne-Hundred Years of Japanese Education 5. Early InfluencesConfucianismBuddhism 6. Feudal PeriodFief Schools (hanko )military arts, morals, literatureTemple Schools (terako y a)practical skills for daily life 7. Late Edo / Early MeijiConfucian ScholarsMilitary SpecialistsBuddhist Temples 8. Niijima JoJoseph Hardy Neesima 9. Iwakura MissionIwakura Mission 10. Tsuda Umeko 11. Tsuda Umeko 12. Department of Education - 1871 4 days after abolition of fiefs Policy of educational unification 13. Education System Order - 1872 Aim to unify the diversity of curriculums Reflected elements of various western modelsSingle most important document in modern Japanese educational history 14. Ito Hirobumi 15. Mori Arinori 16. Ministry of Education 17. Tanaka Fujimaro Together pushed for asystem based on that in the U.S. David Murray 18. 1879 Education OrderResponse to shortcomings of 1872 OrderPolitical compromisePolicy of decentralization 19. Imperial Rescript on Education Emperor Meijis Inspection Tour Critique of Civilization and Enlightenment Movement Highlighted antagonism between traditional and progressive modes of thought 20. 1880 Education OrderEmphasis on national control 21. 1885 Education OrderMotivated by economics (support for local areas)Allowed for simplified elementary school 22. Competing factionsNational Learning (wagaku)Chinese Learning (kangaku)Western Learning (yo gaku) 23. Group harmony and respect for teachers Excellent discipline at home and school 24. American Occupation6-3-3-4 SystemAim was to return education to normal stateEducational Policy for the Construction of a NewJapan 25. Fundamental Law of Education Based on several reports, documents Equal rights to education Compulsory education free 26. Reading MathScienceShanghai556 (1) 600 (1) 575 (1) Finland536 (3) 541 (6) 554 (2)HK-China533 (4) 555 (3) 549 (3)Singapore 526 (5) 562 (2) 542 (4) Japan520 (8) 529 (9) 539 (5) Korea539 (2) 546 (4) 538 (6) 27. Stormy WatersBullyingSchool RefusalSuicideMonster ParentsClassroom ChaosDisenfranchised 28. Bullying72,778 cases (2009)75,295 (2010)physical or verbal abuse, damage to a studentsbelongings, taunting messages 29. School Refusal126,764 (2006) 1.17%Elementary school (1 in 302)Junior high (1 in 35) 30. Suicidebetween 500 - 600 cases a year (under 19 yearsold) 31. Monster ParentsMy child has lost a wallet somewhere in school. Buy him a new one. --Parents from Kanagawa.Make sure you check out the weather forecast every day, and let meknow first if there is any need to have my kid bring an umbrella. --Parents from Kanagawa.Let my son sleep during a class, because hes been very busy going toa cram school lately. -- Parents from Kanagawa.No one in my family is good at waking up early in the morning, so giveus a phone call every morning so we wont oversleep. -- Parents fromFukui.Since my daughter has been taking a private lesson to become aprofessional pianist, dont let her play outside during a break, so shewont hurt her fingers. -- Parents from Tokyo. 32. Classroom Chaos