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Direct linkKitagawa, Kaori – History of Education, 2015
This article aims to describe post-war continuity and change in disaster education in Japan. Preparedness for natural disasters has been a continuous agenda in Japan for geographical and meteorological reasons, and disaster education has been practised in both formal and informal settings. Post-war disaster management and education have taken a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergency Programs, Natural Disasters, Educational Change
Sasaki, Miyuki – Language Testing, 2008
In the present study I describe the 150-year history of school-based English language assessment in Japan. The history is divided into four major periods according to the purposes of English language education set by the government in the different periods: (1) 1860 to 1945, when English was first introduced and taught in schools mainly for elite…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Download full textSato, Manabu – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2008
Current Educational Reform in Japan is oddly captured with confused conceptions of "compulsory education." The Ministry of Education blankets such connotations of it, as a national budget system, mandated school curriculum, responsible partnership of school with community and accountabilities of local school board, in defense of vested…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Public Education
Peer reviewedHoffman, Stuart D. – History of Education, 1999
Provides an overview of compulsory moral education in Japan from 1886 through 1997, tracing the introduction of specific ideals to elementary and secondary students. Argues that moral education was used to instill conformity, docility, and social cohesion in Japanese youth in order to fulfill the priorities of the political system. (CMK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Compulsory Education, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Okuda, Shinjo; Hishimura, Yukihiko – 1982
Under Allied influence following World War II, the Japanese educational system was reorganized on a 6-3-3 basis, with the first 9 years compulsory. The lower secondary curriculum established in 1947 included many compulsory subjects--Japanese, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Music, Drawing and Fine Arts, Physical Education, and Vocational…
Descriptors: Attendance, Coeducation, Comparative Education, Compulsory Education
Potter, John – SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, 1995
Despite the success of Japan's educational system in terms of academic achievement, a closer examination reveals a rigid system that discourages student expression and creativity, stresses conformity, ignores differences in student abilities, and supports an intensively competitive entrance system for high school and college. Discusses negative…
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Compulsory Education, Conformity, Cultural Influences
