Hello!
How are you? The picture above is of a science classroom in Sweden in the 1970s. I decided to show this as an example of what is on this blogpost, because I have three short videos for you about educational systems in three different countries - Finland, India, and South Korea.
Special note: It may be better for you to watch these videos on a computer, and then go directly to YouTube to watch them - if you need Japanese subtitles (字幕), you can get them there.
(New note for AWE II students: I have made some changes to this blogpost - such as the date you should have the pre-class preparation ready (for 11/10, not 11/3), and that you should have a summary (要約) ready to bring to class on 11/10.)
Pre-class preparation (for ASE II: 11/7 - for AWE II: 11/10)
Watch these short videos outside of class. Answer these questions after you watch:
1. Do you recognize anything of your educational experiences in any of these?
2. Which one of these is most like your experience?
3. Which one is the least like your experience?
4. How would you compare and contrast any one of these systems to Japanese education?
When you are finished: Think of another country you are interested in comparing its educational system with education in Japan. Choose any level of education you want (elementary, high school, university, etc.) - then write a summary (要約) comparing that level of education with the same level of education in Japan (for example, high school in Japan with high school in Germany, or university in Japan with university in Brazil).
You can focus on science education if you like - for example, the quality and level of science education in Japan with the quality and level of science education in, for example, the U.S.
Here are the videos. The first one is about education in Finland, and the video is called Inside Finland's education system:
Watch these videos as many times as you want or need. I'll be interested to read what you have to say and will value it greatly.
See you next week!
Special note: It may be better for you to watch these videos on a computer, and then go directly to YouTube to watch them - if you need Japanese subtitles (字幕), you can get them there.
(New note for AWE II students: I have made some changes to this blogpost - such as the date you should have the pre-class preparation ready (for 11/10, not 11/3), and that you should have a summary (要約) ready to bring to class on 11/10.)
Pre-class preparation (for ASE II: 11/7 - for AWE II: 11/10)
Watch these short videos outside of class. Answer these questions after you watch:
1. Do you recognize anything of your educational experiences in any of these?
2. Which one of these is most like your experience?
3. Which one is the least like your experience?
4. How would you compare and contrast any one of these systems to Japanese education?
When you are finished: Think of another country you are interested in comparing its educational system with education in Japan. Choose any level of education you want (elementary, high school, university, etc.) - then write a summary (要約) comparing that level of education with the same level of education in Japan (for example, high school in Japan with high school in Germany, or university in Japan with university in Brazil).
You can focus on science education if you like - for example, the quality and level of science education in Japan with the quality and level of science education in, for example, the U.S.
Here are the videos. The first one is about education in Finland, and the video is called Inside Finland's education system:
This next one below is about India. It's called Education in India: Profile of a Poor Public School:
This last one is about South Korea. The video is titled The South Korean Education System:
See you next week!
Image: By Gunnar Creutz, Falbygdens museum - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28211895
All videos uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to these videos. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Uploaded for classroom purposes only.
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