Japans Education System VS Americas Education System

Japans Education System VS Americas Education System

America's Education System

Comparing and Contrasting

Japans Education System

• Grades are based upon homework, projects, quizzes, classwork and exams.
• Learn Math, English, History, Science plus academic preferences.
• Teachers use technology to do most of their teaching.
• Need certain credit courses to graduate.
• Students aren't independent or responsible.

• In the United States we have more holiday breaks than Japan does, meaning we has less academic days.
• The teachers in Japan work more on hand unlike the teachers in the US who work on a digital board.
• In the first 3 years of elementary the teachers in Japan focus on teaching their students behavioral manners and the teacher in the United States focus on teaching their students how to write and read.
• Both spend 13 years in school (elementary, middle and high school)
• Both learn the same subjects in school
• Students in Japan start school in April-July, September-December, and January-March while we start school August-December and January-May.

• Focus on establishing good manners.
• Extracurricular classes after school
• Don't use as much technology
• Highly academic achievement
• Learn language, Math, Science, Social Studies Music, etc,

Thesis

After doing research there was many articles that stated "America's education system failed." I personally agree with this statement. In America, students are so wrapped around the technology around them for example their phones, tablets, laptops that they get so distracted from what we're actually suppose to be learning. American students top priority isn't education as it's said to be.

Problem and Solutions

Reference to Ted Talk

Japanese Students VS Us

United States

Japan

• Problem: One of the problems in our American education system is students depend on technology instead of themselves which can cause them to lose focus on their education.
• Solution: Having a no phone policy could fix this problem.
• Problem: Japans education system is strict and focuses mainly on their education which can overwhelm a student.
• Solution: Giving students in Japan more breaks through out the school year or lowering the pressure on the students could help them stress less.

Citations

• Have school transportation or drive ourselves to school
• Have school for 8 hours
• Rotate to a different class with a different teacher
• Have a custodian
• Use technology to do our work
• Aren't as involved in school

https://gogonihon.com/en/blog/learn-about-the-japanese-education-system/

https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/schools/

• No transportation to school and aren't allowed to drive to school once their 18
• Students take turns serving food for their classmates
• Eat in their classroom
• Have 6 hours of school
• Help clean classrooms and restrooms after school

https://www.studyusa.com/en/a/58/understanding-the-american-education-system

Jonathan Levi's Ted Talk "What if schools taught us how to learn" explains how we should change our methods on how to learn to actually retain information. This Ted Talk relates to this subject because our American education system is lower than Japans, not because we don't have the technology we do have nor as advanced but because they have better methods of studying and don't have any type of distractions.

https://educationusa.state.gov/experience-studying-usa/us-educational-system

https://www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-schools-vs-american-schools/