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JAPAN
Marissa Burrows
Jessica goodin
Katie Lewis
Cheyene ramberger
THE HISTORY OF
EDUCATION IN JAPAN
Jessica goodin
JAPANESE
ALPHABET
Marissa Barrows
KANJI
A system of Japanese writing using Chinese
characters.
One thousand kanji are leant over the six years of
elementary school.
The kanji are divided into six one year grades, of 80,
160, 200, 200, 185, and 181 characters.
These grades are commonly known as the Kyoiku
kanji.
KANJI CONTD.
The rest of the joyo and jimmie kanji maybe taught at
Junior high or High school, and further non-joyo kanji
maybe taught at the High school level.
There is no set list of grades for the joyo kanji of
Junior high school or High school taught.
Children learn calligraphic writing using a brush in
the kaisho form during their third year of school.
Many children also study penmanship or calligraphy
outside school.
KANJI CONTD.
Romanized Japanese using the kunrei system is
taught in the fourth year of elementary school.
1st grade ( 7 years old): 80 kanji
2nd grade ( 8 years old): 160 kanji
3rd grade ( 9 years old): 200 kanji
4th grade ( 10 years old): 200 kanji
5th grade ( 11 years old ): 185 kanji
6th grade ( 12 years old): 181 kanji
HIRAGANA
Is a Japanese syllabary one basic component of
Japanese writing system.
Means ordinary syllabic script.
The more cursive and more widely used form of kana
(syllabic writing) used in Japanese, especially used
for function words and inflections.
KATAKANA
The more angular form of kana (syllabic writing) used
in Japanese, primarily used for words of foreign
origins.
Children maybe able to read hiragana and katakana
at the age of six, but this is not part of the official
curriculum.
They learn hiragana and katakana during the 1st year
of elementary school.
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STUDENTS WRITTEN ABILITY
DISCIPLINE IN
JAPAN
It`s even difficult for teachers to get the parents involved, because in
Japanese society, the onus is on the TEACHERS to raise the students
correctly
If you think about how you hold yourself when you go for a job
interview, you might start to get an idea of Japanese culture.
a student wants to come into the teachers' office for some reason.
She has to knock, stand at the entrance, state methodically: 'Sorry
for the intrusion', Name. Grade. Class. Purpose of visit. Permission
to enter? Await reply from a teacher. Enter. And greet and bow
any teacher you happen to pass on your way to the desk. Then
apology and bow to the room in general before leaving.
REFERENCES
http://
jpmeetsjp.blogspot.com/2013/04/discipline-in-japanese-sc
hool.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/11/jap
ans-cutthroat-school-system-a-cautionary-tale-for-theus/281612/
https://thejetexperience.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/obser
vations-of-japanese-jhs-life/