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Keizai Koho Center Teacher Fellowship 2004
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| Travel
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- Friday,
July 2, 2004 (Day2) -
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High
School Visit in Tokyo |
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(Comments by Tara Patterson, 2004 Fellow, on July
2, 2004)
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| The visit to Toyama High School in Tokyo was
a wonderful experience. The interaction with a group of third
year (senior) students was refreshing. They asked wonderful
questions about the United States, and they provided me with
interesting information about the Japanese education system
and cram schools. I find it very fascinating that students take
entrance exams and apply for senior high schools. Coming from
a the USA where school choice is determined by where one lives,
this is a huge difference and very interesting. |
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| High School Visit in Tokyo
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| (Comments by Susie Alvarez-Tostado, 2004 Fellow,
on July 2, 2004) |
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| The backdrop of our morning events is Tokyo Metropolitan
Toyama High School, which is nestled between skyscrapers and
bicycles, multicolored taxis and business suits. kookoo sei
(high school students) welcomed us into their classrooms, lab,
and auditorium, leading discussions ranging from education to
current fashion trends. Many of us were in awe of the immaculate
environment kept clean by the students themselves. Some students
chose to wear uniforms while most wore street clothes, though
all wore white and green or red striped shoes they changed into
before entering the multistory school. Sensei (teacher) painted
the blackboards with early Japanese history and Greece's legacy,
lectures, supported by worksheets and compact paperbound textbooks.
The lack of use of instructional technology in the classroom
gave rise to questions regarding the implementation of current
education reform measures in Japan. |
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The Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social and
Economic Affairs) is a private, non-profit organization that works
in cooperation with Nippon Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic
Organizations) to foster better understanding of the goals and the
role of business in a free society. |
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