☆ Japanese future education system

今回は日本の独特な
教育システムについてです。
昔の教育は、暗記がほとんどでしたが
最近では考えさせる学習法が
広まっていますね。
少し内容が難しいですが、
頑張って読んでみて下さい。

Traditionally, Japanese education has
a centralized uniform curriculum.
Now there is much concern that
the system needs to become
more flexible. Harmony and
uniformity and learning by
memorization is now being slowly
replaced with more emphasis on
being an individual and being creative.
The introduction of higher level
thinking is still being considered as
a new educational method.
Some parents would like an
alternative (a choice) instead of
sending their children to school,
some parents would like to be
able to have home education for
their children. Japanese students
spend at least six weeks longer
in school each year than
American students or Australian
students.
Also, classrooms and the way
texts are written are very different
in Japan. Classrooms in both the
USA and Australia are utilized
with lots of posters, books, and
different parts of the room have
displays such as plants. Texts
are usually changd every 3 or
4 years and they cater for the
mindset of young people's
generation.
These days spekaing English
has beocme one important part
of all students learning in Japan.

日本と海外では、教育法も
実際の教室の様子も
違いがあるようですね。

traditionally-伝統的に
centralize-〜を中心に集める、中央集権化する
curriculum-カリキュラム
concern-関心事、重大事
flexible-融通の利く
harmony-調和、一致
uniformity-一様であること、均一性
memorization-暗記
emphasis-強調
individual-個性
creative-想像力
alternative-二者択一
instead of-〜の代わりに
utilize-利用する、役立たせる
cater-（要望、要求に）応ずる
mindset-心的態度、考え方

By Christina
日本語解説ーベラスタッフ