There seems to be a myriad of differences between American and Japanese schools. Although both aims to provide the highest learning to their students but the way of teaching and learning varies greatly. This may be due to the contrast in culture and upbringing that each parent conveys on their children.
American School
American schools have a more lenient method of teaching. They provide their students the methods to solve a given problem and encourage the students to apply that lesson to come up with the answer. Students are often given homework and, usually, they exhaust their classes discussing the homework. It is also noted that their usual class time lasts for only about 30-40 minutes but they have about nine classes in a day.
Japanese School
In Japan, they teach their students to come up with their own ways to arrive in a certain solution to a given problem. Here, the students learn on their own using various techniques. They have lesser classes in a day; however the class time runs about 45-60 minutes. Students are highly encouraged to learn English and they are often supported to excel in their studies.
Difference between American and Japanese Schools
In American schools, teachers are not highly regarded and there is also less interaction between mentors and students. However in Japan, teachers are treated with high respect, being bowed by the students whenever they meet in the school’s hallway. Students are also encouraged to learn to do domestic work by cleaning their rooms or other parts of the school, while in America they have people who work to clean the rooms. Students stay all day long in one classroom in Japan while the teachers transfer from one class to the other, America on the other hand had students scurrying around for their classes while the teachers stay in one room the whole time.
There are a lot of differences between the teaching styles of these two cultures. But however they choose to impart learning to their students, it just aims to do one thing and that is to make their students great citizens and to be better individuals in their respective countries.
| In brief:
• In America they provide their students the methods to solve a given problem and encourage the students to apply that lesson to come up with the answer. • In Japan, they teach their students to come up with their own ways to arrive to a certain solution to a given problem. • Students stay all day long in one classroom in Japan while the teachers transfer from one class to the other. • America on the other hand had students scurrying around for their classes while the teachers stay in one room the whole time. |