Japanese Education Vs American Education
The Differences of Educational System between Japan and U.S.
American and Japanese school structures differ in many different ways.
The first, and most significant way, is that Japanese schools incorporate a national curriculum created by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Thus, unlike the educational system in the United States, in which each state determines its own curriculum, the federal government decides on what each school must teach, how to teach it, and even what books to teach it with.
A second structural difference between Japanese and American schools is simply the amount days students are in school. Students in Japan spend, "240 days a year at school, 60 days more then their American counterparts" (Johnson 1996).
In Japan,
American and Japanese school structures differ in many different ways.
The first, and most significant way, is that Japanese schools incorporate a national curriculum created by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Thus, unlike the educational system in the United States, in which each state determines its own curriculum, the federal government decides on what each school must teach, how to teach it, and even what books to teach it with.
A second structural difference between Japanese and American schools is simply the amount days students are in school. Students in Japan spend, "240 days a year at school, 60 days more then their American counterparts" (Johnson 1996).
In Japan,