1. Infographic
THE DEMANDING JAPANESE EDUCATION SYSTEM
Hello everyone,
This is our first project, and we’ve made a infographic about the
differences about the Japanese and Spanish education.
We’ve used a free application called Canva.
To collect the information we have visited Japanese government pages,
watched videos about their day to day and visited the Spanish education system
to make the comparison.
We have classified the data in different sections:
→ The percentage of public schools in both countries
Spanish education has several types of schools, such as public (68% of
the people), concerted (28%) or private (4%). Unlike Spain, in Japan we can
find private and public schools with the 90% of the students registered in the
second.
As we can test, the most common schools in these two countries are the
public schools, specially in Japan.
Finally, there is a difference to consider between both countries. In
Japan, even if the schools are public, is necessary to pay, and they are not
cheap.
→ The preparation of teachers
Japan stands out for being a country in which 99% of its population
can read, write and perform mathematical operations. So one of the most
esteemed professions there is being a teacher. Is so important that a few
centuries ago it was considered sacred and it was reserved for the samurai
class.
Being a teacher is one of the highest paid professions in the country,
so there are a lot of applicants in each position and only the best get it.
Japanese teachers are very well prepared and every 10 years they have a
government exam. If they don’t pass that exam, they stop being a teacher. While
in Spain, anyone can access to the teaching activity, just passing an exam.
→ The differences of being a good student and teaching hours
The japanese students go to the school from Monday to Saturday, from
7:30 a.m to 6:00 p.m, a total of almost eleven hours per day. Also, students,
at the end of school day, stay for extracurricular activities, that are done in
the same place.
The japanese students work hard to acquire the position of being the
most intelligent in the school. Many private schools in Japan give bracelets to
three most intelligent students to identify them. The first bracelet is for the
most intelligent student in the school. The second one is for the most
intelligent of all the classes of the same level. And finally, the is another
bracelet for the more intelligent in the class. This is why they study a lot to
get it.
→ The levels of the Pisa list
Why does Japan envy Europe if they are the best in education?
Japan is on the fourth position at the PISA LIST, due to de high level
required at the Educational System and the work of all the students. While
Spain is on the thirty second.
→ Other data of interest
- Women leave the school when they get married.
- Last year, 250 primary and secondary school children committed suicide in Japan.
- The 97% of the people find a job when they finish the studies.
Finally, we have make a reflection and we think that the japanese system
school is too demanding, because it’s seen from a financial and productive
perspective, and it’s very effective. But seen from a humanitarian point of
view, it’s stressful and overwhelming for people, that’s why there are so many
suicides. We think they should change some things in the system to improve the
quality of life. In the other hand, in Spain, the educative system is not that
hard, but we should improve our educative methods.
These links are the websites and videos we have used to do this project:
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