Reference News Network reported in March 16th, in March 13th, Japan National Youth Education revitalization agency published the high school between China and the United States and Japan. A result of an investigation carried out by the student. Among the senior high school students in four countries, Japanese students are passive in learning. Although they take notes in class, many students doze off.
, according to the Japanese economic news website, on March 16th, the agency said, "this reflects the traditional Japanese teaching methods, such as mechanical copy writing, and so on, and should try to make the classroom more interesting." The proportion of high school students in Japan before the exam was the highest in 4 countries.
the survey was conducted in 9~11 months in 2016. The subjects were 7854 senior 1~3 students from China, Japan and South Korea.
only 7.5% of the Japanese students in the question of "whether to use other formulas to answer math problems", only 7.5% of the Japanese students answered, "will also try to use other methods to solve the problem." This rate is 45.8% among American students, 25.9% for China and 10.4% for Korea.
in answering questions about classroom behavior, the percentage of Japanese students who answered "taking notes seriously" was the highest, reaching 79.4%. But students who often "doze" are also higher than those of China and South Korea, reaching 15%, an increase of 7.9 percentage points since comparable data in 2009.
the proportion of Japanese students who regularly "actively participated in group activities" was 25.3%, the lowest among 4 countries. The percentage of responses to "preview and review" is also lower than that of China and South Korea, with only 12.1%.
in addition to school courses and assignments, Japanese students who learn more than 2 hours will reach 24.9%, 3.9 percentage points higher than that in 2009. The percentage of students who did not write school work was 11.2%, which was 12 percentage points lower. The youth education revitalization agency pointed out that "although the learning time of Japanese high school students is increasing, their learning methods have not changed." In addition, the proportion of Japanese students before the study was 69.3%, the highest in 4 countries.
accounted for 78.8% of Japanese students who were happy in school life, the highest in 4 countries. The youth education revitalization organization believes that "compared with learning, Japanese students attach more importance to cultivating interpersonal relationships in schools".
points out that the passive learning attitude of Japanese high school students is also affected by the late use of information, communication and Technology (ICT). Japanese students use Internet to search information and data or use learning software to study the lowest proportion in 4 countries. Ashi Yoichi, President of Chiba respect and short University, pointed out that "to mobilize the autonomy of students, we need the power of information and communication equipment".