1. There is no exam in primary school.
In public primary schools in Japan, there are basically no exams before students enter the fourth grade, only some small unit tests. Their educational purpose is not to "judge children's knowledge, memory and examination ability from the very beginning".
The opening season of 2.4 months 1 is different from other countries.
Although most schools in the world start the new school year around September, Japanese cherry blossoms must bloom in April.
According to records, at that time, the Ministry of Education of normal universities listed four reasons for choosing April as the new school year:
(1) The September academic system makes graduation exams always held in hot summer, which is not conducive to study.
(2) The school year starting in September is inconsistent with the fiscal year starting in April, which brings great inconvenience to the financial management of the school.
(3) Local primary schools start school in April, and primary schools affiliated to higher normal schools start school with universities in September, which should be unified due to management needs.
(4) The conscription order stipulates that young people who enter school in September every year from September to April of the following year can be enlisted in the army in April of the following year.
Therefore, Japan began to gradually implement April as the new school year. April is the season when cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and it is also the spring when everything recovers and germinates.
In addition, the school year in Japan is divided into three semesters, generally: April-July, 9-65438+February,1-March (different schools). So they have three holidays a year: summer vacation, winter vacation and spring break.
3. Unique "feeding education"
In order to ensure a healthy and balanced diet for students, almost all primary and secondary schools in Japan use standardized menus to provide all teachers and students with a unified lunch to eat in the classroom.
"Hello" is not just a simple matter of eating and drinking. Every school has a professional nutritionist. At the end of each month, the school will send the recipes for lunch every day next month to parents. In order to reassure parents, it is also beneficial to the family's dinner plan.
Every lunchtime, the campus is very lively. The students take turns to be on duty, and it's their turn to put on the prescribed clothes and distribute food to everyone. After everyone has finished eating, clean up the dishes and chopsticks together.
4. An enviable study trip
Japanese study tours are subdivided into several categories due to different learning contents. For example, history study, mainly through visiting historical sites, learn historical knowledge. This kind of travel mostly goes to Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo, as well as forest study tour, agricultural study tour and experience nature.
5. Popularization of Japanese calligraphy education
Calligraphy introduced into Japan from China has deeply influenced the cultural atmosphere in Japan. In Japan, calligraphy classes are offered in primary and secondary schools, and calligraphy is studied in the third grade of primary school until graduation from junior high school. Moreover, there are calligraphy majors in universities, and amateur calligraphy education is also spread throughout the country.
6. The regional characteristics of school uniforms are obvious.
Everyone should know that Japan can rank first in terms of the popularity and design standard of school uniforms. Japanese subconsciously attach great importance to the social identity brought by school uniforms, which not only embodies the school spirit and regional characteristics, but also eliminates the social barriers between students.
In addition, the design of Japanese school uniforms keeps pace with the times, keeps up with fashion trends and improves school uniforms, which is one of the reasons why students agree with school uniforms.