Points are deducted for forgotten items and class attitudes...Is "Japanese education" strange? [Explanation by a doctor of education]

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, remote classes are being introduced in educational settings. In this article, Tomiko Motoyanagi, a part-time lecturer at Keio University, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Waseda University, etc., who continues her research on "overseas education", wrote the book "Australian School Koala Country as Seen by a Japanese Teacher". We will extract and re-edit some parts from "Educational Recipes" and introduce the educational situation of "Australia", which is an advanced country in education, while comparing it with Japan.

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The reason why syllabuses have been introduced since compulsory education in Australia

When a teacher gives an assignment, the student asks, "Will this be included in the grade?" The teacher says, ``Of course. Ultimately, however, the issue is not subject to evaluation. Neither does the teacher. The students also understand this, so they hate and ask, "'Everything' means that the teacher's boring puns are also related to grades?" This is a common scene in Japanese schools. It is not a lie that everything covered in class leads to evaluation. Even if they are not directly evaluated, they are often evaluated as part of their learning. I can understand the feeling that the teacher says as before to make the lesson important. However, even if you say "everything", the students may be in trouble. This is because it is not clear what to focus on when studying. Even if you think you are important, the teacher's intentions may lie elsewhere. Learning goals can be clearly defined, what one must do to achieve the goals, and how the results will be evaluated. If both teachers and students are not aware of learning goals, the significance of evaluation will be diminished. In Australia, each school has an "evaluation policy" that is published to students and parents. Then, the teacher makes an evaluation plan for the subject according to the policy, and sets the evaluation viewpoint and evaluation criteria. Clarify when and how the evaluation will be conducted, and announce it at the beginning of the fiscal year. In Japan, this kind of thing is done at universities. It's called a "syllabus". However, there are still few at the compulsory education stage. I think it could be more general.

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