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October 6 |
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Changes in Education : Dr. Yoshiya Abe, President of Kokugakuin University |
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Mathematics Education : Dr. Eizo Nagasaki, National Institute for Educational Research |
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Peace Education : Dr. Susumu Ishitani, Professor Emeritus of Hosei University |
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Special Education : Dr. Shigeru Narita, Professor at Hyogo University of Teacher Education |
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Only 1% of students are identified as having a learning disability, as opposed to an average of about 13% in other nations. |
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Child Psychologists or Pediatricians diagnose Learning Disabilities in Japan, as it is more a medical term as opposed to an educational term. |
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Creating an IEP is not mandatory once a disability has been diagnosed. |
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Learning Disabilities are not recognized as a handicapping condition for educational programming. |
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Handicapping conditions currently include only Visual Impairments, Orthopedic Impairments, Emotional Disturbance, and Mental Retardation. |
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Teachers working with students with learning disabilities do not have special training for this. No special certifications are required, and the School Board assigns teachers to their programs. |
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Students with learning disabilities are recognized as such only informally, and parents pay for private tutoring in order to keep their children in the local schools. |
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Children with special needs who cannot succeed at the local school will have to be educated at a Special Education facility. These schools are generally boarding schools. Each prefecture has one such school. |
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Retention is not a possibility in Japanese schools. Social promotion is accepted as the only option. |
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For students with special needs, attendance is the only requirement for graduation certificates. |
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Prior to our lectures today, several of us awoke at 4:00 a.m. to go to the Tsukiji Fish Market. We were told that a trip to Tokyo could not be considered complete without an expedition to this particular wholesale/retail establishment. We were not disappointed! |
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