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Mannu
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posted March 02, 2008 01:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mannu     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
MITAKA, Japan: Despite an improved economy, Japan is suffering a crisis of confidence these days about its ability to compete with its emerging Asian rivals, China and India. One result has been a growing craze for Indian education in this fad-obsessed nation.

The Indian boomlet reflects the insecurity many Japanese feel about schools in their country, facilities that once turned out students who consistently ranked at the top of international tests. But now many are looking for lessons from India, a country seen by many in Japan as the world's ascendant education superpower.

Bookstores are filled with titles like "Extreme Indian Arithmetic Drills" and "The Unknown Secrets of the Indians." Newspapers carry reports of Indian children memorizing multiplication tables far beyond nine times nine, the standard for young elementary students in Japan. And the few Indian international schools in Japan are reporting a surge in applications from Japanese families.

At the Little Angels English Academy & International Kindergarten, the textbooks are from India, most of the teachers are South Asian, and classroom posters depict animals out of Indian tales, including dancing elephants in plumed turbans. The kindergarten students even color maps of India in the green and saffron of its flag.

Little Angels is in Mikata, a Tokyo suburb. Only 1 of its 45 students is Indian. Most are Japanese.

Read Entire Article Here: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/02/business/yen.php

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venusdeindia
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posted March 03, 2008 02:01 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Dancing elephants and Sacred cows in Japanese books ???
all they need to zap the US then is to include larga penises in them so the lil kiddies know THAT is what it takes to be a superpower


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blue moon
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posted March 04, 2008 01:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for blue moon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The key word in that story is "fad".

Educational theories may change and get inflicted by government dictact or purchased by choice, but none of them are guaranteed to get results.

Push kids too hard, you don't know for sure, they may end up with the results you want, or they could end up with nervous breakdowns or new and original forms of rebellion.

That's why mine are watching "Zack and Cody" on Disney channel, not practising their spellings.

we don't need no education, we don't need no thoughts control - hey teacher, leave them kids alone

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