RS 1000

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RS 1000

• Agents of Socialization
• Heart of the Nation
• The cases of U.S. and Japan
• Education-Schooling
• Family

• Class Business

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Video The Heart of the Nation

• Compare the educational system of the Japanese to
  that of the U.S.
• 1. How much homework is assigned in Japan versus
  the U.S. in the elementary schools featured?
• 2. How much responsibility are Japanese
  elementary students given in comparison to those
  in the U.S.?

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• 3. What stage of role taking (Mead) do the
  responsibilities Japanese school children are
  given engage them in? Why do you think it is that
  stage?
• 4. Compare parental involvement, in Japan and the
  U.S. What are factors that contribute to the
  differences?
• 5. Which sociological perspective best
  characterizes the approach taken toward education
  in the video?
• (Think about what they say the purpose of
  education is.)

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Minutes per week
44 minutes
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Compared to 10-15 Years Ago, Does Your Middle
School Curriculum Emphasize
-asked of middle school teachers in Fairfax
County (VA), in Teachers Survey (1999)
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Japanese Education

• In Elementary schools changes have been
  instituted to try to encourage more creativity.
• The hours of schooling in public schools has been
  reduced so students dont go to school on
  Saturday.
• Middle School and High School in Japan tends to
  be very competitive in preparation for
  Examination hell to gain entrance into a
  University.