Japan Archives - Renascence School Group

Culture and opportunity: motivations for learning East Asian languages

From an interest in Culture to career opportunities, there are many motivations for learning East Asian languages

June 1st, 2021|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Asia, Bilingual, Career, Career Pathways, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Japan, Japanese, Korea, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Can you solve it? Double chocolate!

Can you solve this double chocolate puzzle from Japan?

April 6th, 2020|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Game-based Learning, Japan, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

A better way to teach kids foreign languages

Japan is considering new and innovative ways to introduce students to a foreign language

August 19th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Japan, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Reading improves children’s math skills, Japan survey finds

The Japan Times - Staff Writer "Children who spend a [...]

November 23rd, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Japan, Japanese, Learning, Literacy, literature, Math, Mathematics, News, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Sleepovers with stuffed animals help children learn to read

Medical X-Press - Staff Writer "Sending stuffed animals for a [...]

February 28th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Japan, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

We’d be better at math if the U.S. borrowed these four ideas for training teachers from Finland, Japan and China

The Hechinger Report - Emmanuel Felton "Why don’t American students [...]

July 21st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Current Events, Education, Finland, Japan, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Immersion an effective way to develop kids’ skills

The Japan News - Mikiko Miyakawa and Yomiuri Shimbun "Since [...]

July 14th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Japan, Japanese, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Global education experts urge Japan to look beyond rote learning

The Japan Times - MAGDALENA OSUMI "The teaching methods of [...]

April 14th, 2016|Categories: Civic Engagement, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Education, Education system, Global, Global Citizenship, Japan, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

The Math Paradox: What Japan Wants to Learn from the West

Ed Surge - Tomoe Hashimoto "When it comes to teaching [...]

February 5th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Japan, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Secrets of the world’s healthiest children: 6 longevity lessons from Japan

Today - A. Pawlowski "The U.S. doesn't even make the [...]

October 6th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Diet, Education, Fitness, Health, Japan, Learning, News, Nutrition, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|