Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Education Announced on Closed Home Study May 04:44 on April 11
As school closures are prolonged in various places, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has issued a notice that if home learning is carried out under certain requirements, the content does not have to be handled in class. However, teachers and parents at the site have raised concerns. Experts point out that "it is a realistic judgment, but the gap in learning will increase if the country does not specify the content of home learning required."
As school closures are prolonged in urban areas such as Tokyo and Osaka, it is a major issue for schools how to secure the lesson time and teaching content stipulated in the curriculum guidelines.
In addition to devising timetables and shortening summer vacations, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), if it can be confirmed that the school has settled on quizzes etc. about the content learned in home study, A notice was given to the Board of Education as a special case.
In the case of insufficient fixation, students are asked to provide supplementary lessons, but teachers and parents at the worksite expressed concerns that the learning environment would differ greatly from home to home and that evaluation would be difficult. Is also up.
Ryoji Matsuoka, associate professor at Waseda University, said, "I think it was a realistic judgment in a situation where school closures were prolonged and it was difficult to see the future. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology should provide concrete examples of home learning that are easier for teachers to use.