Physics education in japan

Abstract

This paper reports the progress and the current state of the education for the elementary school, the junior high school and the high school in Japan. The Mnistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MECSST) revised the Curriculum Guidelines for Science in 1998. As a result, the school in Japan executed the education free of pressure. Academic societies for physics pointed out the problem in the Curriculum Guidelines for Science. The ability of student's reading comprehension was lower than another ability in the results of the academic ability survey of PISA (Programe for International Student Assessment). The MECSST decided to revise the New Curriculum Guidelines for Science because of the changing situations. This paper argues about the new guidelines and recent educational activity in Japan.