In order to investigate the difference of the period of integrated study in Japan and that in New Zealand, we have compared the history of the education systems and the results of the international learning assessments PISA and TIMSS of both countries. Then it has turned out that the difference of educational targets that of the method of school management, and so on have strongly affected the period of integrated study. Furthermore, by visiting Cobham Intermediate School and observing the student activities there, we have found that; 1) the period of integrated study in New Zealand consists of many school hours, and includes some subjects such as science and sociology, that; 2) students use no textbooks for it, that; 3) teachers manage the student study and share their information to each other, that; 4) the period attaches importance to discussion and communication, that; 5) teachers pay attention to how to think and study the contents.
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