- 9 year-old-school girl finds unknown shrimp fossil
- A year in a ten year old’s new garden
- About Jiyu kenkyu – the school summer project
- Citizenship education at Hiroshima Nagisa Middle School
- English rakugo helps kids learn, laugh
- English rakugo used as a tool for English language instruction in Japanese schools
- Fake uniforms are “in” with Japanese teenage girls
- Japanese kids are ace-ing it in international card tournaments
- Kids’ scarecrows at the Scarecrow Festival
- One US educator’s peek at schoollife in Kadena Elementary School, Okinawa and his comments
- Poll voting exercises and civics education at Tamagawa Academy
- Schoolkids take part in human Japanese chess
- Schools remember Hanshin quake
We also recommend that you read Alice Gordenker’s many articles on school and student life for Japan Times. Below are some of her articles:
March 18, 2004
EVACUATION, 1944
Wartime stories of schoolkids on the move
ALL TOGETHER NOW
Teamwork stressed in school sports event
TO SLURP, OR NOT TO SLURP?
Schools step in to teach kids table manners
Feb. 19, 2004 MATTER OF COURSE – ALICE GORDENKER
KAICHI SCHOOL
Meiji schoolhouse offers lessons in history
Jan. 15, 2004 MATTER OF COURSE – ALICE GORDENKER
INEKARI TAIKEN
Lessons in the field yield unexpected harvests
Oct. 16, 2003
July 3, 2003 Nov. 20, 2003 MATTER OF COURSE – ALICE GORDENKER
Sept. 27, 2002
Aug. 2, 2002
ALL-SCHOOL SKETCH FESTIVAL
Painting in the park is a lesson in creativity
July 19, 2002
OFF TO HAKONE
School trips help cut the apron strings
EVENTUALITY EDUCATION
It really is sink or swim in Japanese schools
GET DOWN AND DIRTY
Learning firsthand about rice cultivation
Feb. 22, 2002
KAKIZOME
Practice perfects New Year’s calligraphy
Dec. 28, 2001
Every child gets to be a musician here
Dec. 14, 2001
A TIDY EDUCATION
Kids get down to classroom clean-ups
Nov. 30, 2001 MATTER OF COURSE – ALICE GORDENKER
Sewing and cookery aren’t just for the girls
Nov. 16, 2001
COMPULSORY FUN?
The serious business of clubbing together.
WHOLE-CLASS INSTRUCTION
Practical problems motivate students to learn
It’s just like learning to ride a unicycle . . .
Oct. 5, 2001 MATTER OF COURSE – ALICE GORDENKER
LET KIDS DO THE MATH
Prepare carefully for trips into the field
Sept. 21, 2001
SPLISH! SPLASH!
Swimming is serious at elementary schools
Aug. 10, 2001
EDUCATIONAL FOOD
Making lunch a learning experience
June 1, 2001
THE SAFETY ROUTE
Walking to school just like the big kids do
April 20, 2001
WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE!
Celebrating the start of school’s long journey
April 6, 2001
City kids bring diversity to countryside schools
Aug. 19, 2004
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