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Whitman, Nancy C. – 1999
This paper discusses practices, issues, and trends in Japanese middle school education that have bearing on U.S. education, grouping them into four categories. Section 1, "School Reform," discusses central control of education, opportunities for student creativity, improved teacher education, and the examination system. Section 2,…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum, Educational Change