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Under the big tree
The guide of Homeschooling in Japan
Home School Introduction
"Is it okay to start a home school?"
There is no guarantee of life in home school. This is because people's growth itself and life itself. There is no difference in utilizing the school.
As a reference, I will put four major guidelines related to children's growth and education.
We believe that each interpretation is left to the home and to the individual.
I hope that you will listen to many opinions and establish your own philosophy for each family.
Autonomy
Independence
Step 1
Children's rights
Best interests
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Article 18
1 States parties shall make their best efforts to ensure awareness of the principle that parents have joint responsibility for the care and development of children. Parents or, in some cases, legal guardians have primary responsibility for the care and development of their children. The best interests of the child shall be the basic concern of these persons.
Article 29
1 Parties agree that the education of children should be oriented towards:
(A) To develop the child's personality, talents and mental and physical abilities to the maximum extent possible.
(B) Foster respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
(C) To foster respect for the child's parents, the child's cultural identity, language and values, the national values of the child's country of residence and country of origin, and a civilization that differs from his or her own civilization.
(D) Responsible in a free society, in accordance with the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, gender equality and friendship among all peoples, among tribal, national and religious groups and of indigenous peoples. To prepare children for life.
(E) To foster respect for the natural environment.
Article 31
1 The State party recognizes the child's right to rest and leisure and the right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate for his age and to freely participate in cultural life and art.
2 Parties shall respect and promote the right of children to fully participate in cultural and artistic life, and appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural and artistic activities as well as recreational and leisure activities. Encourage the provision of.
Step 2
What is education
Purpose of general education
Fundamental Law of Education
Purpose of general education
Chapter 1 Purpose and Philosophy of Education
(Purpose of Education) Article 1 Education must be carried out with the aim of fostering physically and mentally healthy people with the qualities necessary to form a peaceful and democratic nation and society, with the aim of perfecting personality. ..
(Educational Goal) Article 2
Education shall be conducted to achieve the following goals while respecting academic freedom in order to achieve its purpose.
To acquire a wide range of knowledge and culture, cultivate an attitude of seeking the truth, cultivate a rich emotion and morality, and cultivate a healthy body.
(Ii) Respecting individual values, developing their abilities, cultivating creativity, cultivating a spirit of independence and autonomy, emphasizing the relationship with occupation and life, and cultivating an attitude that values work.
(Iii) To respect justice and responsibility, gender equality, respect and cooperation for oneself and others, and to cultivate an attitude that contributes to the development of society by actively participating in the formation of society based on the public spirit.
(Iv) To cultivate an attitude that respects life, values nature, and contributes to environmental conservation.
(V) Respect traditions and cultures, love Japan and the hometowns that have nurtured them, respect other countries, and cultivate an attitude that contributes to the peace and development of the international community.
Step 3
What learning and is
General education goals
School Education Law
Goals to achieve the purpose of general education
Chapter 2 Compulsory Education
Article 21 General education conducted as compulsory education achieves the following goals in order to achieve the purpose stipulated in Article 5, Paragraph 2 of the Fundamental Law of Education (Act No. 120 of 2006). It shall be done as follows.
(I) Promote social activities inside and outside the school, participate in the formation of society independently based on the spirit of independence, autonomy and cooperation, normative consciousness, fair judgment and the public spirit, and cultivate an attitude that contributes to its development. thing.
(Ii) To promote nature experience activities inside and outside the school, and to cultivate a spirit of respect for life and nature and an attitude that contributes to the conservation of the environment.
(3) Leading to a correct understanding of the current situation and history of Japan and its hometown, respecting traditions and culture, cultivating an attitude of loving Japan and its hometown that has nurtured them, and willingly respecting other countries through an understanding of foreign cultures. To cultivate an attitude that contributes to the peace and development of the international community.
(Iv) To cultivate a basic understanding and skills regarding the roles of families and families, clothing necessary for daily life, food, housing, information, industry and other matters.
(V) To familiarize yourself with reading and to develop the basic ability to correctly understand and use the national language necessary for daily life.
(Vi) To cultivate the basic ability to correctly understand and process the quantitative relationships necessary for life.
(Vii) To cultivate the basic ability to scientifically understand and process natural phenomena related to life through observations and experiments.
(Viii) To cultivate the habits necessary for a healthy, safe and happy life, to cultivate physical strength through exercise, and to promote harmonious development of mind and body.
9. To cultivate a basic understanding and skills of music, art, literary arts and other arts that brighten and enrich life.
(10) To cultivate basic knowledge and skills about occupations, attitudes that value work, and the ability to choose future career paths according to individuality.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
-From the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology website-
October 1998
The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted at the 44th United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1989, and Japan signed this Convention on September 21, 1990. ， Ratified on April 22, 1994 (Heisei 6).
(For Japan, it became effective on May 22, 1994.)
This treaty provides a global perspective in light of the fact that many children in the world (children are defined as all under the age of 18) are still in difficult situations such as hunger and poverty today. The aim is to promote respect and protection of children's human rights.
With the entry into force of this Convention, it is required that education be provided with due consideration for the basic human rights of children and students, and for each individual.
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