According to a report by the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology-Japan(MEXT),the number of students who did not attend school in Japan in the fiscal year 2018 was 164,528,and the percentage of ...According to a report by the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology-Japan(MEXT),the number of students who did not attend school in Japan in the fiscal year 2018 was 164,528,and the percentage of students who did not attend school was 1.7%.This is the highest number of students ever.MEXT has been providing various measures to support students’return to school,such as setting up adaptation classes and reviewing the school structure,intending to reduce the number of students who do not attend school.However,it is not always easy to help students return to school,since the problems they face may not be simply academic or psychological in nature.Besides,many students have returned to school,but who have not returned to school in the past.In this paper,we introduce a special needs classroom for truant students.Next,the results of a survey of teachers and assistants in this classroom are discussed.Finally,we will report on our current efforts.展开更多
文摘According to a report by the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology-Japan(MEXT),the number of students who did not attend school in Japan in the fiscal year 2018 was 164,528,and the percentage of students who did not attend school was 1.7%.This is the highest number of students ever.MEXT has been providing various measures to support students’return to school,such as setting up adaptation classes and reviewing the school structure,intending to reduce the number of students who do not attend school.However,it is not always easy to help students return to school,since the problems they face may not be simply academic or psychological in nature.Besides,many students have returned to school,but who have not returned to school in the past.In this paper,we introduce a special needs classroom for truant students.Next,the results of a survey of teachers and assistants in this classroom are discussed.Finally,we will report on our current efforts.
