Why Japanese schools are negative for digitalization ? How to change our system by learning from uniqueness of Scandinavian countries?

1. International
Comparative Studies in
School Digitalization
Shimpei TOYOFUKU
GLOCOM IUJ

2. Critical Gap between Home and School
Students using PC
in home
80.8%
5-6 Gr. Female
Students Own
Mobile Phone
59.0%
Students Own
Potable Game
Machine
73.3%
Forced Hand Writing
Printed Matters in vain
No e-mail No SNS
http://www.hakuhodody-
media.co.jp/newsrelease/report/20120725_6344.html
Survey for Elementary School Children in 2012

3. Behind 20 years 
Why Japanese schools are negative for digitalization ?
How to change our system by learning from uniqueness
of Scandinavian countries ?

4. Companies are heating up
for ICT use in home education

5. Young Edu-Tech Companies

6. JP School systems
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/introduction/1303952.htm

7. JP General Statistics
Population 127,130,000
E gr.1-6 J gr.7-9 H gr.10-12 Total
Schools 21,131 10,628 4,981 36,740
Students 6,676,920 3,536,182 3,319,640 13,532,742
Teachers 417,553 254,235 235,062 906,850
e-stat http://www.e-stat.go.jp/ population 2014.03 / education stats 2013.04

8. JP Schools Digitalization #1
http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/zyouhou/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2014/08/08/1350411_01.pdf
http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?bid=000001050381&cycode=0
Ratio of students to computers 6.5
Internet accessible general classroom 85.5% Wi-Fi 21.2%
High-Speed Internet Access (over 30Mbps) 79.0%
Computers for teachers 111.1%
e-mail for teachers 62.9% (E/J 53% H 91%)

9. JP Schools Digitalization #2
http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/zyouhou/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2014/08/08/1350411_01.pdf
http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?bid=000001050381&cycode=0
IWB : Interactive White Board 76.4% 2.2 /school
OHC : Over Head Camera 4.4 /school
Tablet PC for instruction 2.0 /school
System for office-work in school 80.3%

10. General ICT Teaching Set in Class / Netherlands 2010
Suspended
Projector
Desktop PC
for teacher
Fixed IWB

11. Temporary ICT Teaching Set in Class / model case in Japan 2012
Temporary
Screen
Temporary
Note-PC &
Projector

12. Digital Environment in school
JP FI/DK/SE
Facilities
Computers in general class
No
Only 1 PC room in
school
Yes
Projector, Screen or IWB Temporary
Need to set up
Fixed
Ready to use
Platform
Services
Website, Blogs or CMS Yes Yes
e-mail for students No Yes
SNS for Students & Parents No Yes

13. Difference of Teaching & Learning Style
99.2 99.1 98.9 98.7 98.5
97.1
94.5
83.5
81.4
DK FI NL NO SE AU OECD
average
KR JP
Percentage of students who use a desktop,
laptop or tablet computer at home
94 94
92
89
88 87
72
60
43
NL AU NO FI SE DK OECD
average
JP KR
Percentage of students who use a desktop,
laptop, or tablet computer at school
PISA 2012 Results: Skills for Life (Volume V): Student Performance in Problem Solving - © OECD 2014
Light Blue Items means No significance in test score between groups

14. Even if the model case …
• 21st Century Skills & Key
Competencies
• Digital Textbook
• Tablet PC and Wi-Fi
• Mooc and Flipped Classroom
• Collaborative Learning

15. Even if the model case …
JP FI/DK/SE
Smart Device Ownership / Control
Teaching
Material
Learners’
Stationary
Digitalized Textbook Reference
A part of
Learning
Resources
In-class Central Control /
Screen Sharing System
Yes No
Cloud Service to mobile their own work
(ex. Google Apps for Edu)
No Yes

16. Ethis class / 6 grade in 2013
Over 80% in lesson tablets are shut down by teacher

17. Students must do quickly simple tasks given by teacher

18. Japanese Teachers want use
ICT as Something Special Magic Wand
• Rarely use computers in regular classes
• Assign short work time to do simple task
• All works & items are completed in one-shot class
•Teaching Items – Black Board or Video
• Teaching Machine – Drill and Practice for Bottoming up results
• Method to Control Students’ Behavior
• Cause high stress on teachers

19. FI/DK/SE Case studies show
ICT is the Air to breeze for better learning
• Using for daily life including learning in school
• Long enough work time for projects in class
• Sharing items through cloud between members
•Environment for Knowledge Creation
• Notes and Stationaries for learners
• Guaranteed their own space
• Effect for Writing, Editing, Composing Abilities

20. Why JP Schools are Negative for Digitalization?
Thinkable some reasons #1
• Hand Writing Religion
• Over 3000 Kanji characters to learn
• First Japanese Word Processor was
released in 1978

21. Why JP Schools are Negative for Digitalization?
Thinkable some reasons #2
• Printed Matter Lovers
• High Speed Replicators
• Low-Cost / Low Quality

22. Why JP Schools are Negative for Digitalization?
Thinkable some reasons #3
• Teaching > Learning
• Finely defined national curriculum
• Getting class period competition between subjects
• Putting more amount of knowledge to learn
• Restricted school autonomy for managing curriculum
• National authorization system of textbooks
Free of charge textbook in mandatory education

23. How to change JP education system ?
• New Concept for Education
• 21st Century Skills & Key Competencies
• And learn from whole school education style
• Not only from hardware / service environment
• Also from Curriculum, Philosophy and School Management