is a
Japanese international school
''Zaigai kyōiku shisetsu'' ( 在外教育施設 "Overseas educational institution"), or in English, Japanese international school or overseas Japanese school, may refer to one of three types of institutions officially classified by the Ministry ...
in
Oberkassel,
Düsseldorf
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,
Germany
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''Japanische Ergänzungsschule in Düsseldorf'' (デュッセルドルフ日本語補習校 ''Dyusserudorufu Nihongo Hoshūkō''), a
Japanese weekend school, is a part of the institution.
History
It first opened on April 21, 1971 in the Canisiushaus building of the St. Antonius Church in
Oberkassel. It served 43 students in grades 5 through 9.
[Outline of the school]
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Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf. Retrieved on 1 January 2014. In 1972 classes for grades 1-4 opened at the Don Bosco School in Oberkassel, with 90 students. That year, the
Japanese Ministry of Education
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recognized the school as an international school.
[Überblick über die Schulgeschichte]
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Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf. Retrieved on 2 January 2013. "1972 Anerkennung durch das Japanische Kultusministerium als Bildungsinstitut im Ausland. Neueinrichtung der Klassen 1-4 mit 90 Kindern in der Don-Bosco-Schule in Oberkassel."
In 1973 a dedicated school building,
[ located in Oberkassel, opened.][ The growth of Japan's economy resulted in an expansion in the student body. Due to overcrowding, the junior high school moved to a satellite building in 1983. The Lanker School, a former public school building in Oberkassel, began serving the junior high students.][ In 1985 the school had 880 students ages 6 through 15.][Heinrich, Mark. "Corporate Japanese colony sprouts in West German city." '']Associated Press
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'' at the ''Houston Chronicle
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''. Sunday November 224, 1985. Page 1, Section 4. Available from NewsBank
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History
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, Record Number HSC112453511. Available online from the Houston Public Library
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History Houston Lyceum and the Carnegie Library
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with a library card. The student population peaked in 1992. In 2001 the junior high school moved back to the main building.[
Since the early 1980s and as of 2003 the school's secondary division has consistently had over 500 students.][White, Paul. "The Japanese in London: From transience to settlement?" In: Goodman, Roger, Ceri Peach, Ayumi Takenaka, and Paul White (editors). ''Global Japan: The Experience of Japan's New Immigrant and Overseas Communities''. ]Routledge
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, 2003. , 9780203986783. White, p
89
As of 2016 the school had 356 students in elementary school, grades 1-6, and 108 students in junior high school, grades 7-9.[http://www.jisd.de/about_jisd/outline/image/2016zaiseki.pdf ]
Curriculum
Because Japanese parents want their students to be prepared for higher education in Japan, most courses were taught in Japanese. As of 1985 students take German language
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lessons for two hours per week. Fukushima, an official of the school quoted in an Associated Press
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article, stated in 1985 that he wanted to organize inter-cultural activities such as stage plays and picnics and to increase instruction time of German classes to increase interaction between Japanese and Germans in the area.[
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Teachers
Each teacher comes from Japan to the school and teaches on a three year shift. As of 1985 the school had 30 teachers.[
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See also
* Japanese community of Düsseldorf
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* web pages linking t ...
* Japan Day in Düsseldorf
The Japan Day (German: ''Japan-Tag'') is a German-Japanese festival celebrated every year in May or June at Düsseldorf in Germany. The celebration can be seen as the successor of the Japan Week (German: ''Japan-Woche''), that was first held in 198 ...
*German international schools in Japan:
**German School Tokyo Yokohama
The German School of Tokyo Yokohama, ja, 東京横浜独逸学園, Tōkyō Yokohama Doitsu Gakuen, german: Deutsche Schule Tokyo Yokohama, DSTY is an officially approved German school in Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the oldest German schoo ...
- in Yokohama, Japan
**Deutsche Schule Kobe/European School
DSK International (DSKI; 神戸ドイツ学院 ''Kobe Doitsu Gakuin'') is an international school on Rokkō Island, in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan. DSK International is an International IB school in Kobe for ages 2 to 12. The school provides curr ...
References
Further reading
* Kakuichi, Nobuko (垣内 信子 ''Kakuichi Nobuko''; 千葉大学教育学部). "Problems associated with the education of returnees from Japanese schools abroad : A case study of the Japanese school in Dussldorf" (日本人学校と帰国子女教育についての一考察 : デュッセルドルフ日本人学校の事例を通して). ''A bulletin of the Center for Educational Research and Training'', the Faculty of Education, Chiba University
is a national university in the city of Chiba, Japan. It offers Doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. The university was formed in 1949 from exist ...
(千葉大学教育実践研究). 8, 67-74, 2001-03
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* Hirayama, Junzo (平山 順造 ''Hirayama Junzō''; 前デュッセルドルフ日本人学校教諭・東京都目黒区立東根小学校教諭). "デュッセルドルフ日本人学校における国際理解教育 : 自己表現力とコミュニケーション能力の育成を目指して." 在外教育施設における指導実践記録 22, 67-70, 1999. Tokyo Gakugei University
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* 関岡 朋子. "Herzlich willkommen!--ようこそデュッセルドルフ日本人学校へ (図書館の話題a la carte)." ''The Library Journal'' (図書館雑誌) 99(7), 437-439, 2005-07. 日本図書館協会
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