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History

In 1962 several Japanese businesspersons established the weekend school with five teachers, and initially there were 36 students. Originally it only admitted children of members of the Nippon Club; enrollment increased dramatically once the school began admitting children of non-members.Kunieda, p. 134. it had over 4,000 students in levels Kindergarten through grade 12 studying in 13 locations. the JEI weekend school system had 4,600 students and 216 teachers in nine elementary school programs and three secondary school programs.

Operations

the Japanese government pays the school's cost of renting buildings for its classes and other costs, together totaling approximately 30% of the school's expenditures. The local Japanese community directly manages the school.

Curriculum and instruction

'' Kokugo'', or the Japanese language, is the main focus of the school's curriculum. The school also teaches natural sciences, mathematics, and social sciences. The goal is to have students easily adapt to the Japanese curriculum once they return to their home country.Kunieda, p. 135. As of 1988 there are over 200 classes for students. That year students were assigned to classes based on age and not their Japanese language abilities, so abilities of students varied within each particular class. As of 1988 the Japanese government provides textbooks free of charge to Japanese national children residing in the New York City area.

Demographics

about 20% of the students at the weekend school, including persons who came to the U.S. at young ages and persons born in the U.S., eventually study at U.S. universities. 80% of the total number of students will return to Japan before the final year of senior high school. As of 1988 the students often had parents who were more likely to want their children to learn and adapt to the American culture and the English language compared to typical parents living in Japan, and as of that year over 30% of the New York City area parents of Japanese school age children selected the full-time New York Japanese School instead of the weekend school and local school combination.Kunieda, p. 136. As of 1988 the regular student turnover rate at the weekend school was about 25% as many students who are children of businesspersons have to leave the New York City area prior to the end of the Japanese school year due to changes in their parents' employment statuses. the school employed over 200 teachers. That year Japanese government assigned eight of them to the JWSNY; their job was to train the local teachers who directly give instruction.Kunieda, p. 134-135. In 1988 the regular teacher turnover rate was also 25%.

References

* Kunieda, Mari (國枝マリ; School of International Cultural Relations).
Assimilation to American Life vs.Maintenance of Mother Culture : Japanese and Korean Children in New York

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Japanese title: 異文化接触と母国文化 : 在ニューヨーク日本人・韓国人子女の場合). ''Hokkaido Tokai University Bulletin'' (北海道東海大学紀要): Humanities and social sciences (人文社会科学系) 1, 131–147, 1988. Hokkaido Tokai University
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. ''Abstract in Japanese available''. * Takagi, Ichiro (高木一郎 ''Takagi Ichirō'') and Suwanna Takagi (高木スワンナ ''Takagi Suwanna'').
A Study on a Pedagogical Principle and Educational Method Regarding Reform of Curriculum

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カリキュラム改訂における教育原理と教育方法論に関する研究).

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. Received October 31, 2011. p. 17-29.

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