Comments on: IT literacy in Japanese primary schools http://whatjapanthinks.com/2012/10/12/it-literacy-in-japanese-primary-schools/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Steven http://whatjapanthinks.com/2012/10/12/it-literacy-in-japanese-primary-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-250911 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:04:49 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=5151#comment-250911 I think it comes down to the city boards of education when it comes to primary schools. While I’ve heard of some tremendously cool technology being used in some classrooms, for the most part I think educators are behind and falling behind. With all of the policing done by teachers (like checking karaoke places, game stores, shopping areas, etc. for students) I’m surprised that more teachers don’t do the same on the internet. I don’t really condone that kind of thing, but with the way the culture is in Japan, it’s just surprising. I think the internet can be a place to bully and be bullied. That definitely affects students– especially Japanese ones (with homerooms and all of their group activities).

I think schools should use their PTAs, in particular, to help protect their students and children. Parents and teachers need to help educate each other about specific things going on. City boards of education need to work with their prefectural boards (and MEXT) to help bring awareness to problems happening in surrounding areas and spread the word about the kinds of problems and issues happening in their own.

That’s not to mention other internet issues like dealing with protecting one’s privacy, virus prevention, scam avoidance, piracy, etc.

I hope this survey and future ones like it will help bring, even if just a little, attention to teacher computer/internet illiteracy to the local boards of education.

Thank you for sharing– this was an interesting one to me.

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