Ch.5+notes

**__Demography__** refers to the study of people, including the cultural and ethnic composition of a population.
 * __ SCHOOLS IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY __**
 * In Chapter 5, we will study comparative education **
 * The study of comparative education focuses on learning how schools in other countries are organized and administered and how teachers in other countries teach.
 * Because governments develop schools they believe best meet the needs of their nations, school systems differ from country to country.
 * Comparative education helps us look at the global society and identify its contribution to America.

__ WHAT YOU WILL LEARN __

 * Comparative education is important for teachers to study so that they can understand the impact of society on schools.
 * English and Mexican schools are administered at the central government and local level, whereas Japanese schools are administered at the central government level.
 * The curricla children learn depend on each country’s respective culture.

__ BECOMING A TEACHER: OTHER NATIONS’ SCHOOLS __
If you had an opportunity to visit another country’s school system, where would you like to go and what would you like to learn?
 * Reflective question: **

__ What is the chapter trying to teach us about comparative education __

 * Comparative education is a specific discipline in the study of education that focuses on analyzing how and what children in other nations learn as well as how schools are organized, financed, and administered.
 * __ English schools have a history dating to the Middle Ages. __**
 * Generally, schooling remained out of reach for large numbers of children until the Butler Act (1944), which created the Department of Education and Science (DES),
 * Schools presently provide all children an education. They are controlled by a national curriculum and an examination system.
 * Today, English schools are confronting new immigration patterns that are challenging the values, ideas, and culture of this traditionally homogenous society.
 * __ Mexico is historically a multicultural nation. __**
 * Its Indian civilizations were invaded by Spain hundreds of years ago, producing a blended culture.
 * Like most underdeveloped countries, Mexico understands the need for schools.
 * Schools have been consolidated under the federal Ministry of Education, which administers schools and curriculum.
 * Presently, Mexico’s schools suffer large dropout rates, teacher shortages, and funding problems.
 * __ Japan is a homogeneous society. __**
 * Education bolsters specific national or social aims. Schools are part of a three-party partnership with government and industry.
 * This partnership focuses Japan’s resources on becoming an international economic giant.
 * Japanese educational policy is centered in the national Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, which controls all aspects of schools including curriculum, teaching methods, examination, textbook selection, and finance.
 * Japanese students learn through memorization.
 * Creativity and experimentation are generally not valued forms of learning.
 * Examinations are the only indicator of student success, a fact that causes much student and parental stress.