OECDのPISAテストでぶっちぎりトップを走ってきたシンガポールが教育政策の大転換を表明。
これまでは詰め込み教育とテストによるランク付けで子どもたちをふるい落として、落ちこぼれへの恐怖感を原動力にしてきた初等中等教育をばっさり廃止し、個々人の創造性をそれぞれ得意な領域で伸ばせる形に2023年までに転換するとのこと。
Discussions, homework and quizzes are set to replace marks and grades as the preferred method of collecting information on the performance of young primary school pupils. Starting in 2019, exams for primary years 1 and 2 students will be abolished.
Older primary and secondary students will also study in a less competitive environment. Marks for each subject will be rounded off to the nearest whole number — without decimal places — to lower the emphasis on academic success.
“Learning is not a competition,” states Ong Ye Kung, Singapore’s Education Minister. The Ministry of Education (MOE) is planning a series of changes aimed at discouraging comparisons between student performance and encourage individuals to concentrate on their own learning development.
さてこれが上手く行くか、日本みたいに、表だけ取り繕っても内実は同学年間の相対競争によるふるい落とし教育のままなのか。
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