darknightwing1
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I recommend to watch you this...very enlightening (copyrighted)
In the Heart of Nature:
The Forest Kindergarten
Produced by San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd., 2011
Broadcast Schedule (UTC) Mar. 19 (Mon.)
Mar. 20 (Tue.) 23:10
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19:10
Visit the idyllic mountains of western Japan and discover a school without any buildings, where nature itself is the classroom, and the teachers act as guides instead of guardians, encouraging their students to think and act independently as they grow up in the heart of nature.
Filmed over a period of two-and-a-half years in the rural town of Chizu, Tottori Prefecture, this eye-opening documentary introduces an unauthorized private nursery school called Marutanbo. The school's unique style of fostering independence in young children raises interesting questions about early education, and stands in stark contrast to the overprotective childrearing practices that have become popular in contemporary Japan.
Director's Voice
Kenta Hirai
Reporter
San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting
Co., Ltd.
The nursery school in the forest called 'Marutanbo' was opened in April, 2009, and we started filming it four months later. "Let the children do as they wish in the forest". It's difficult to make any judgment as to whether or not that is beneficial for the children without spending a certain period of time. While I was working on this program, however, I had the strong impression that the expressions of the children were full of life and so were the expressions of the adults watching over them. Even in the San-in region, which is rural and very different from Japan's urban areas, most people don't have the chance to come into daily contact with nature as much as they do. The government will not authorize this kind of childcare because it lies outside the current national system. But many parents want their children to attend the school, and today five times more children are receiving an education there compared with the number when the school began. Why do people choose Mar utanbo rather than the various other nursery schools and kindergartens available? After observing and filming its activities, I think I can understand the reasons.
Awards
NAB Awards 2011 Meritorious Award in Documentary & News Feature Program Div.
The 49th Galaxy Honors for programs recommended
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Schools are Prisons
Practice in Place
Government Legislation
Conclusions
References
Conclusions
It has been proven that schools very much act like prisons through the way they are structured, as many have taken on some of Bentham’s ideas of the Panopticon Prison; schools have windows in doors and strategically placed offices where children can be monitored at all times. As well as this Foucault agrees that schools behave like prisons, due to the rules and regulations created in order to maintain power over children which are very similar to rules set by guards for prisoners. Furthermore the Big Brother Scandal highlights that schools are taking their power out of control, through the amount of CCTV which has been installed over the years, as a way to keep children under constant surveillance. Again this is very similar to how prisons operate, as they too have CCTV to monitor prisoner’s actions and behaviours.
Evidently children do learn best outside the classroom and this can be seen through Summerhill and Marutanbō. Through promoting freedom and giving children their individual rights, these educational establishments are providing children with the opportunity to learn about their own interests, through a more hands-on approach. Therefore children are benefitting greatly and are learning more from real life experience, than what they would in a classroom.
Finally the Government and Ofsted both agree that learning outside the classroom should be an integral part of every child’s learning, as it allows children to freely explore; something which cannot be easily done within the classroom. Therefore learning outside the classroom is essential to every child’s learning if they are to form correct understandings of a variety of situations.
Home
Schools are Prisons
Practice in Place
Government Legislation
Conclusions
References
Conclusions
It has been proven that schools very much act like prisons through the way they are structured, as many have taken on some of Bentham’s ideas of the Panopticon Prison; schools have windows in doors and strategically placed offices where children can be monitored at all times. As well as this Foucault agrees that schools behave like prisons, due to the rules and regulations created in order to maintain power over children which are very similar to rules set by guards for prisoners. Furthermore the Big Brother Scandal highlights that schools are taking their power out of control, through the amount of CCTV which has been installed over the years, as a way to keep children under constant surveillance. Again this is very similar to how prisons operate, as they too have CCTV to monitor prisoner’s actions and behaviours.
Evidently children do learn best outside the classroom and this can be seen through Summerhill and Marutanbō. Through promoting freedom and giving children their individual rights, these educational establishments are providing children with the opportunity to learn about their own interests, through a more hands-on approach. Therefore children are benefitting greatly and are learning more from real life experience, than what they would in a classroom.
Finally the Government and Ofsted both agree that learning outside the classroom should be an integral part of every child’s learning, as it allows children to freely explore; something which cannot be easily done within the classroom. Therefore learning outside the classroom is essential to every child’s learning if they are to form correct understandings of a variety of situations.
