EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM & PRACTICE IN JAPAN

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	Elementary and lower secondary schools in Japan conduct ‘moral education’ classes once a week. Moral education is provided in each subject and throughout all educational activities in the school. 1.Objectives of moral education To teach and instill morality covering moral sentiments, moral judgment, moral attitudes and the capability and willingness to put these in practice through educational activities at school. 2.Objectives of moral education classes To intensify moral values of self-awareness and to develop students’ ability to practice morality by maintaining close relations with other individuals. This is done by intensifying and integrating moral education through systematic developmental instruction.