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[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: Aichi to host 'Eton of Japan'

A Japanese version of Britain's Eton College--that is the status a new secondary school opening next year in Aichi Prefecture is aiming at. Just as the British all-boys boarding school has been creating leaders of the country's political and business sectors, the new school, to be called Kaiyo Academy, plans to foster the leaders of Japan's next generation...

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Some memories of beatings at Eton College

The housemaster encouraged the boys themselves to run the punishment system and a few weeks after my arrival I was beaten for not heating up my fagmaster's potted shrimps to the correct temperature. And beaten incredibly hard too.

[Mulboyne]

A Japanese version of Britain's Eton College--that is the status a new secondary school opening next year in Aichi Prefecture is aiming at. Just as the British all-boys boarding school has been creating leaders of the country's political and business sectors, the new school, to be called Kaiyo Academy, plans to foster the leaders of Japan's next generation. The creation of a new school modeled after British public schools has been led by members of the local business sector in Nagoya and the surrounding region. Executives of three leading local companies--Toyota Motor Corp., Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and Chubu Electric Power Co.--proposed the project. Eton College, founded in 1440, is a school for students aged 13-18, corresponding to the middle and high school levels in Japan. The students live in dormitories where teachers called "house masters" also live, looking after the boys. Kaiyo Academy plans to adopt many aspects of Eton College, combining the middle and high school curriculums and having a dormitory system similar to Eton's.

Eton College Headmaster Tony Little said he was impressed to hear the new school wishes "to place stress and emphasis on development of character rather than just academic performance," for that is the same approach the British school takes. During a recent interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun, however, the British educator urged Kaiyo Academy not to just imitate his institution's system. "Japan has a distinctive and wonderful culture of its own," he said. "So to have a carbon copy of a British public school in Japan would not be a success." Little added it would be interesting to see how Kaiyo Academy takes some of the educational philosophy of British public schools and "makes it relevant to its own culture."

"If Kaiyo Academy is good and successful, it will bring a great deal to Japan," Little said, "because it will be a point of reference, another way of doing education, and that is valuable for everybody." Little came to Japan at the invitation of the Kaiyo Academy Foundation, the organization set up to establish the new school. During his visit, the headmaster attended a briefing session in Tokyo for parents who wish to send their sons to the new school. The session attracted about 1,200 people. Of course, a certain academic ability is a must to become a student at Eton College, but "we do not look for genius," Little said. Moreover, the headmaster described "some spark"--energy or enthusiasm--as the most important thing his students should have.

The headmaster believes that a boarding school can be an "opportunity to develop a culture in which boys...take responsibility in a real way for their lives, but also for the lives of people in the community." In the dormitories, the students learn that their character and attitude to others are far more important than their family background, Little said. When the headmaster asked younger students how they viewed their older peers, "the older boys who they look up to and respect are not the real sportsmen or wonderful academics," he said. "It is older boys who are responsible and who are in effect good leaders."

When it comes to teachers, Little also does not regard academic ability as the most important condition for being a good teacher. Instead, he urges that those working at Eton College should love young people, because he has met "many teachers who like the academic subject, but actually don't like young people." Enthusiasm is also another key element, Little added. "I want young people who are excited and enthusiastic about the learning," he said. "In order to do that, they must have role models also who are enthusiastic and excited." In securing a good-quality teaching body, Little believes Eton College benefits from being "an independent school" in Britain, in contrast to state schools whose teachers must acquire teaching qualifications under government regulations. "I can appoint anyone I like as a teacher," he said. "And I am prepared to take the gamble, the risk."

One such example is a man who was 29 years old and working at a finance company in London when Little first met him two years ago. "He has no training as a teacher, no experience," Little said. "But he has a high academic ability and a very good character." The finance professional eventually became a teacher of classics at Eton College last year. During interviews with prospective teachers, one important consideration for Little is whether he gets bored listening to them. "If I am bored in half an hour, what would be like for students aged 15 day after day?" he said. Little described people who talk about their enthusiasm for the academic discipline as seen through the eyes of young people as the "natural teachers" he is always looking for.

The tradition at Eton College when it comes to teacher training is that "there was no training at all," Little said, except the kind in which young teachers learn by observing older teachers. Since becoming the headmaster three years ago, Little has been breaking tradition by introducing some forms of official training for the faculty. Now the whole teaching staff at Eton College--about 160--often have discussion sessions to find new ways to tackle certain problems, while also having opportunities for exchanges of ideas with teachers at state and other schools, Little said. In addition to such changes, Eton College aims to "make the education we offer each boy as 'bespoke' as possible--like suits you make for yourself," Little said.

In line with this, the school offers a wide range of academic subjects for the students to choose from. For example, 11 foreign languages are taught, while there are 30 kinds of sports available. About 200 speakers visit the school each year to discuss their respective specialities, and many plays, concerts and other cultural events are offered throughout the year. "The important thing is that the reason for having this bespoke education approach is that if you can ignite real enthusiasm in a teenager in one thing, it translates to other things," Little said. "It suffuses through; it grows into other things."

[Mulboyne]

Kyodo via Japan Today: 250 parents attend orientation for school modeled after Eton
About 250 parents gathered Sunday at an orientation session held in Tokyo to explain about a high school modeled after Britain's Eton public school, which will be created in Aichi Prefecture by Toyota Motor Corp and other businesses. Kaiyo Academy, which covers junior high and senior high school education, is scheduled to open in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, next April. The boys-only boarding school aimed at raising future leaders of Japan will recruit 120 students for the first year, school officials said.

[Sarutaro]

[Mulboyne]

Reuters: Japan's new "Etonians" aim for the top

It's a long way from the green playing fields of Eton to a windswept patch of reclaimed land near the Japanese industrial centre of Nagoya. But 10,000 km (6,000 miles) from the spot where Henry VI founded Britain's most famous boys school 566 years ago, Japanese businessmen have built an exclusive new academy, which they have modelled on Eton in the hope of fostering the country's future elite. The first batch of 123 nervous new boys -- who beat about 800 others in entrance examinations -- filed into the gymnasium for a ceremony to mark the opening of the school at Gamagori on Saturday, while their smartly dressed parents videotaped the proceedings. "Kaiyo Academy aims to produce wonderful people who can lead the Japan of tomorrow," founder Shoichiro Toyoda, a former president of Toyota Motor Corp., said in a speech at the ceremony. "We want you to receive a fundamental education that will enable you to be active overseas, as well as in Japan," he added. Welcomed by wealthy parents concerned about what many say are falling standards in state schools, Kaiyo has already been blasted by critics for worsening the growing divide between Japan's "haves" and "have-nots", and ignoring the potential of girls...In stark contrast to the flamboyant tailcoats and pinstripe trousers of Eton, their Japanese counterparts dress like 13-year-old businessmen, in staid navy suits...more...

[kurohinge1]

... Reuters: Japan's new "Etonians" aim for the top ... Kaiyo has already been blasted by critics for worsening the growing divide between Japan's "haves" and "have-nots", and ignoring the potential of girls ...

And that's where eikaiwa help. For decades they've been helping girls "fulfil their potential", whether they're "haves" or "have nots".





*runs for the hills ...*

[sillygirl]

Prince William has been spotted dressed as a chav

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1797631.html



I knew it....