Yutori kyoiku, or relaxed education, was a set of education policy reforms in Japan implemented from the 1980s and expanded significantly in a 2002 curriculum revision, intended to reduce the intense academic pressure and rote memorization associated with Japanese schooling in favor of more relaxed, holistic learning with reduced curriculum content and a shortened school week. Following criticism that the reforms contributed to declining academic performance, including on international assessments, Japan reversed much of the policy from 2011 onward in what was popularly called datsu-yutori, or moving away from yutori.
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Education LevelPrimary Education (ISCED 1) 1 Key ProvisionReduces the hours and the content of the curriculum in primary education. 1 FAQs
Why was yutori education rolled back in Japan?
Concern about falling academic levels in the late 1990s led to the conclusion that relaxed standards were to blame, and new standards rolled the reforms back.
Toward the end of the 1990s, attention in Japan focused on the falling academic level of students. The debate that followed led to the conclusion that the relaxed education standards called yutori kyoiku were to blame, and new standards were then introduced to roll back the yutori reforms. How far the relaxed standards really caused the decline has remained a matter of debate.
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1. Yutori education - Wikipedia
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reduces the hours and the content of the curriculum in primary education
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Yutori education (ゆとり教育, yutori-kyōiku) is a Japanese education policy which reduces the hours and the content of the curriculum in primary education.
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Yutori education (ゆとり教育, yutori-kyōiku) is a Japanese education policy which reduces the hours and the content of the curriculum in primary education.
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