Globalizing the Social Problems Classroom: Japan and the United States Education Systems
This resource was originally published in TRAILS, which is an online database of peer-reviewed teaching resources supported by the American Sociological Association.
By using visual aids such as films, photographs, or both, this assignment helps students to conduct cross-cultural analysis between Japan and the United States about issues of education. There are four purposes of this activity:
- Expand the discussion of social problems to a global level
- Examine how school funding is unequally distributed in the American education system
- Examine how Japan tries to equalize school funding
- Discuss potential solutions to equalize school funding in the United States