Electronic textbooks are rapidly popularized in primary and secondary schools in Japan, but surveys show that many students cannot concentrate their energy

Jimu Journalist Wang Liangliang Hu Xiuwen

According to the news on September 16th, on the 15th local time, data from the Ministry of Culture and Science of Japan showed that as of March, all public primary schools, junior high schools, and high schools had used electronic textbooks to have 292 villages. Compared with 31 cities and villages in March last year, it has increased significantly. It is reported that these electronic textbooks are generally used on computers or tablets. At the same time as rapid popularization, many Japanese teachers are troubled in the process of using electronic textbooks. These teachers believe that paper textbooks are more suitable for improving reading comprehension.

Electronic textbook (source: common network)

The Ministry of Arts plans to use electronic textbooks in English courses from grades 5 to junior high school in 2024 to junior high school. The plans for each primary school student and junior high school students in Japan and junior high school students have basically been completed, and educational electronicization will be further developed.

But in the Japanese education community, the controversy of electronic textbooks is still very large. On the one hand, the characteristics of electronic textbooks are to enlarge the pictures and text, listen to audio, watch videos, and write through the function of reading aloud and touch the screen. The impact of health is worrying, and teachers have some troubles in use.

Investigation in the Ministry of Liberal Arts shows that in the troubles of teachers' troubles, it is mentioned that "the need to explore the curriculum guidance of the use of electronic textbooks" accounts for 54.4%; "unclear how to distinguish with paper and electronic textbooks" accounts for 40.4%. Regarding the inconvenience, nearly 50 % of teachers who choose "when crashes and errors" and "students sometimes focus on operations that have nothing to do with curriculum".

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