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After reading chapter 21, I wonder we have this kind of systems in Japan, especially GSTE and SUTE. I am sure that we do but I am not sure that it is working well here. I think Japanese schools are more incline to change. Like they say, if it’s not broken, why fix it. I am not familiar with this level of education (organization) but I think it is very important to have a concrete foundation to provide good educational opportunities to students, and I should be familiar with this process as a member of school. From my experience from working at different schools, the district and school policies affect a lot to teachers and students. So I think changing and adapting new ideas are very important in education.
After reading about GSTE, I feel that our school is applying very similar process of GSTE. My school is brand new (started in last April) and still in the process of organizing the school systems and curriculum. My school is the first international school following the Japanese curriculum with International school standards. We are getting all the stakeholders involved such as political leaders, local company executives, teachers, principals, parents and community leaders in the decision making process. They all form different kind of groups to decide what is best for our student's education. I feel that this is easier to be said than done. When we get so many different kinds of people with different perspectives, it tends to be very difficult to make decisions. It can also take longer. Even with our situations, implementing changes can take months or years. Another thing we have to worry about with this system is cost. The cost can be quite overwhelming when we apply GSTE.