ABSTRACT
The chapter introduces teacher education prior to World War II and after. The report from the United States Education Mission to Japan (USEM) 1958 CCE report, which in the 70s and 80s, paved room for discussions for the improvement of teacher education. This resulted in a major reorganisation of teacher training in the 1990s.
The internship in Japan varies from four to three weeks, known as ‘Kyoiku Jisshu’, the idea of integrating theory and practice. The chapter also sheds a small note on the research insights into Japanese internship practice and a discussion on the socialisation of preservice teachers into the teaching profession in which the importance of internships on career aspirations as teachers is established. The process of learning during the internship is explained, from wearable cameras to the lesson study implemented, and an overview of different learning opportunities in the Japanese teaching internship is provided. In the current model of internship, the courses learned by preservice teachers are explained with a figure, along with an internship timetable for the preservice student. The chapter concludes with a short case study of internship experiences from Suzuki and Tanaka.
