Naze, Todai Sei No 3 Nin Ni 1 Nin Ga Kobun Shikina No Ka? (Shodensha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] A survey shows that one out of three students at the University of Tokyo attended the Kumon Method. In an interview the author once conducted, two out of three medical students at the University of Tokyo, the school with the highest deviation score, came from the Kumon Method. What does this mean? In this book, an education journalist who has discussed numerous schools and cram schools from a fresh perspective focuses on the Kumon Method, and discusses "Why Does Academic Achievement Grow? and "What is the difference between children who progress rapidly and those who quit? What is the difference between a child who progresses rapidly and a child who stops? The light blue signboard of Kumon can be seen in every city in Japan. Kumon's reputation has spread across the seas, and its schools are now in 49 countries and regions. The secret of the strength and surprising weakness of the world's most famous learning method will now be revealed.

東大生の3人に1人は公文式に通っていたという調査結果がある。著者がかつて行なったインタビューでは、偏差値最高峰の東大医学部生の3人に2人が公文式の出身だった。これは何を意味するのか?これまで斬新な視点から数々の学校や塾を論じてきた教育ジャーナリストが、本書では公文式に焦点を当て、「なぜ学力が伸びるのか?」「どんどん進む子とやめてしまう子の違いは何か?」に切り込んだ。「KUMON」の水色の看板は、日本全国どこの街でも見ることができる。評判は海を渡り、今や49の国や地域にまで教室が広がっている。世界で最も有名な学習メソッドの強さの秘密と意外な弱点が、今、明らかになる。