Award-winning educational documentary
Japanese school teacher transforms students
Japanese school teacher Toshiro Kanamori is the latest Internet hero for the magical way he transforms the lives of his fourth grade students. After watching the moving educational documentary below, you will understand why Kanomori has won the hearts not only of his students, but of hundreds of thousands who have been touched by this award-winning documentary of his work.
Described as kind, tough, and funny, teacher Kanamori breaks the mold with his highly innovative teaching methods. He encourages students above all to focus on how to live a happy life and how to care for other people. One of his creative techniques is to invite students to write their deepest inner feelings in a letter. He chooses three of these letters each day to read to the class, with most impressive results.
Titled Children Full of Life, this inspiring documentary showcasing Kanamori and his students won the Global Television Grand Prize at the 25th Anniversary Banff Television Festival, the festival's highest honor. Don't miss this uniquely inspiring 40-minute documentary divided into five parts on two webpages here.
Children of Life - Part 1 of 5 (10 minutes)
Letters to the Class
Letters to the Class
Children of Life - Part 2 of 5 (8 minutes)
Managing a Troublemaker
Managing a Troublemaker
For parts three to five of this inspiring educational documentary, click here.
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Comments
As I watched this talented and amazing teacher, I couldn't help but think that he could never survive in an American school. He would be fired and probably sued for touching the children, and that's only the beginning. Forcing them to take personal responsibility would never be allowed.
I agree with you totally. The entire school system here should be shaken from top to bottom!!! Have you seen To Be and To Have, one precious documentary of the stupendous teacher, Georges Lopez,in rural France, in a one-room school! This film was made during the last year of a 30-year career teaching, before he retired. I got it from Netflix, watched it instantly. Cheers!
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