暑假期间,与中国孩子多被要求在桌前静心写作业不同,日本孩子的作业得“动”起来才能完成。之所以要“动”起来,是因为日本中小学的暑假作业里,都有一道开放题,孩子们要根据自己的兴趣,去了解、发现、观察、调查、实践,然后将观察与实践的结果整理出来,并配上相应的说明文字、图表、照片等形成一份报告。这项作业被称为自由研究。自由研究最早可以追溯到上世纪20年代,当时日 During the summer vacation, unlike the Chinese children, who were asked to meditate more at their desk, Japanese children could get their jobs done. The reason for this is because the open-ended questions in Japanese primary and secondary school summer homework are based on their own interests, understanding, discovering, observing, investigating, and practicing, and then observing and practicing The results sorted out, together with the appropriate explanatory text, graphics, photos, etc. to form a report. This homework is called free study. The earliest studies of freedom date back to the 1920s when Japan was