Kumon
Kumon is a native of Japan method of individual learning support for children. Developed over 50 years ago method provides knowledge in mathematics and languages. On the basis of these subjects students should also develop the ability to learn independently.
History
The founder of Kumon, Toru Kumon, was a math teacher at a high school in Osaka ( Japan). When his eldest son at school had difficulties in mathematics, he set him tasks together and developed learning sheets which worked by his son every day. Opened in 1957, his wife Teiko in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, with the help of other parents whose children also developed by Toru Kumon worksheets used for learning, the first Kumon Learning Center. Already in 1958, the foundation of the Kumon Institute of Education, which made world famous by little the Kumon method. According to the company (as of 2011 ) worldwide are learning more than 4.2 million students in 47 countries, according to the Kumon method. In Germany, the first European settlement was founded in 1981 by Kumon. Today there are in the UK and Spain, two other European offices.
Kumon programs
Kumon offers its learning programs for mathematics and languages , here primarily English as a foreign language or the local language. The basic principle at Kumon is that students first repeat well-known content to offset existing deficits and to provide a foundation for the further successful learning. The pace determine the children it yourself Then they work their own means of examples in previously unknown topics before. The aim of the Kumon method is successful to teach independent learning children. In addition to technical knowledge, the method encourages the concentration of wealth, independence and self- confidence of children. Features that make a positive basis for further academic, professional and personal life. The Kumon learning materials are constantly being developed, with experiences and impressions of students from around the world incorporated with.
Business
The Kumon corporate group to 60 percent in the hands of Kumon family, headed by Toru Kumons widow Teiko. The American Forbes magazine estimated the value of the entire company at U.S. $ 650 million in March 2009. Is represented in Germany by the Kumon Kumon Germany GmbH, headquartered in Dusseldorf. The individual learning center will be awarded to qualified franchisees. According to information Kumon is the fourth largest franchisor of the world and the world's most successful franchise system in education. There are currently approximately 180 Kumon Learning Center in Germany.