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1、.Western students enjoy a seemingly relaxed educational experience. This, however, is not the case for students in Asia, who face crushing workloads and are often very disciplined. In the first part of her Globalist.The decision is partly based on an inability or unwillingness to spend thousands of
2、dollars in tuition fees, especially given the suspicion that local schools are better anyway. After all, what more could one want from a basic education than a strong grounding in language, math and science, all subjects in which Asian schools famously excel. Our main concern is the ability of our s
3、on and indeed the whole family to adapt to the strict diligence that is expected of the Chinese. Apprehension increases when talking to local friends.China has a long history of standardized tests, beginning with the ancient imperial exams initiated during the Sui Dynasty.Shelly Chen is at the top o
4、f the class at the Shanghai foreign language school, one of the citys best middle schools. Already near fluent in English, she is studying German and ranks among the highest in her grade in physics. Her goal is to get a full scholarship to Harvard to study biochemistry. It is not only Western expatr
5、iates that grow anxious when hearing about students like Shelly.Throughout England, politicians, parents and pundits worry that the industriousness and discipline of kids in the East are leaving relatively relaxed Westerners trailing behind. Though there is some debate surrounding the statistics, it
6、 is widely believed that North America is failing to produce sufficient graduates in sciences and engineering.Still less controversy attends the observation that math scores throughout the West rank well below those of most Asian countries. As a result, there is a deepening consensus that, in order
7、to maintain its competitive edge,Chinese students are taught that all questions have but one right answer and there is little room for debate.North American education needs to move away from an emphasis on fun, flexibility and individual learning styles.Instead, it has to shift towards a more strict
8、, disciplined teaching environment that math and science, in particular, seem to demand.This shift can be discerned even in Canada, where there are no college entrance exams, and where, standardized testing, memorization and rote learning have long been frowned upon.Nevertheless, there is a mounting
9、 chorus complaining that the prominence given to creativity cheats students out of a proper education.People like science teacher Sumitra Rajagopalan are entreating Canadian educators to adopt a more Asian pedagogical philosophy based on “constant repetition, recitation, grilling and drilling”. In t
10、he United States, the rise of China and India is putting even more emphasis on the demand for education reform.Tougher standards,New policies such as No Child Left Behind have led to an increased stress on standardized testing.In the 2006 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush mentione
11、d the threat of Asias giants specifically when introducing his “Competitive Initiative”, a program that promises substantial funds for the teaching of basic math and science.But in an ironic twist, there is an increasing desire to make education more England in China. Many now agree that the lack of
12、 creativity in Chinas education system will soon prove a major stumbling block in the countrys continuing development.Government and business leaders worry about a derivative, manufacturing-based economy, which is unable to innovate core technology, lacks major research and development projects and
13、lags far behind in creative sectors like marketing and design.A lack of flexibility and inability of individuals to take the initiative affects the entire service sector, paralyzing employees at every level. Arriving late for the set breakfast at a five-star hotel in Chengdu, for example, I, along w
14、ith a group of other foreigners, found that the coffee had run out. Our request for more threw the staff into crisis.It was not until a series of meetings had been held and permission sought from senior management that a fresh pot could be brewed.Passing even trivial problems up the management hiera
15、rchy in this way is simply impossible in a sophisticated post-industrial society.China has implemented a set of reforms known as “quality education”.This policy, which aims to teach creativity and emphasize character development, has resulted in certain concrete shifts including changes to textbooks
16、, an increased emphasis on oral skills in language learning and various attempts to get teachers to encourage student participation.Most Chinese, however, are skeptical that anything other than surface transformation is taking place. As they are quick to point out, the underlying issue an education
17、system rooted in standardized tests has yet to be altered.Chinese students achieve near perfect scores on Western standardized exams. But when go abroad, they find themselves ill prepared for the education.Today, national tests determine which elementary, high school and university a student will at
18、tend. They are still the single most important factor in deciding ones general career path.The weight given to testing is regularly criticized throughout Chinese society. Newspapers and magazines commonly report on the extreme pressure of the general exams.Stories range from concern over the suicide
19、 rate to bizarre anecdotes like the one about girls in Guangdong province who are said to have bought up mass quantities of contraceptive pills and then taken them during the test period in the hope of warding off the ill effects of their menstrual cycle.Despite these concerns, there is little real
20、impetus for the testing system to change. In China, standardized tests are seen as the only way to guarantee meritocracy and ensure fairness. The Canadian method of granting university admission on the basis of interviews and grade point averages is seen as far too subjective.In China, many believe
21、that in a system like this the best schools, universities and jobs would go only to those with the right guanxii (connections). Chinas emphasis on memorization and rote learning has significant consequences. Students are taught that all questions have but one right answer and there is little room fo
22、r debate and original thought.Subjects like history and politics are focused solely on dates and names. Even the Chinese language exam, which requires students to write essays, allocates grades according to how well one can quote classical texts and idioms.Passing trivial problems up the management
23、hierarchy is simply impossible in a sophisticated post-industrial society.As a result, Chinese students develop what appears to many Westerners as a shocking capacity for memorization. Many are able to recite entire articles and there are stories of some who are capable of committing the entire dict
24、ionary to memory.Chinese students thus regularly achieve near-perfect scores on the standardized exams of Europe and England. when they go abroad many of these students find they are ill-prepared for Western education. Chinese students with phenomenal TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) sc
25、ores are often incapable of taking part in simple English conversation.At least one graduate school in one of Englands most elite universities has now become wary of accepting students from China for this reason.Assumed skills such as in-class participation, seminar presentations and individual rese
26、arch projects, common practice in elementary schools in North America, are largely unheard of in the Chinese classroom even in most universities.National tests determine which school a student will attend. They are the most important factor in deciding ones career path.Moreover, the stress on origin
27、al thinking and strict rules regarding plagiarism often seem baffling to students from China. An American teacher working in Yunnan province tells of encountering this cultural divide when two students handed in the exact same essay for an in-class exam.Because of diffrent traditions and cultures,th
28、ere are many diffrences between Chinese education and British education. Firstly,the Chinese education is nine year compulsory education.Most of schools are public schools.And the tutions come from the government.And the British education is also compulsory education.But the school system is two-track system which included the public school and the private school.And the tutions are free in the publi
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