Ten differences between Chinese and American Education

 1、 For whom

American education tells students that learning is their own business, let students think for themselves, what they want to learn, so students generally learn actively, flexibly and happily. Chinese students regard learning as utilitarian, so they are used to dealing with it. Learning is a matter for parents and teachers. Learning is for promotion and wealth. They are passive, dogmatic and helpless.

2、 Educational goal

The United States does not attach much importance to the study of "basic knowledge" and attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' creativity. As a result, it seems "ridiculous" that American white-collar workers will not count 10 minus 6. They feel that they should pay close attention to the cultivation of creative thinking while their children are young. However, China's education attaches great importance to the so-called "double bases", focusing on the practice of "basic skills", and does not attach importance to the cultivation of students' creativity The cultivation of the ability of thinking. American students have low scores and high energy, while Chinese students have high scores and low energy. As a result, the world's top 500 enterprises are generally reluctant to accept Chinese students. In their view, Chinese education is the slave of cultivating knowledge, rather than "educating people.".

3、 Classroom

Chinese education is good at giving children a summary and teaching them no problems; American education is good at giving children an inspiration and teaching them to constantly raise new problems. Chinese classrooms should raise their hands to speak, while American classrooms encourage free speech. Chinese classrooms will be criticized if they disagree with teachers' conclusions, while American classrooms will be praised. The classroom in China stresses discipline, while the classroom in the United States stresses human rights.

4、 Teacher student relationship

In China, one day as a teacher and one life as a father, children just step into school know that teachers are always superior, and in the United States, professors have no authority to talk about. Americans don't recognize authority. Chinese children idolize their teachers and feel that they are always right. Chinese teachers like to be dignified and unsmiling. American teachers like to chat with their children. They are good friends.

The examination system is different

5、 Examination system

In the United States, the examination is often open, and children can hand in their papers within a week. In China, the examination is like a big enemy, with single person and single table, and the chief supervisor and Deputy Supervisor are strictly guarded. In China, the main purpose of the examination is to eliminate; while in the United States, the purpose of the examination is to find its own shortcomings, to find out and fill the gaps, so as to facilitate future development.

6、 Class size

Although it is explicitly stipulated in China that there are no more than 45 students in each class, the average class size of township and county-level schools is as many as 60, which cannot be restricted by law. In the United States, if there are no more than 30 students in a class and 31 students are in violation of the education law, the difference is that Americans value honesty - self credibility, so they dare not go beyond the bounds.

7、 Time

In a year, Chinese middle school students have eight months of class time, about 11 hours of school time every day. American students only have about 1000 hours a year. Short school time and less schoolwork burden make children do what they are interested in. Children have more freedom to arrange their time, and they can also learn to arrange their own time.

8、 Report card

Results are "private" in the United States. The teacher will show the report card to the parents. He will only show you his children's grades and will not announce the grades of the whole class. In China, the administrative department will try every means to publish the school results. The assessment of teachers also depends on the enrollment rate and excellent rate of students. Students have been under this mechanism for 12 years since the first grade, and the psychological pressure is obvious.

9、 Teaching materials

The teaching materials in the United States are simple, and there are no strict requirements for children, especially mathematics. As a result, many adults leave the computer and have no concept of numbers. Even the calculation of daily life has become a difficult problem. It's ridiculous to see it, but they pay attention to the cultivation of practical ability and innovation ability. Our country's teaching materials blindly emphasize the consolidation of the foundation, which leads to a pile of repeated mechanical work, and the result is to create a group of talents with high scores and low abilities.

10、 Extracurricular life

Children are generally not allowed to participate in real social activities in China. But in the United States, once students enter the school gate, they begin to really participate in social activities. The extracurricular activities in the United States are the spontaneous participation of students, and the funds are also co funded and co sponsored. For example, 8-year-old children will help others clean the washing machine, 8 dollars at a time, play for others, and so on, and use the money they earn for activities. Of course, not all activities are for making money, and many of them are volunteers. There are many ways for children to contact the social environment in the United States. They think that education is life.