SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND WESTERN EDUCATION 英语论文.doc

some differences between chinese and western educationeducation must meet the challenges of a changing world, and in doing so, no student must be left behind. we teach our students for the world that will be, not the world that was and will not come again.please do not think i am critical of china, there are so many things i admire and respect in china but as a westerner i firmly believe we all learn from each other when we talk about our differences, as good friends should.today i will speak on four main subjects of western education:-1, a general introduction to the western educational environment2. teachers and teaching beliefs in western countries3. the differences between chinese and western students4. the changing classroomwhen chinese teachers talk about western education they think it is all the same in every western or foreign country but education is very different in england from america while australia is different again from england and america and south africa is very different again with its heavy teaching of african culturea general introduction to the western educational environmentsouth africa is considered to have one of the best educational systems in the world and since 2005 has focused heavily on literacy, mathematics and the african culture of art, history and musicthe australian educational system prepares students for adult life and makes sure that all students have knowledge and a very clear understanding of the world we all share.meanwhile the english educational system prepares students for opportunities, responsibilities and the experiences of the adult life they will have in the future.the american educational system is considered one of the worst in the world with very badly paid teachers. the man collecting garbage in the streets earns more money than american teachers. there are very over crowded classrooms and some schools do not have enough money to look after their students properly.further more, american teachers have eight weeks summer holidays each year but do not receive pay for all this time. many are forced to find work as waiters or serve in a shop to support their families or themselves during this time.many excellent american school teachers now work in foreign countries such as china where education and teachers are respected.teachers and teaching beliefs in western countriesmost teachers of the world teach with books, in a classroom with a blackboard but it is the communication skills and culture of each country all over the world that creates the differences in our classrooms, and yet in many ways, we are all the same.we believe our western teachers must have a kind heart, be very patient with a strong generosity, endurance and strength. further more, in our class room the student is the most important person not the teacher. we are there to help, advise and encourage students on their journey to adulthood.we do not believe in shouting at a student if they get an answer wrong, it is not a terrible crime because next time, or the time after that, or the time after that they will get it right if you encourage and guide them along. we firmly believe in the west that you, as a teacher set students on the path for success. if you shout at a student enough they will lose heart and never get it right. surely a teacher encourages, helps and inspires students to do better not only for themselves but for their parents and china we all need to ask ourselves how many good students have been lost to us, and our countries, because of bad teaching both here and in the west.the bond, and communication, formed between a teacher and student is very important to us, in fact, we consider this one of the most important responsibilities we have. we become friends of a kind and this friendship, and guidance continues long into adulthood. when my students achieve in adult life they come and tell me and i fell so proud and happy for them.as western teachers we constantly move around the classroom and try, every lesson, to talk to each individual student. i also make direct eye contact with students because in the western culture we believe that you are not a good person unless you look a person directly in the eye when speaking to them. my students are encouraged to get up and walk over to me when they have a question or need help.i teach english so my class room is very noisy because we believe that students must talk in english for the entire class to me or to each other. how else will they learn to speak english? i talk for only 20% of my class time and the students speak english for up to 80%.finally, on the subject of teachers and teaching we believe that a western teacher should be sent to a new school to teach every few years to learn new skills and ideas and the teacher will also get a fresh approach to teaching. when we foreign teachers here at no 1 middle school go home we will take with us many things we have learnt here and will be much better teachers, with many new ideas, for this experience.some differences between chinese and western teachersstudents are the same the world over but in china the students are so respectful, polite friendly and well mannered it is a delight to teach here. we foreign teachers consider that the chinese students are generally much happier with a very strong love not only for their country but for their parents as well. this is not always apparent in the western culture.there is much more pressure on the students here to achieve top marks and so enter top universities. the western educational system has changed because we found that we had so many people with degrees who only wanted professional work, but who was going to fix the lights when they were not working or drive the taxis?. we now recognize the value of choice for students because we all cannot get top marks and many students will never get top marks but will go to lead happy and successful lives.students in the west usually start school at 9am and finish at 3.30pm, leaving them plenty of time to be creative, play sport and learn about life in general. all of the western educational systems recognize the importance of teaching the young about their future lives as adults and the responsibilities they face. we recognize in the west that these students are always tired, because that is the time in their lives when they are growing to their full height, and you may have noticed that we westerners are a tall race of people.it is said we have become lazy in the west because we do not have to compete to enter universities, and it is true, because we do not have to compete really hard for anything because of a smaller population. we can go back many times to university in our lives to study or learn new skills. it is not unusual for 60 or 70 year olds to be at university working towards another degree. the oldest person was a 90 year old american woman who obtained a degree several years ago.the changing western classroomstudent learning, in the west, is no longer only in the classroom because of the changes in technology. computers, particularly laptops now mean that students can study anywhere anytime online and use the internet as a wonderful source of information and referenceaustralia has started home learning through television programs starting at 6 in the morning, which enables students to study for a degree in their own home without a computerfinally i have talked about the di9fferences in chinese and western education because i am among friends and so that we may all learn from each other. it may help our students to achieve and have a very happy and successful life. we are teachers and this is what we dodifferences between chinese and western educationabstract:most chinese parents like to ask, “how old should be the best age for children to study overseas?” “is the foundational education as good as china in other countries?” as the matter of fact, the argument about the differences and their advantages and dis advantages between chinese education and western education is keeping on all the time. this question is also one major concern among those students who are considering going abroad. in order to find out the most suitable way for each individual, we shall compare matters both in china and foreign countries in this paper.1. introduce：1.1 two casesthe basic issue of education is what kind of people we want to cultivate to be, and how to cultivate them. the concept of value, purpose of education and method of education between chinese education system and western education system are differentiated in many academic fields. lets have a look at this with 2 cases:darin yokels casedarin yokel is an art teachefrom one primary school in cincinnati, america; she is a current student of miami university. to be as one of the exchange teacher with chinese, she came to kunming, yunan to have an academic interchange. her objective is split into 3 parts, teaching chinese students, communicating with chinese teachers and independent training.in kunming, darin found out that the painting skills of chinese students are very good. one day, she gave out one topic which is called “happy festival” to her students, but all the students were drawing the same christmas tree. at first she thought that chinese students are friendly so when they met a western teacher, they drew the christmas tree for her. but later she found that every christmas tree those children drown are with the same batten. she looked closer, discovered that all the students were looking toward the same direction where one of the classroom wall. then she realized that there was one christmas tree painting on the wall which prepared by the school as the purpose of creating a suitable painting atmosphere for students.darin covered the painting on the wall and asked the students to create their own picture, to her surprise; she was so disappointed that once she covered the wall painting, the students could not draw a “happy festival”. some students were scratching the head, some biting the pencil, some staring at each other, but no one knew how to start their work. with the intention of solving the embarrassment, darin has to open the cover of wall painting.1.1.2 a professors casethere is another case far in america: one professor mentioned in his article that his son did research when he was in primary school form two. one day he came back from school and asked father to go to library, he said he is doing one research on whales so need to go and find information. the professor took his son to two libraries and borrowed more than ten books about whale. the little boy had finished his first research in his whole life on the topic of whale. it contained 3 pages and one cover with a picture of whale and sea. there were 4 tittles inside the report: introduction, what do whales eat, how whales eat and the features of whales.the professor said that this is the shortest and simplest research he has ever seen in his life; however this is the most interesting research he has ever read as well. the main concern here is not how much knowledge of whale the boy has learnt, but the process of doing the research. he concentrated so hard to gather information, read articles, identify points, write essay and so on. he was doing individually and independently all through the procedure. he totally used his brain to carry out every step, thus he has achieved much more knowledge and skills beside only whales.and this kind of research practice is continuous improving, when he was in form two, his research is only collecting other peoples information. but when he reached form five, his research is moving into a further level of giving out his own ideas. although his research is still in insufficient order or not so valid, his consciousness of creation is forming and improving.1.2 the cases show differencesthe darins case is really shocking, it illustrates two crucial points of chinese education system, one is emphasize too much on teaching but neglect the importance of capability, the other one is building up strong foundation but lack of high education. we chinese think that students with sturdy foundation can receive further knowledge better. so most chinese parents think that the primary education in china is more stable than those western countries, and western high education is more mature than china. if students can have the combine of two education system, students could become comprehensive. that is why more and more chinese parents intend to send their children to foreign universities.the second case shows that western education system encourages children to do research on their own. they believe that doing research can help children to analysis problems and solve difficulties by themselves. at mean while, students can practice what they have learnt in real work through the process of research. it is more effective than what we have been practiced in china, that students are studying for exams only while in primary education period. we are implementing 2 separate stages, learning basic knowledge in junior level and doing research in senior parison and discussionwhat are the significant characteristics of both chinese education system and western education system? lets have a compare and discuss as follows:2.1 differnt social backgroundas we all know, china is a socialist country and most western countries belongto capitalist countries. and, they have different history and cultures. china advocates confucianism and the western countries advocate the revival of literature and art. but the most important point is that their attitude towards the position of family institutions position is also different. in chinas traditional family, parents authoritative consciousness plays a leading role while western civilizations mainly emphasize struggle, equality, democracy and human rights2.2 differnt concept of valuethere are two basic concepts of education value, teaching and guiding.2.2.1 chinese education system: teachingteaching concept is commonly used in chinese education system which is base on textbook contents. students learn knowledge through classes that are conducted by teachers inside the classroom. besides it is being used in chinese family education; students perceive knowledge by listening to what the parents have told them and textbooks which parents ask them to read. this concept is well effected in raising so called “good student” who always abbeys rules and regulations, inheriting traditions and general habits. it resulted that chinese primary education is with no doubt strongly-built, especially during primary school and middle school period. that is also the reason why chinese students can win scores of prize in olympic competitions every year.2.2.2 differnt western education system: guiding.guiding is the main concept of education wildly used in western countries. it emphasizes the rights and respects of children, which is base on a trust motion. schools provide students with fulfilled self-management, support them to control themselves. at home, parents see children as one equal member of the family; they have identical duty and responsibility for the family. western children have more freedom and private without much instruction; they are more persuaded by enlightening and leading. westerners intend to offer children opportunities to develop themselves, discovering their potential specialties and abilities. they encourage children to study with interest under pleasure, doing what they want to do and trying the best they can. thus western children are more responsible and confident; they have a higher grade of self-esteems because of the process of self-learning.on the other hand, self-management does not only depend on students themselves, they do need guidelines from parents and teachers. guardians should help students to build up sufficiency and strength, also observe their grown to correct any mistakes and weakness. chinese education system is good at demonstrating and building moral students always following traditional rules and regulations. but western children show more aggressiveness in personal development, they become the master of their own destiny. they are more ingenious and creative, therefore, the most percentage of nobel prize are achieved by western people. it is said that open self-learning system hast he advantage of cultivating top creators.回答人的补充 2009-12-08 14:37 2.2.3 a example for comparingthere is a girls writing about the experience and feeling after a exchanging program in british. we can taste the two different concept of value from it.i went to britain on an exchange program. the main task was to have lessons with the english students and teacher so that we could have some idea of the difference in education between the two countries. the lesson i attended was chemistry, which was one of my favorite subjects. when the teacher led me to the lab, i was surprised that there only about 20 students in all. i was told that in england, the size of class was always small, about 20 to 30 students per class. actually in my opinion, i prefer to get to have lessons in a small class, since the teacher can satisfy the demands of all the students and it wont be long for the teacher to get to know his students well. there are more opportunities of communication between the teachers and the students.that day, they were asked to do some experiments. what impressed me most was that after they finished, they would write a report to explain the experiments by themselves as their homework. so far as i could remember, when i did that experiment in china one year ago, the teacher told us the result and principle in advance. all i had to do was to operate it again. although the fundamental education in our country is among th