How to treat the "plagiarism" of Chinese mathematics education in Britain

Last year, the news that Shanghai Mathematics "one lesson and one practice" was about to land in Britain once again detonated the media. I always heard about importing textbooks before, but seldom heard about China textbooks going abroad. In 20 14, the British education department also organized some British primary and secondary school principals to come to Shanghai to experience Shanghai's primary education. At that time, there was a particularly deep news impression, that is, many British principals were almost dumbfounded when they saw that Shanghai children used the 99 formula to calculate the multiplication results.

This year, the British Ministry of Education recently announced that it will introduce China's mathematics teaching model to 8,000 primary schools. As soon as this news came out, it immediately became a hot discussion. In fact, people who have been paying attention to news for a long time, especially educational news, should be familiar with this and even a little desensitized. I remember that at the same time last year, the British BBC recorded a TV documentary about the experiment of introducing Chinese teaching in a British middle school, which triggered a conflict of values. Once broadcast, it immediately caused controversy.

Why Britain, why British education, so interested in China education, so concerned about China education, and finally determined to imitate "copy" China education.

The British take seriously the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese and western education. They have already put aside their arguments and worked hard. They really want to absorb the advantages of education in China and make up for the shortage of education in Britain. In their bones, they want to master the secret of success behind Shanghai student PISA ranking first in the world. When many domestic public opinions are talking about Chinese and western education, it shows that we are still talking about education. If we want to explore the deep motivation of British people's enthusiasm for education in China, we must jump out of the educational field of vision. Just in the first half of this year, the BBC broadcast a documentary about China, The Creation of China. Although this film is not as popular as China Education, its comprehensive interpretation of China's creation is quite impressive. Recently, in the latest season's hit documentary "Discovering China: A Gourmet Journey", the BBC focused on China people's "eating". Obviously, drunkenness is not about wine, but almost about the culture of China. What kind of people China people are and what kind of cultural environment they grew up in seem to be looking for the inextricable connection between the development and culture of China today. This in-depth and detailed analysis makes people feel that the study of China in this country has entered a deeper cultural level.

The development and progress of China is an indisputable fact. To westerners, the development of China is a mystery. Numerous western scholars have tried to find the key to China's success. This key, the conclusion they reached after painstaking research, is education. Apart from institutional factors, education has contributed the most to the high growth of China in the past 30 years of reform and opening up. The west also has a high level of education, but its contribution to economic growth in recent 20 years is not as obvious as that of China. What's the problem? It lies in the educational model. This is the real reason why Britain came to Shanghai across the ocean to get the true classics of education. In the final analysis, at a deeper level, the west wants to promote economic growth, improve comprehensive national strength and continue to maintain the leading position of the western world by introducing China's education model. In any case, we should keep an open mind and a humble attitude. True self-confidence comes from self-modesty, from hard work and innovation. If we can maintain such confidence, we don't have to worry about others copying us.