Differences between Chinese and foreign students

1. The difference between Chinese and American education lies first of all in the different goals of primary education in the two countries:

Chinese primary education sees the development of the child's intellect and the child's ability to get good grades as the primary goal, while in the United States, primary education has only one goal: to cultivate the child's creativity.

2. Differences in Attitudes Toward Achievement

For a Chinese child, a bad report card puts pressure on him from all sides. In the U.S., however, each student's year-end report card is a private item. Parents don't put too much pressure on their children. Grades are much less important than ability in the minds of adults. In China, the goal of most students is to get high grades.

3. Differences in the concept of knowledge between the two countries:

Chinese education focuses on the accumulation of knowledge, the inculcation of knowledge, the development of respect for knowledge and authority, and the inheritance of knowledge and the construction of knowledge systems.

The United States, on the other hand, focuses more on cultivating students' practical ability to apply knowledge, questioning and criticizing knowledge and authority, and expanding and creating knowledge.

The two types of education express different attitudes toward knowledge: the static nature of Chinese education and the dynamic difference between the United States, which reflects the difference in the concept of knowledge between the two countries.

4. The two countries are different in the environment provided to the students:

American schools encourage children to do research from an early age, to develop children's research ability, the ability to independently deal with the problem, the ability to organize the research material, the movement of the research methodology.

While Chinese schools, under the constraints of test-based education and the influence of traditional concepts, adopt a two-stage strategy of laying a foundation at the primary stage and doing academic work at the advanced stage, which is disconnected from each other.

5. Different curricula in the two countries

For example, the study of foreign languages. In China, students have only one English language in their basic education (except for specialties). This is a uniform choice made by the education system for all students.

In the U.S., students have a much wider range of choices in moral education, including Spanish, developmental, and Latin. There are also classes in the United States that do not use textbooks, often called "family life" classes.

The classes include sewing, cooking and self-confidence building. He teaches the students things that are necessary to live as a human being outside of books. He teaches students how to live their lives

6. The education model and the college entrance exam system are different: China's heuristic education suffers from the disadvantage of actually getting to the answer to a question by inducing the students to find the "only answer".

The pedagogy in American schools, in addition to guiding students to understand and master the teacher's agreed-upon correct answers, also gives students the freedom to imagine and explore potential answers that are unknown to the teacher and the student, but which exist objectively.

In China, in addition to a few talents do not have to look at the "college entrance examination" scores, the rest of the "college entrance examination" scores for the admission of people to learn the most important, the only standard. But in the United States students year after year to participate in various types of exams in at least one test, a failure, love can be said; two failures, can also be understood ...... Therefore, these test scores can be used as a very important admissions admission consideration standards.

7. The burden of study is different: the United States almost every week back to a day of vacation. In China, however, weekends can be taken over, and even colorful holidays can be overshadowed by heavy homework.

8. Family education is different:

1) American education hours of strict control, American parents will set a lot of rules, and the older the child the looser the control; Chinese parents on the contrary, when the child is spoilt, grow up everywhere restrictions, even college majors, love are interfered with.

2)American education emphasizes the cultivation of children's sense of responsibility, and this difference in education makes American children more self-reliant than their Chinese counterparts.

Suggestions

China's examination system reform, teaching reform and student load reduction are three aspects of the overall reform of education, and the examination system is the key to the "pull one hair to move". Only when the test education changes, quality education can get the space that really belongs to itself.

The United States is in the innovation of more than enough and the premise of the foundation is not enough to grasp the foundation to make up for the shortcomings. The situation in our country is just the opposite, we are more than the foundation but not enough innovation, so the improvement of education in our country must grasp the innovation to make up for the shortcomings.

Education is a cultural phenomenon, different education is a response to different cultural connotations, suitable for today's U.S. society, educational methods or education system is not necessarily adapted to China's current society. In short, what we need is a modern education that combines localization and internationalization.

China's new education system is gradually correcting the shortcomings of education, tending to diversification and internationalization, which is the fruit of the study of education. This is our intention.