Chinese-education-VS-western-education

ChineseeducationVSwesterneducationDifferentontheobjectiveperformanceInChinaeachclasshasmorethan50students,howeveryouwillneverfindthisphenomenoninwesterncountries.Comparedwithours,theyhavesuchsmallpopulation.InChina,studentssitinlineslisteningtotheteachersstandingonthepodiumawayfromthem.Sotheteacherscannotnoticeeverystudent’sperformance.Inwesterncountries,studentssitinacircleandteachersstandinthemiddleofthecirclesothattheycanpaymoreattentiontoeachindividual’seducation.DifferentonthescheduleInChinastudentsgetuparound6a.m.Theyareintheirmorningreadingby7a.m.Theyhaveclassesfrom8a.m.untilnoononlyabout2.5hoursoffforlunchandamid-dayrest.Theyhaveclassesagainfrom2:30p.m.until6p.m.Afterthatlongperiodofstudyingtimetheycanhaveanhourrestfordinner.Theygobackintoaself-studyclassfrom7:00p.m.until9:30p.m.Evenwithamid-morningbreaktheyareinclassordoinghomework(selfstudyclass)for10.5hoursaday.Atypicaldayforahighschoolstudentinthewesterncountriesisnormallyasfollows.Theygetupat6:30-6:45a.m.andtheirclassesbeginat8a.m.Theyareinclassfromthattimeuntilaroundnoon.Itisnomorethan30minutesforalunchbreak.Theyarebackinclassbyperhaps12:30p.m.Theyusuallygofromthattimeuntil3:30p.m.or,atthelatest,4p.m.Theyareinclassesabout7.5hoursaday.TheaverageChinesehighschoolstudentisattendingclasses3hourslongerthantheaveragehighschoolstudentinthewesterncountries.That's60morehoursamonth.ManyChinesestudentsareattendingtrainingclassesontheweekends.Whatisseldomhappenedinwesterncountriesonlyiftheyarefallingbehindatschool.DifferentontheeducationmethodTheChinesetraditionaleducationmethodisatypeofeducationin,whichteachersrepeatwhatthebookssayandimbuethestudentswithit.Itemphasizesmechanicalmemorizing.Therefore,theChineseteachersmostlikeseeingthestudentssittinginfrontofthedesk,eitherrecitingwiththeirheadwaggingorbendingoverthedeskdoingexercises.Loadthestomachwithancient’sknowledgeandsage’sexperiencewithoutknowingwhethertheycanbedigestedornot.Howeverinwesterncountries,teacherslikelettingthestudentspracticebythemselves,goingtothenature,seekingtheknowledgefromlife.Theirstudyresidesinmanykindsofforms.Theydonotthingthatplayandstudyareconflictingwitheachother,andencouragetheirstudentstostudyoutside.Theypaymoreattentiontothestudent’sabilitytoponder.