Chinese Education and America Education

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Chinese Education and America Education

• ESL 156 M1567 Comparative Culture Studies
• Instructor Lyra Riabov
• Presenter Xiao Lin
• October 21th, 2008

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Outline

• Differences in High school
• Differences in college
• Values of education in China
• Values of education in the USA
• Combined classes

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Differences in High school

• Chinese students spent almost all their time
  learning by rule.
• American students are generally more relaxed and
  comfortable before they enter university

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Chinese High School Students Schedule
Morning classes 630am-1210am
Afternoon classes 200pm-530pm
Evening classes 630pm-1000pm
Totally 13 hours for studying in the classroom
except the library.
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Plenty of books is Chinese students lives.
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Differences in College

• Too many students in a classroom, and students
  dont have enough chances to communicate with
  professors.
• The American education system lets the students
  pay enough attention to concentrate on the class.
  Students and professors are equal.

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• Education is a non-stop discussion in China.
• Educators receive a lot of complaints from
  students for studying courses with too hard
  content.
• Students are criticized by teachers for lazy
  study habits.
• As the criticism becomes more serious from
  public opinion, the educational institution faces
  more pressure.
• They have to decide an attitude on the trend of
  education keep going with the present
  educational system or innovate.

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Values of Education in China

• The ideas of education come from Confucius in
  education there should be no class distinctions
• Showing respect to teachers, paying attention to
  education

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Values of Education in America

• Individualism
• Equality of opportunity

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The learning style in America is totally
different. Students have rights to do what they
want to. They have the fair relationship with
their teachers.
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Chinese students in class
American students in class

• Absolutely different styles

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They are all studying but in different ways
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Combined Class
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• Thank you!