Chinese School System: MOE briefing

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Chinese School System MOE briefing

• An overview of Oklahomas relationship

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The Choice of China
Converting the population pressure into huge
human resources

• Adopting the strategy of reinvigorating the
  country through science and education

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Ministry of Education briefing

• 99 of population has 9 years of school
• All rural students have free education
• In 2008-9 school year all tuition abolished in
  grades K-9
• The following year, textbooks will be free

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Enrollment

• High school 60
• 52 in academic programs
• 48 in Vocational technical programs
• Trying for 80 of students in high school by 2010
• 5 of education is private

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Teachers

• 10 million teachers in K-12 schools
• Student teacher ratio is improving
• 2006 was 17 to 1
• Teacher in the classroom 15 hours per week
• Remainder of day with grading, class prep and
  mentoring

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Curriculum

• National curriculum
• Since 2001 new innovations in curriculum based on
  study of 30 countries
• National Curriculum is core subjects
• 80 of curriculum is national
• Chinese, English, Math are most important
• 10 sets of texts approved school selects

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Curriculum

• 15 of curriculum is local
• Based on needs of province
• 5 of curriculum is school based
• Based on needs of school
• One school developed crysanthemums

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Objectives of new curriculum

• 1. to understand other countries
• 2. To master basic skills
• 3. Scientific understanding of environment
• 4. to care for society
• 5. to develop self conscious independent
  personality
• 6. esthetic appreciation

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4 challenges for Chinas education

• 1. Equity
• Although BE in China made significant advances,
  the educational infrastructure is still weak and
  development has been quite uneven. It can neither
  respond well to the needs of rapid socio-economic
  development, nor satisfy the aspiration of the
  broad masses for receiving education of a high
  quality.

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Challenge 2 Quality

• Improved teaching cant meet the demand by
  parents, especially in the one child family. Need
  to improve the quality of teachers
• 240,000 with lower degrees
• 450,000 non-registered teachers

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Challenge 3 Relevance

• 81 of all students live in the countryside 162
  million students
• Curriculum is academic if they dont get into
  college, their education doesnt apply

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Challenge 4 exam driven system

• Problems finding university seats
• 10.1 million students took exam in 2007
• 1 million university seats available in China
• Problems with refusers
• Students driven too hard
• Knowledge based system with little room for
  creativity

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Teacher Education

• Teacher prep professional development called
  gardeners project.
• Students are the flowers
• Teachers are the gardeners
• 6 Normal Universities provide free education to
  future teachers

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Teaching Learning innovations

• Moving away from lecture, memorization, to
• Interactive teaching
• Hands on projects
• Project oriented study
• Team work
• To produce students who can serve the Mother
  Country economically socially

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Education should be oriented towards
modernization, the world and the future
Deng Xiaopin
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• Think global, act local

• Contributing to development

• Keeping abreast of the
• advances of ST

• Serving the modernization
• drive of the country

• Learning from the other countries useful
  experience and broadening our concept of education

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Oklahoma agencies interfacing with China

• Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia at The
  University of Oklahoma, Tulsa
• The Confucius Institute at OU
• Partnerships for learning about the others
  educational system in a social context

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Sichuan Province

• Chongqing 30 million
• Chengdu 12-14 million

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Sichuan Province Education facts

• First school established 141 BCE
• 9 year compulsory education
• Provincial Education Commission under Provincial
  government
• School attendance rate is 99.14

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Types of Schools

• Kindergarten for 3-6 yr olds
• Primary grades 1-6
• Jr. Middle school grades 7-9
• Sr. Middle Schools grades 10-12
• Adult education literacy 95 among adults
• Technical Vocational
• 64 Special Ed schools
• 43-51 Higher Education institutions in Sichuan

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Key school Concept

• Similar to magnet schools
• High test scores secure a place
• National Key schools
• Provincial Key schools
• Local Key schools

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Funding

• Government is main source 54
• 46 provided by tuition and school businesses
• Print shops
• Rent generated by school grounds
• Market economy provides opportunities

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Oklahomas Sister Schools

• Since 2002
• 7 in Beijing
• 4 in Chengdu
• 1 in Shenyang
• 7 in Chongqing

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Oklahoma School Exchanges

• OK City
• Southeast HS
• Casady School
• Tulsa area
• Holland Hall
• Edison MS/HS
• Byrd MS
• Jenks HS/MS
• Broken Arrow HS
• Sapulpa HS
• Carver MS
• Wilson MS
• Grissom Elementary
• More to come

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Typical Chinese School campus

• Large playing field
• Multiple buildings
• 2000-3000 enrollment

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State of the Art

• Video CD Library supplements traditional one
• Students spend hours daily reading

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Multi-media classroom

• Multi-media in common use
• TV studios are common
• Interactive TV sites for distance learning

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Physics lab

• Science is crucial component
• App. 37 of Chinese grads are engineers
• App. 4 of U.S. grads are engineers

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Faculty planning lab

• Technicians help teachers create multi-media
  lessons
• Teachers have time during day to generate
  innovative lessons

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Typical sports programs

• Basketball
• Ping-pong
• Track field
• Swimming
• soccer

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Full classrooms

• Classes of 50-65
• Teachers move/students stay in place
• National curriculum is used
• National examinations direct students future

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Friendly welcome

• Tea, water, juice always offered
• Meeting room usually grand

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Formal presentations

• Principal will give receive gifts
• He/she will formally introduce the schoolg

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Teachers office

• Teach 2-3 classes daily
• Plan, grade, and mentor in group offices
• Nap time sanctioned at lunch break

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Teachers are revered

• National Teachers Day Sept 10
• Flowers, candy, gifts from students
• Parties hosted by principals

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Young English teachers

• Enthusiastic/energetic
• Principals want their teachers to learn more
  English idiom Western teaching methods

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English curriculum

• Begins no later than 3rd grade
• First grade in urban schools
• Sometimes in kindergarten
• Native English speakers are recruited to teach

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Chinese curriculum in OK

• We recruit native Chinese speakers to teach
• OK now can certify resident Chinese language
  teachers
• OU is the new site of a Confucius Institute
• This expands OUs capacity to deliver Chinese

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Chinese offered in Oklahoma

• Tulsa Public Schools K-12 in 2 feeder patterns
• Jenks 5-12 AP
• 6 Parochial Prep schools 1 AP
• Norman PS, K-12
• Lawton 3 HS
• Duncan MS HS
• Bartlesville mid high high school
• Skiatook MS HS
• Muskogee HS
• Edmond North HS
• Putnam City high schools

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Gregarious students

• Good English skills
• Friendly curious
• Knowledgeable about the rest of the world

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Morning Exercises

• All students gather
• Unison exercises-20 min.
• READY FOR OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY!!