British_education_system英国教育体系

BritishEducationSystem——presenterMainPointsThepurposesoftheBritisheducationsystemandthecommentonthemThemainpurposesoftheChineseeducationsystemThecomparisonofthesetwonations’educationThePurposesoftheBritishEducationSystem“ThethreeR’s”—reading,writingandarithmetic”toprovidechildrenwithliteracyandtheotherbasicskillstheywillneedtobecomeactivemembersofsociety.tosocializechildren,teachingthemrulesandvaluesneededtobecomegoodcitizens.toparticipateinthecommunity.tocontributetotheeconomicprosperityofanadvancedindustrialeconomy.MyCommentonThesePurposes•Todevelopstudents’creativityandimagination•Tohavebettercommunicationskillstogettingalongwithdifferentpeople•Tohavevariousknowledgeaboutlifeandnaturewhichisoutoftextbooks•Tobenotsogoodatcontrollingknowledge——especiallytheaccountingabilityaboutfiguresTheMainPurposesoftheChineseEducationSystemTopasstheexamsToleteveryoneacceptseducation,haveknowledgeandskillstomakelifeTogetagoodjobandmakemoneyTobeabletocopewithlifeonthewholeToimprovestudents’qualityTheComparisonintheEducationBetweenUKandChinaEtonCollegeSimilaritiesCompulsory——BoththeUKandChinahavecompulsoryeducation.ChildrenintheUKarelegallyobligedtoattendschoolfromtheagesof5to16.InChina,wehavethenine-yearcompulsoryeducation.similaritiesGeneralEducationSystem——Thegeneraleducationsystemsintwocountriesarequitesimilar.Theybothhaveprimaryschooling,secondaryanduniversityeducation.PupilsintheUKwhohopetoattenduniversityhavetositA-levelsexamscalledtheGeneralCertificateofEducation-Advanced.Toagreatdegree,thisisalmostthesameastheCollegeEntranceExaminationinchina.SimilaritiesBothcountrieshavevocationalschoolsprovidingstudyandtrainingforthosewhowanttofollowacertaincareerinsteadofseekinguniversityeducation.AndChina’sTVandRadioUniversitymoreorlesssharethesamefeaturesastheOpenUniversityinBritain.DifferencesTeachingPhilosophyTeachingMethodTeachingPhilosophyConceptsofeducationvalue——TeachingconceptiscommonlyusedinChinesefamilyeducationandChineseEducationSystem.Guidingisthemainconceptofeducationwildlyusedinwesterncountries.Itemphasizestherightsandrespectsofchildren,whichisbaseonatrustmotion.TeachingPhilosophyCreativity——InBritain,educationaimstodevelopindividualabilities.Whattheyfocusmostistheabilityofcreationofstudents.Theteachersencouragestudentstohavetheirownopinionsandtofindnewmethodtosolveproblems.Studentsareinspiredtoputforwardquestionsandfindoutanswers.ButinChina,wealwayshavetheonlyrightanswertoonequestionwhichkillsstudents’abilityofcreationandimaginationtosomedegree.Practice——InBritain,theirsubjectsaswellashomeworkaremainlyaboutpracticalissues.Thatmeans,theymustfinishitbythemselves,cooperatewithothermembersandmakefulluseoftheirimagination.Theirhomeworkdoesn’thaveaunifiedrightanswer.Iftheanswersgivenbystudentsarereasonable,markswillbegiven.whileinChina,theknowledgewelearnmosthavelittlerelationshipwithourownlife,they‘remorebasiccourses.TeachingPhilosophyVariety——Britisheducationallowsstudentstoselectthesubjectsthattheyareinterestedinanduniversitiesacceptdifferentkindsofstudentswhohavedifferentabilitiesincludinglanguagelogic,spacethinking,music,sport,intelligenceandsoon.WeChinaalwaysjustpayattentiontofewofthem.Oureducationfocusontheknowledgeinaspectofproductionlikephysicschemistryandbiology,ignoringtheaspectoflife.Wehardlyletthestudentsthinkaboutquestionslike“wherearewefrom?”“whereshoudhumango?”and“therelationshipbetweenhumanandthenature”.TeachingMethod•Atmosphere–Therelationshipbetweenteachersandstudents.IntheUK,studentsusuallycallteachers’theirnamesdirectly,evenwithoutfamilynames.Inthemindofpeople,theirteachingandlearningisafairexchange.ButinChinateachersarealwaysabovethestudents.Studentsseldomquestiontheconclusionoftheteacherandalwaysverypolitetotheirteachers.•ClassTeaching•-InBritain,theirclasshasmuchlessstudentsthanthatofChina.InMiddleSchool,Chineseteachingismicroteachingandthereareusually40to60whileBritishis3to15.TeachingMethod•Activities–DifferentactivitiesareveryhotintheUK.EvenintheMiddleSchools,studentsparticipateinmanyactivitiesandlearnfromthem.Thereareover100associationsinsomeMiddleSchools.WhenwetakeaviewofChina,weallknowthat'sfewassociationsinschoolsexceptfortheuniversities.–Wecanknowthatthemethodoflearningintheircountriesismorerelaxedandinteresting.–Sum-up•ChineseEducationSystemandWesternEducationSystemhavetheirownadvantagesanddisadvantages.ChineseemphasizesfoundationalknowledgewhereasWesternthinkshighlyofcreativeness.Ifwecouldjointwosystemstogether,thereisgoingbemoreChineseperformersonthe21stcenturystage.