Presenter: Tang Zhen (Judy) ESL-156 Comparative Culture Studies Instructor: Professor Lyra Riabov.
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Transcript of Presenter: Tang Zhen (Judy) ESL-156 Comparative Culture Studies Instructor: Professor Lyra Riabov.
Presenter: Tang Zhen (Judy)
ESL-156 Comparative Culture Studies
Instructor: Professor Lyra Riabov
Outline
• What is Education• Educational stages in China and America• Public and private systems in America• Become a teacher in China and in America• Difference between Chinese and American
education• Interview of SNHU students• Summary• References
What is Education
• Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, positive judgment and well-developed wisdom.
Educational stages in China and America
Age Education Compulsory
18-22 University or college No
15-18Senior high school (middle school) or Vocational school
No
12-15 Junior middle school Yes
6-12 Primary school Yes
Educational stages in China and America
Age Education Compulsory
18-20 or 18-22Two year college or four year university
No
14-18 High school Yes
12-14 Junior middle school Yes
6-12 Primary school Yes
Public and private systems in America
• Public school
supported by local, state, and federal government (free tuition)
big class
• Private school
Expensive tuition, good equipment, small class
Become a teacher in China and in America
• China A high-middle-school teacher needs to graduate and
have two additional years of training in a professional institution . Primary-school teachers need to be graduates of secondary schools .
• American To become a teacher at an American elementary, middle
or high school, it is necessary for all teachers to complete a four-year undergraduate higher education program.
Difference between Chinese and American education
American education
Cultivation of students’
creativity
Focus on how students use knowledge
in society
Improve students’assuredness,
self-determination,independence
Chinese education
Focus on foundation education
Focus on academicknowledge
to accumulateand
indoctrinate
Encourage students to be
Strict andPrecise
to the rules
Interview of SNHU students
Interviewee: Jennifer
Student of SNHU
Interviewee: Callista
Student of SNHU
Interview of SNHU students1. Do you rise when a teacher
enters the classroom?
2. Can you challenge or disagree with your teacher?
3. Do you need to memorize everything your teachers assign?
4. How do you address your teacher?
5. How do you choose school?
6. How do you improve your study?
Interviewer: Judy
Jennifer, Judy, Callista
Summary
• What does education mean?
• Four educational stages in China and America
• Public system compared with private system in America
• Chinese education compared with American education
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education-in-the People’s-Republic-of-China
http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/10853897.html?si=2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States.