Transcript 幻灯片 1 - Southern New Hampshire University

Presenter: Tang Zhen (Judy)
ESL-156 Comparative Culture Studies
Instructor: Professor Lyra Riabov
Outline
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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
15-18
Senior 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 18-22
Two 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
Cultivation
of students’
creativity
American
education
Chinese
education
Focus on
how students
use knowledge
in society
Focus on
academic
knowledge
to accumulate
and
indoctrinate
Improve students’
assuredness,
self-determination,
independence
Focus on
foundation
education
Encourage
students to be
Strict and
Precise
to the rules
Interview of SNHU students
Interviewee:
Jennifer
Interviewee:
Callista
Student of SNHU
Student of SNHU
Interview of SNHU students
1. 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_t
he_United_States.