英国文化与中国文化对比(英文)

1、Western students enjoy a seemingly relaxed educational experienee. This, however; is not the case for students in Asia, who face crushing workloads and are often very disciplined. In the first part of her GlobalistThe decisi on is partly based on an in ability or unwillingness to spend thousands of

2、dollars in tuition fees, especially given the suspicion that local schools are better anyway. After allz what more could one want from a basic education than a strong grounding in Ianguage, math and scienee, all subjects in which Asian schools famously excel. Our main concern is the ability of our s

3、on and in deed the whole family to adapt to the strict dilige nee that is expected of the Chin ese Apprehe nsion in creases when talking to local friends.China has a long history of standardized tests, beginning with the ancient imperial exams initiated during the Sui Dynasty.Shelly Chen is at the t

4、op of the class at the Shanghai foreign Ianguage school, one of the citys best middle schools Already n ear flue nt in En glish, she is studying German and ranks among the highest in her grade in physics Her goal is to get a full scholarship to Harvard to study biochemistry. It is not only Western e

5、xpatriates that grow anxious when hearing about students like Shelly.Throughout England, politicians, parents and pundits worry that the industriousness and discipline of kids in the East are leaving relatively relaxed Westerners trailing behind. Though there is some debate surrounding the statistic

6、s, it is widely believed that North America is failing to produce sufficient graduates in sciences and engineering.Still less controversy attends the observation that math scores throughout the West rank well below those of most Asian countries As a result, there is a deepening consensus that, in or

7、der to maintain its competitive edge,Chinese students are taught that all questions have but one right answer and there is little room for debate.North American education needs to move away from an emphasis on fun, flexibility and in dividual lear ning styles. In stead, it has to shift towards a mor

8、e strict, disciplined teachi ng environment that math and scienee, in particular; seem to demand.This shift can be discerned even in Canada, where there are no college entrance exams, and where, standardized testing, memorization and rote learning have long been frowned upon.Nevertheless, there is a

9、 mounting chorus complaining that the prominence given to creativity cheats students out of a proper education.People like scienee teacher Sumitra Rajagopalan are entreating Canadian educators to adopt a more Asian pedagogical philosophy based on constant re pet it i on, recitati on, grilli ng and d

10、rilli ng. In the Un ited States, the rise of China and India is putting even more emphasis on the dema nd for educatio n reform.Tougher standards,New policies such as No Child Left Behi nd have led to an in creased stress on stan dardized testing.In the 2006 State of the Union address, Preside nt Ge

11、orge W. Bush mentioned the threat of Asias giants specifically when introducing his Competitive Initiative： a program that promises substa ntial funds for the teachi ng of basic math and scienee.But in an ironic twist, there is an increasing desire to make education more England in China. Many now a

12、gree that the lack of creativity in Chinas education system will soon prove a major stumbling block in the countrys continuing developme nt.Government and business leaders worry about a derivative, manufacturing-based economy, which is unable to innovate core technology, lacks major research and dev

13、elopment projects and lags far behind in creative sectors like marketing and design.A lack of flexibility and in ability of in dividuals to take the initiative affects the entire service sector; paralyzing employees at every level. Arriving late for the set breakfast at a five-star hotel in Chengdu,

14、 for example, I, along with a group of other foreigners, found that the coffee had run out. Our request for more threw the staff into crisis.lt was not until a series of meetings had been held and permission sought from senior management that a fresh pot could be brewed.Passing even trivial problems

15、 up the management hierarchy in this way is simply impossible in a sophisticated post-industrial society.China has implemented a set of reforms known as quality educati on .This policy, which aims to teach creativity and emphasize character development, has resulted in certain concrete shifts includ

16、ing changes to textbooks, an in creased emphasis on oral skills in Ian guage lear ning and various attempts to get teachers to encourage student participatio n.Most Chinese, however; are skeptical that anything other than surface transformation is taking place As they are quick to point out, the und

17、erlying issue an education system rooted in standardized tests has yet to be altered Chinese students achieve near perfect scores on Western standardized exams But when go abroad, they find themselves ill prepared for the education.Today, national tests determine which elementary, high school and un

18、iversity a student will attend. They are still the single most important factor in deciding ones general career pathThe weight given to testing is regularly criticized throughout Chinese society. Newspapers and magazines commonly report on the extreme pressure of the general exams Stories range from

19、 concern over the suicide rate to bizarre anecdotes like the one about girls in Guangdong provinee who are said to have bought up mass quantities of contraceptive pills and then taken them during the test period in the hope of warding off the ill effects of their menstrual cycle.Despite these concer

20、ns, there is little real impetus for the testing system to change. In China, standardized tests are seen as the only way to guarantee meritocracy and ensure faimess. The Canadian method of granting un iversity admissi on on the basis of in terviews and grade point averages is seen as far too subject

21、ive.In China, many believe that in a system like this the best schools, universities and jobs would go only to those with the right guanxii (connections). Chinas emphasis on memorization and rote learning has significant consequences Students are taught that all questions have but one right answer a

22、nd there is little room for debate and original thought.Subjects like history and politics are focused solely on dates and names Even the Chinese Ianguage exam, which requires students to write essays, allocates grades according to how well one can quote classical texts and idioms.Passing trivial pr

23、oblems up the management hierarchy is simply impossible in a sophisticated post-industrial society. As a result, Chinese students develop what appears to many Westerners as a shocking capacity for memorization. Many are able to recite entire articles and there are stories of some who are capable of

24、committing the entire dictionary to memory.Chinese students thus regularly achieve near-perfect scores on the standardized exams of Europe and England, when they go abroad many of these students find they are ill-prepared for Western education. Chinese students with phenomenal TOEFL (Test of English

25、 as a Foreign Language) scores are often in capable of taking part in simple En glish con versati on.At least one graduate school in one of Englands most elite universities has now become wary of accepting students from China for this reason .Assumed skills such as class participatio r semi nar pres

26、e ntations and in dividual research projects, com mon practice in eleme ntary schools in North America, are largely unheard of in the Chinese classroom even in most universitiesNational tests determine which school a student will attend. They are the most im porta nt factor in decidi ng ones career

27、path.Moreover; the stress on original thinking and strict rules regarding plagiarism often seem baffling to students from China. An American teacher working in Yunnan provinee tells of encountering this cultural divide when two students handed in the exact same essay for an in-class examBecause of d

28、iffrent traditions and cultures,there are many diffrenccs between Chinese education and British education.Firstly,the Chinese education is nine year compulsory education.Most of schools are public schools.And the tutions come from the government.And the British education is also compulsory education.But the school system is track system which included the public school and the private school.And the tulions are free in the