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.