The article published on 2 1 mentioned that the co-founder of Fun Academy, an early education start-up project from Finland, is moving the country's well-known education system to Asia, and the company is currently opening kindergartens in Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Hong Kong and Singapore. Vistbacka said that the education industry in China has huge business opportunities, but it needs to be improved with more participation, more fun and higher efficiency.
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"In education in Chinese mainland, Hongkong and Asia, long classes and mountains of homework will stifle initiative and creativity". During the Mars Summit in Shenzhen, Vesterbacka said in an interview, "I think the traditional education in China seems to run counter to encouraging the establishment of start-ups at the national level, because it requires creativity. This will be a huge challenge. "
The educational concept of learning through games and experiences, rather than relying on rote learning, is becoming more and more popular in China. According to the article, in China, parents have been training their children since they were two years old, so as to compete for university seats and jobs in the future. Attention to children's academic performance has created a multi-billion-dollar cram school and interest class industry. A large number of emerging start-ups are developing tools to help students stand out in exams, or to let adults learn foreign languages with the help of advanced computer science.
According to the report of China Youth Research Center, a research institution with official background, students in China spend an average of two hours a day doing their homework, which is twice the global average, but they have not gained a stronger sense of accomplishment. In Finland, school-age children spend only three hours a week on homework and less than half an hour a day on homework.
"We are pooling our (Finnish) experience to develop interesting learning environments, teaching tools and game-based learning tools for teachers and children. We have shorter classes and less homework, but our grades are better, "Vistbacka said.
However, the article also said that it seems not easy to change the attitude of parents and children in China towards studying hard all night. A junior high school student aged 1 1 in Shenzhen said, "I feel very tired and bored with my homework and making up lessons." Most nights, he doesn't rest until after midnight. "But I have to do this, or I will be left behind, because I know that most of my classmates attend cram schools and do extra exercises after class."
The student's father also claimed that he did not believe in the so-called "less is more" learning method. "I believe that only hard work can make great achievements," said my father. "The situation in some countries may be different, because the population is small and the competition is not so fierce. I will take my children to participate in popular interest classes, such as robotics, programming and science. This is a global trend. "
According to the test results of 65,438+05-year-old students in programme for international student assessment in 2065,438+05, the three-year scores of students in Finland and China are higher than the average level of developed countries. But the article also said that Finnish children certainly don't have that much homework to do.