According to the Daily Mail, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released a survey report saying that in low-income families, the math level of British children is three years behind that of Shanghai children; Compared with the children of wealthy families in Britain, the children of low-income families in Shanghai are about one year ahead. In wealthy families, the math level of Shanghai children is even five years higher than that of British children. Some British officials even said that the level of mathematics education in Shanghai is the highest in the world, and its curriculum has been proved to be feasible. Britain has also been learning from Shanghai. It is reported that the British Ministry of Education has announced the implementation of mathematics education reform in England, with more emphasis on core knowledge points and mental arithmetic skills, and will further improve the difficulty of mathematics examinations.
China's method is simple.
The United States does not stick to one model.
Qian Huanxin, the headmaster of Haitang Primary School in Jinshan District, was sent to the United States to do it last semester? Shadow principal? Field trip to American education. Once I was listening to a class in the third grade of primary school and found the teacher giving a lecture? 6+8? This arithmetic problem. Qian huanxin found that according to the traditional primary school teaching methods in China, children are generally taught? Round off an integer? Method: First break 8 into 4+4, and you can get the integer 6+4= 10, and then add 4 to get the final answer 14. And American teachers will try their best to make children try their best to break 6 and 8 into arbitrary numbers, and then what? Assembly? It becomes 14. Qian Huan said with emotion: Our method may be simple, it can solve problems in the shortest time, and it is easy to remember, but the disadvantage is that it will form a mindset, while the American method advocates eclecticism and encourages differences and innovations in methods. ?
To Qian's delight, during his visit to the United States, he also participated in a principal training, and the local education director personally sent one to each principal? 1/2+ 1/3? Question, Qian Huanxi quickly showed that the answer was 5/6. The director asked her how she worked it out. Qian Huanxin replied that the lowest common multiple of the denominator should be found by the total score rule, which is also a formal teaching method in primary schools in China. But what I didn't expect was that the director of education in the United States asked the principals to find out the answer by drawing various graphics. ? We ask students to pay attention to understanding and mastering the results, while American teachers ask students to understand that the process of getting the results will be colorful. ? Qian Huan said.
Leading in basic knowledge
Pay a high price
When talking about the problem that mathematics teaching in China is more difficult than that in foreign countries, Xu Xiangdong, president of the middle school affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, also said, in fact, we have encountered difficulties? Basic knowledge? In fact, you often have to pay a higher price, but you know what? Basic knowledge? Our leading position is not the core competitiveness, but the way of thinking and innovative skills are really crucial. For example, our current lead is a bit like a warm-up match before a large-scale sports event. Our grades are very good, but when it comes to the official competition, we really need to reflect.
What about Shanghai now? The second curriculum reform? In Yuan Zhendong's view, the so-called mathematics is too difficult and varies from person to person, which does not mean that our teaching methods and learning methods have no advantages. ? For example, we will emphasize the cultivation of students' logical reasoning ability and train students to verify the answers in a quick and convenient way. In fact, the current textbooks have been revised many times, and the difficulty is not high. What everyone feels is that the exam is too difficult. Because we have to choose students through exams in the senior high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination, there are often several difficult questions in the math paper. Everyone is trying to do difficult questions in order to get high marks in their studies, which naturally causes the difficulty of math speculation. ? Yuan Zhendong said.
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A British expert group is coming to Shanghai? Learn from the scriptures? Mathematics education
The website of the British Ministry of Education confirmed that by the British Minister of Education Elizabeth? A delegation of mathematics education experts led by Trass will arrive in Shanghai next week, and plans to visit three primary and secondary schools and normal colleges in Shanghai. This visit to Shanghai is the latest measure taken by the British government to improve the quality of mathematics teaching.
According to the data provided by the British Ministry of Education, the World Economic Forum ranked 148 countries and regions in the quality competitiveness of mathematics and science education, and Britain ranked 50th. Trass said: On a global scale, Shanghai's mathematics education is far ahead. The new curriculum in Britain will learn from China's experience, such as learning arithmetic early, memorizing multiplication tables and practicing multi-digit division. ? She said that if the British do not change their attitude towards learning mathematics and learn it well, it will eventually affect Britain's economic development.
According to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry, 30% of British enterprises are not satisfied with the computing ability of graduates. Two thirds of employers want schools to improve the quality of math and science education.