The documentary is divided into three episodes, each lasting about 50 minutes. It tells the story of the top teachers in China teaching junior three students in Britain. Initially, students and parents voluntarily signed up and recruited 50 experimenters. In China, it is normal for a class to have more than fifty students. But in Britain, it is important to divide classes according to ability, and 30 students in a class is the upper limit. The discipline problem brought by the increase in the number of students is the first difficulty faced by teachers in China.
Discipline, discipline
There are five teachers from China who teach Mandarin, Mathematics, Grammar, Science, Social Education and Physical Education. As we all know, teachers in schools have absolute authority. If students are criticized for talking and eating snacks and other cross-border behaviors, they are often unwilling to make a fool of themselves and boldly offend. In the documentary, British students whisper in class, play mobile games, suddenly sing, and even bring a kettle to boil water and drink tea. The naming criticism of Teacher China is totally invalid in this foreign country.
They think that teachers are not always right and students have the right to question. So I was named to stand outside and think about the wall, only curious and funny. In the interview, a teacher in China said, "The students in China are the most obedient in the world." Think about it carefully. From childhood to adulthood, unless you meet a teacher who is particularly poor in class, students may rebel in the form of violating discipline, but everything will be solved by the reprimand of the class teacher or the lecture of the leader. But is this kind of obedience good or bad? I don't know, that's how the environment makes people.
Can't British students be poor in quality in experiments? I think it's far from it. Sometimes we call students who often violate discipline "bad students", but in Britain, students think their quality can't be defined by it. Similarly, academic tyrants and academic scum cannot be the distinction between good and bad students, and everyone is equal. Different cultural differences and students' inadaptability have become obstacles to teachers' teaching, and the first two weeks of poor performance have passed like this. Halfway through the time, the British teacher felt it was imperative.
study
In general Chinese class, the teacher stands on the podium most of the time from admission to class. Explain the knowledge points in a little time first, and then deepen the expansion exercise. In classrooms that are not divided into classes according to grades, students' abilities are uneven, and teachers have only one syllabus. Learning is an active thing. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you don't learn, you lose.
There are 20 students in an English class, which is subdivided into several groups. What British teachers should do is not to instill knowledge points, but to think about how to visualize teaching materials. Their starting point is never how much knowledge students can acquire, but that students are interested in this subject.
The difference in teaching concepts between the two countries leads to great deviation in progress. In the film, it is said that the math teacher teaches the sine and cosine theorem, 15 minutes to finish the definition and all the knowledge points, and all the contents of this chapter will be taught in one week. British math teachers talk about definitions and knowledge points more than once a week, which will turn every symbol into a memorable point in life. Compared with different classes, English students can't keep up with the progress of the former, even the best students. For the latter, they learned it easily.
pressure
As we all know, study is the source of stress on campus. There must be an exam at school, and the exam will be ranked. Everything is competition. From primary school to university and then to society, this invisible pressure has actually helped us shape a strong ability to resist pressure.
Since it is Chinese-style teaching, the competition mode is naturally introduced. According to the requirements of the experiment, students need to take the final exam at the end. What to test at ordinary times is freely chosen by the teacher. Surprise is teacher China's usual trick. In a class, the math teacher suddenly gave a quiz to English students. The response of the harvest is not good. Some students openly ask the answers of the people next to them during the exam. And the test results are not ideal.
Guessing may just be a very common thing, and the physical examination in the senior high school entrance examination is a fierce beast. As a national examination, students must meet certain requirements if they want to enter high school smoothly. There is no such regulation in Britain. Students have the right to choose sports that interest them, and don't take exams just for hobbies. To this end, the British students who want to run for the first time have a little collapse.
Half of the students failed in the long-distance running test. It's not a case that a fat man who studied well began to cry because he was behind. They don't like this kind of competition or pressure. Accustomed to freedom, many people are suddenly bound and their faces are full of gloom.
What impressed me most was that the little girl who won the first place was in tears because she failed to throw a solid ball. On the last day of the exam, I couldn't bear the high-intensity one-day exam, and my body and mind were extremely exhausted. Finally, I gave up several physical education exams. In China, I think every exam is an opportunity, and no one will give up easily.
trait
Two weeks later, due to poor teaching, teachers in China introduced more China management. First of all, class cadres have certain powers, and students can manage themselves. Next is the system of sitting together, where one person makes a mistake and is punished collectively. Several successive measures have achieved results and ensured the teaching quality.
In fact, math class is not necessarily dry. China's math teacher specially ordered the Nine Rings series from China to enhance students' interest in learning. This is an interesting and logical game, and everyone is immersed in it. At ordinary times, the sense of existence of outstanding students is greatly enhanced, giving them more confidence.
What are the characteristics of education in China? Everyone will think of the following points: raising the national flag on Monday, broadcasting gymnastics and eye exercises. In the experiment, Mr. China also brought these to English schools. School principals who don't like our education methods on weekdays are also happy to see broadcast gymnastics. Of course, there is also an indispensable thing, self-study at night, which is very unpopular. Besides, Mr. China also taught some knowledge of Chinese studies, traditional dances and delicious jiaozi to British students.
If we discuss the similarities between the two countries, we must review them carefully before the exam. In a blink of an eye, four weeks passed and it was time to test the results.
result
I like the English teacher's judgment. At first, I thought that education in China would lose. After all, the irregular subject environment and unclear learning attitude are in front of us.
As a result, China Education won. The average score of each subject is about ten points higher than that of British students, which even teacher China said was a miracle. However, the score does not mean anything. China and Britain are learning from each other.
In the film, Mr. China also said that if the employment and social welfare in Britain are removed, British students will definitely study hard. Generally speaking, only a part of the excellent volunteers like Chinese teaching, and the rest may hold more opposite opinions. After all, not everyone can immerse themselves in the ocean of learning all day.
The documentary ended here, and the problems behind it still have great exploration significance. Is discipline equal to rigidity? Is there a contradiction between personality and study? Is pressure competition appropriate? Maybe there is no answer now, maybe there is, but at this time we just have no choice but to be grateful.
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