1 working hours
Asian countries have the longest study time.
In the documentary produced by BBC, five China teachers transplanted the Chinese-style education model to Bohunt Middle School, a British public middle school. In this Chinese-style school, there are 50 students in one class. Not only the courses taught by China, but also the schedules are the same as those of China. From 7: 30 am to 7: 00 pm, there are even activities such as raising the national flag and doing morning exercises every morning.
In the documentary, the continuous 12 hours of school time made many British students miserable. They go home from school around 3 pm, and they will continue their classes and self-study in the evening.
Similar to Britain, John, a foreign teacher at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School, said that junior high schools in the United States also finish school before 3 pm. After school, students can take part in some club activities and play computer games. Anna from Vladivostok Middle School in Russia said that she usually comes home from school around 3 pm. After returning home, she can play or do her homework, and her family doesn't insist. Similarly, Germany, which has experienced middle school classes.
Xiao Jin, an international student in Weibo, also said that studying in China is very stressful, and Germans can usually go home at two or three in the afternoon.
Ade, a math teacher in Yemen and now studying for a master's degree at Beijing Jiaotong University [Weibo], said that in Yemen, they only have classes for half a day. 12: 30 After class, the students all went home.
In addition, how to arrange the curriculum of foreign middle schools? The reporter found that middle school students in Asian countries spend the longest time in school. Jiang Bingxiu, a Korean student, said that their middle schools usually have classes at 8: 00 a.m. 12, while some schools have classes at 8: 30 a.m. and finish classes at around noon 12: 20, with each class lasting 45 minutes and a break of about 10 minutes. The class time in the afternoon is usually 1 to 4: 30. After recess, some schools will force students to continue their self-study, while others will not. If students are forced to study by themselves, ordinary schools will also arrange for teaching assistants to leave school around 10 in the afternoon. If you reach the grade of further study, such as grade three or grade three, it will be even later.
2 seating arrangement
Most of the seats are designated by the teacher.
In the BBC documentary, British students sit in a row according to "Chinese style" and put their hands behind their backs. The reporter found that most classroom seats are appointed by teachers in middle schools in various countries, such as the United States, Russia and South Korea.
Zhao, an English subject leader in Beijing and an English researcher in Chaoyang District, who visited Weibo twice on 200 1 and 20 13 and taught in local middle schools, said that in English classes, most of the time only three or two people sit casually, which is not as formal as in China.
Jiang Bingxiu said that in South Korea, the seats in classrooms are basically designated by teachers. Teachers of different grades have different habits. Some teachers are used to sorting students' surnames and letters, while others like to rank their positions according to their height. But in order to take care of all the students, they have to rotate their seats once a week, and it is relatively fair for everyone to sit by the window and by the aisle.
But there are also some foreign middle school classes that are "first come, first served". Wang Zhongzhi, an overseas Chinese from Chile, said that they usually start school on the first day. Whoever arrives first will pick a seat, and then everyone will know that this seat is yours. If other students want to sit here, they must discuss with you or the teacher before changing. The same is true of East Timor and Rwanda.
Felix from Rwanda told reporters that if some students like reading, but the students sitting next to him like talking, then the teacher will make a decision to change their position. Similarly, if some students especially like to talk in class, but his position was originally in the front, the teacher will also transfer him to the back position so as not to affect other students.
3 teaching methods
The pace of western classroom teaching is slow.
In teaching methods, China's "spoon-feeding" teaching is world-famous. Compared with the classrooms in China, the pace of teaching in western classrooms is obviously slow. Although there are also memories of knowledge points, they will not force students to memorize too much.
German student Xiao Jin said that in China, students have to learn many complicated formulas. Some things you don't understand can only be memorized, and teachers don't take care of everyone when they teach quickly. On the contrary, the courses in Germany are relatively simple and slow, and they will spend a long time on basic knowledge.
Suddenly, until every student understands. However, Xiao Jin said that this only shows that the teaching modes of the two countries are different, and it cannot judge who is better. "If the pace of teaching in Germany is faster, students with better level may not feel so boring."
In the English classroom, Ye Zhao saw a similar phenomenon, with a slower pace and more respect for every student. Zhao said that what China needs to learn from western classrooms most is how to better design teaching activities and interact with students, such as
How to respect every student from the bottom of my heart?
As the BBC documentary said, China's examination and syllabus are unified, so it should be adapted or eliminated. Zhao said that on 20 12, Chaoyang District started the team cooperation project of "Chinese and foreign teachers". During the operation of the project, it is found that foreigners have obvious advantages, such as authentic spoken English and being good at organizing classroom activities, but the teaching pace is really slow. Sometimes after a class, everyone had a good time, but "only practiced one sentence pattern".
4 classroom discipline
Teachers who interfere with the class will remind you.
The conflict of classroom discipline is one of the focuses of great controversy caused by BBC documentary. In the "Chinese class", British students have no discipline at all, some are whispering, some are drinking water, drinking tea, eating, and even some female students make up in class, which makes Mr. China very angry. But from the film, it seems that British students don't think so, and they don't think their actions are "disciplinary".
Is that really the case? Zhao said that there was no such situation in the classrooms she saw in Britain. "Even if you attend classes in a very ordinary middle school in Britain, it's not as messy as in the movies. Sometimes one or two students will whisper to each other. As long as the teacher reminds, the students will not continue to make noise. " Zhao said that she felt that the teacher's excessive emphasis on discipline in the film aroused students' rebellious psychology.
In fact, discipline is a common problem of middle school students as teenagers, and classrooms in almost all countries, including China, are inevitable.
John, an American foreign teacher, also said that in his class at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School, most China children are more disciplined. Once told to be quiet, they will stop making noise, but some children are less disciplined. "Maybe because my foreign teacher class is only once a week, they don't think it's very important." Speaking of which, John seems a little helpless.
Jiang Bingxiu, a South Korean student, said that in South Korea, teachers usually remind students if they are undisciplined or sleepy in class. If the reminder doesn't work, the teacher will let them stand at the back of the classroom to "alert" or "reflect on their mistakes".
But many times, it seems that teachers everywhere have no other tricks except reminding them. Russian girl Anna said that you can drink water in class, but you can't eat or talk. If you don't obey the discipline, the teacher will remind you, but the reminder is useless. "The teacher can't help it." The situation in Chile's middle school where Wang Zhongzhi is located is similar.
Zhao found this problem. She said that foreign teachers actually "don't care" about discipline more often. Although foreign teachers have advantages, once students have poor classroom discipline or don't do their homework, foreign teachers look at China with helpless eyes.
However, the quality of classroom discipline is also related to the class size. For example, the number of European and American countries is relatively small compared with the common "large class teaching" with 50 or 60 people or even hundreds of people in China. According to Zhao, there are about 12 or 3 students in the classroom of an ordinary middle school in Britain, and there are about 20 students in a little more. There won't be 50 students at all. Jiang Bingxiu also said that there are only about 30 to 35 students in each class in junior high schools and high schools in South Korea. The class size of middle schools in Russia and Germany is also around 20, ensuring that teachers can take care of every student.
5 homework after class
During the school season, the amount of homework will increase sharply.
In terms of homework, the pressure from Asian countries also ranks first. Previous surveys show that Asian countries especially like "off-campus desks". Among them, Japanese students go directly to remedial classes after class, 90% of Korean students go to cram schools, and Thai and Indian students are also keen on various interest classes.
However, the United States and Britain are not as easy as we thought. Xia, vice president of Hangzhou Foreign Languages School, said that he once taught an online course called "Global Understanding", which was attended by nearly 90 students from the United States and China. There is a section called "schoollife", in which China and the United States shoot some clips showing their study and life, and then have an interactive discussion. During the discussion, China students said to American children, "I really envy you for being so relaxed." I didn't expect American children to be very surprised after listening to it, and made a stunned expression of "how can you have such an idea?" American students say that they have a lot of homework in class, and sometimes they have to do it at one or two in the evening.
"Compared with our country, there are more poor middle school homework and less good middle school homework. On the contrary, the better schools in the United States, the heavier the academic burden. " Xia introduced.
John summed up the characteristics of American students' homework in one sentence, "junior high school is a little bit, senior high school is a little bit, and there are a lot of universities." He said that compared with classrooms in China, American middle schools don't have much homework, but as exams become more and more important, some students have begun to "exert themselves" after class.
John pointed out a noteworthy phenomenon. He said that in recent years, the status of "examination" in the United States has been increasingly improved, because "sometimes the government will decide how much money to allocate to schools according to the examination results, which also determines the salary of teachers." Although there was an exam before, it had no practical effect.
In Korea, a lot of homework is known. Jiang Bingxiu said that the amount of homework is related to the grade. There is less homework in the non-advanced class, but there will be more homework in the third day of the third grade. "Because of the pressure of entering a higher school and the difficulty of examination questions, extracurricular study will be more important. The self-study time after school every day is used for self-study. " Jiang Bingxiu said.
In Yemen, Rwanda, East Timor and other countries, the amount of homework is relatively small, and some schools will stipulate that each subject can only be assigned once a week.
6 means of punishment
The killer weapon of teachers all over the world is "Please parents [Weibo]".
Whether there will be punishment after making mistakes is also a conflict between Chinese and English education in BBC documentaries. In China, the administrative department of education prohibits corporal punishment, but isn't there any disciplinary measures for mistakes abroad?
The answer is no, John introduced that American schools have different standard punishment measures for students who make mistakes. If they make common mistakes, they may not be allowed to have lunch with their friends. If they make serious mistakes, they will be left behind after school, finish their homework in a separate room and can't chat. If they make a serious mistake, they will be suspended.
Zhan Wei, vice president of Haidian International School, said that in domestic schools, although discipline is emphasized, corporal punishment is strictly prohibited and verbal insults are absolutely not allowed. However, foreign universities are not completely free of corporal punishment. Some schools will put a stool at the door of the classroom, and students who make mistakes are asked to sit on the stool and reflect on what they have done wrong. "Freedomisnotfree" is also a disciplined foreign country, especially a country like Britain, which is very strict in dining etiquette and treating people.
Zhao said that discipline is also very important in English classrooms. If the students make trouble, the teacher will also remind them. "When I was in England, I saw a' little black room' next to the playground of some schools, and students who made serious mistakes were also locked up." Zhao said to him.
When interviewing foreign students, the reporter found that in fact, teachers in different countries have basically similar punishment measures for students who make mistakes. For example, Felix of Rwanda said that if he made a mistake in class and still didn't correct it after repeated reminders, the teacher would let him stand outside the classroom. If the headmaster sees it, he will let him go home to listen to the class and reflect, or let him "call his parents". Jiang Bingxiu said that if Korean students make serious mistakes, teachers will also call parents to the school and criticize the students.