EDL 204 Mini Project

EDL 204 - Mini Partner Project

Gracie Glickman & Jiayin Feng

THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND AMERICAN SCHOOLS

index

Classroom

Teaches

Testing

Student

Family

Community

Conclusion

Reference

CLASSROOMS

AMERICA

• “What can I do to improve his or her learning?”
• Puncuality- Being late is considered horrible
• Personal interactions with teachers are encouraged
• On average, 18 inches in between desks

CLASSROOMS

CHINA - Primary school, middle school and high school

• There are many classes in each grade, and they are fixed.
• Students in each class do not move, teachers come to different classes teach.
• Only special courses need to be studied in other classrooms.
• Each desk has a drawer for textbooks and notebooks.

CLASSROOMS

AMERICA - College

• Choose your own seats every day - no assigned seats
• Multiple classes throughout the day
• Lots of homework given out by professors
• Professors usually go my Professor Last name, or just by their first name

CLASSROOMS

CHINA - College

• Same as Amercian, there is no fixed class.
• Students go to different classrooms for classes, most of which are large classrooms.
• There are no personal tables and chairs.

teachers

AMERICA

• New teacher each year
• Call teacher Mr. or Mrs.
• Dress elegant casual
• Mix of women and men, but mostly women

teachers

CHINA - Primary school, middle school and high school

• Almost same teacher follow your whole session in school.
• Each class have a coordinator, and not change until you graduate.
• Everyone will have paper textbooks, homework, and exams all in paper form. Electronic products cannot be used in class.

teachers

AMERICA- College

• New professor every year, depending on major
• Professors like to be called by their first name, or Professor Last Name
• Call on students randomly often
• assign about 4 hours of homework a week on average

teachers

CHINA - College

• Same as Amercian, new teacher each year.
• Some class will give paper textbook, alomost are PowerPoint.
• Can use electronic products in the class, but most students would like use notebook for taking notes.
• Most assignments need to send it to teacher, and also need to print.
• There is no system for handing in homework, the teacher communicates the homework requirements and passes the homework directly to the teacher.

testing

AMERICA

• Standardized testing Junior year in High School, state tests in elementary school
• Pop-quizzes common
• Testing is very important for schools, and to get into college

testing

CHINA

• 1. Junior high school entrance examination 2. the academic test for the Junior high school students 3. Gaokao 4. postgraduate examination.
• Only apply to graduate school need to consider GPA. Other level only consider the academic test for apply school.
• In college befor you graduate need intership and need to pass the “College English Test”.

Student

AMERICA

• Students care about grades a lot and take that very seriously, especially in college
• Students are aware that they need to be respectful towards. teachers or there will be severe consequences
• Student has open choice on what to study in college

Student

CHINA

• Most of the assignments are independent and test the students' personal abilities.
• In primary, middle and high schools, each class will have different committee members and monitors to manage the class in different aspects and organize activities for everyone.
• In the college has a group organized by the school as a unit, and students can choose freely.

Family

AMERICA

1. Families typically are involved in a way when it comes to schoolwork
2. Parents go in for parent-teacher conferences in school before college
3. Some parents really care about grades, other's dont
4. Involved in the college process

Family

CHINA - “tiger parenting”

• In China, even thrifty parents cannot resist paying for their children's education consumption.
• Parents urge students to add additional private tuition schools and supplementary courses to their studies.
• Every family is racing to get into a top school. (Such as, buying a school district house can get an admission qualification to a good school)

Community

AMERICA

Community

CHINA - Different places in China have different levesl in education

Conclusion

In conclusion, we believe there a lot of similarities within Chinese and American schools, but also a lot of differences as well. All of the topics we covered and talk about in our presentation are main points that differ Chinese schools from American schools, and from both of our personal experiences, we can understand these differences and it was interesting for us to both learn about each other's school experience growing up. This project was a very good learning experience for us to see 'What Schools Really Look Like' around the world and we both feel like we learned a lot during the duration of this project!

References

• Lin, X. “Purchasing hope”: the consumption of children’s education in urban China. J. Chin. Sociol. 6, 8 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-019-0099-8
• China Power Team. "How Does Education in China Compare with Other Countries?" China Power. November 15, 2016. Updated August 26, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2021. https://chinapower.csis.org/education-in-china/
• Dwyer, L. (2019, August 01). Who's on top? Color-coded maps rank states' education performance. Retrieved April 07, 2021, from https://www.good.is/articles/educational-performance-where-does-your-state-rank
• Mesa community college. (2021). Retrieved April 07, 2021, from https://www.mesacc.edu/departments/english/english-language-program/american-classroom-culture
• FIVE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM. (2020, November 22). Retrieved April 07, 2021, from https://www.ednewsdaily.com/five-major-differences-between-the-chinese-and-american-education-system/

Thank you!