The Difference Of Education Between US And China

Differences between Chinese and American Education Systems
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Differences between the Chinese and American Education Systems
Education is viewed as a fundamental basic need for every child. It is facilitated by the governments under the law. The government is mandated with the responsibility of ensuring that the education system delivers the knowledge and skills required by its students. Education is considered as a backbone to the economic, social, and political developments of any successful nation. This is the reason why the Chinese and American countries highly value and support their education systems. The two governments greatly support their education systems in terms of infrastructure, finances, human resources and education equipment and stationeries. The education systems appear significantly different from each other in the two countries in many aspects (Big Dalian Weekend, 2007). This paper seeks to explore and discuss the differences between the education system in china and America in terms of their classroom sizes and organization, focus, discipline and methodology of teaching among others.
Main Aims of the Education System
Chinese and American education systems have different aims that each seeks to achieve. In China, education is viewed as a crucial foundation in one’s life. The students are taught how to accumulate knowledge, manage, and apply it in various environments. The understanding of the knowledge systems and structures is highly emphasized in the Chinese education system. On the other hand, the American education system focuses on cultivating their students’ creativity. This is done through providing knowledge and skills that help them to criticize and challenge ideas and create concepts from what they have learnt. The Chinese education is viewed as a foundation to students in that it imparts basic calculation skills and concepts to students to help them easily remember the entire learnt concepts. The teachers emphasize on strictness and precision in classes and academic works to improve the students’ retention capacity (Kilpatrick, 2014). The American education on the other hand, aims at improving the students’ assurance of what they know and do and boosts their self-determination and independence as vital skills applied in comprehensive and critical thinking. These reasons explain why Chinese students always win gold medals in Mathematics Olympic champions while the Americans win the Nobel prizes (Kilpatrick, 2014).
Concept Reception
The American and Chinese students are trained to receive knowledge differently. The Chinese students are taught to take notes and memorize concepts and ideas from their textbooks and teachers. The American teachers are more actively involved with their students. They teach and assess their students’ creativity, leadership and cooperation skills in their interactions with fellow students and the society. The teachers greatly emphasize these skills in their students and encourage them to be partakers in extracurricular activities and involve themselves in societal developments. The Americans believe in education as a part of life and thus they lay great emphasis in developing an individual academically and as ...