加国教育专家被中国坚实教育震撼 考察归来反思(zt)

[gaopeng1980]

芬兰基础教育也不错，认识的几个芬兰人都这么说。

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在中国教育者眼中，北美教育或是一个典范。殊不知，赴中国考察了一番回来的加国教育专家却另有看法，在2日举办的第三届博雅论坛上，两位卑省教育专家畅谈了他们眼中的中西教育。

穆西欧博士(Jerry Mussio)是前卑省教育厅教育政策、计画、课程及学生评估的总负责人，曾任国际学生评估项目(PISA)代表。他赴南韩、中国上海、芬兰等不同考察回来後，感受最深的是教育质量的重要性∶「教育质量本身远比教育体系的质量更重要。」

他举例，在南韩，虽然中小学的班级人数很多，但学生依然能较好的学习，因为南韩十分重视教师的福利，付予高薪，许多顶级大学毕业生愿意到中小学任教。这一点就不得不让人反思∶卑省自身是否该钱继续花在小班制上，或是用来提高教育质量本身?

穆西欧又举芬兰为例，虽工资并不高，但社会地位很高，能得到社会的极大认可。反观卑省，过去十年课程改变不大、12年级学生的毕业考试合格率降低、教师与省府间的劳资关系又有无休止的冲突，这些都是卑省教育需要面对和改善的。

另外卑大数学系前系主任、前卑省教育厅考试委员会成员布鲁曼教授(George Bluman)，他多次访问中国大陆、香港、台湾，曾在中国许多名校讲学。这次布鲁曼从中国北京、上海、浙江、内蒙古等地考察归来，被中国中小学生坚实的学业基础所震撼。他指出，在中国，中小学的教师们受过针对性很强的教育，非常重视学生的基础能力，能帮助中小学生们打下一个好的基础，等到学生上大学，坚实的基础对他们帮助很大。

布鲁曼教授多年前曾做过研究，发现公立中学毕业的大一学生表现较佳，而私校毕业生反而思考能力不足。对於这种现象，他表示现在不确定趋势是否依旧，但可以肯定的是，中小学时打下扎实的基础对升大学後的表现十分有益。

博雅论坛由温哥华博雅教育学会举办，会长沈乾若忧心卑省教育品质下滑，成立学会并多次举办研讨会，希望重振教育体系，为促进卑省教育质量作出贡献。

 

[笨妈笨爸]

估计他们去的时候，中国是高薪聘请大学教授去讲的课。

 

[antimachine]

He only needs to go to any Chinese school in Canada, such as those in Ottawa, and he would have opposite opinions.

Or maybe he wants to do business with Chinese government when he or she is retired!

 

[gaopeng1980]

估计他们去的时候，中国是高薪聘请大学教授去讲的课。

普遍说，在中国讲课好的是中小学老师，大学老师就参差不齐了。

 

[uglyducking]

哥有力臂

 

[gaopeng1980]

He only needs to go to any Chinese school in Canada, such as those in Ottawa, and he would be have opposite opinions.

Go to Chinese schools in Canada to collect data about Chinese education? That's like comparing apples and oranges. I don't believe any people who have been involved in any serious research projects in any manner would make such a suggestion.

 

[antimachine]

I am tired of answering people's question that seems to come endless. Let me put this way: academic record is important but not the most important, thinking you are agreeable with this; or I can put it this way, the math marks and etc are only the shell, but the way of thinking, civility and proper life style are the core.

When you are in a Chinese school, you get the sense of a rotted core, and then what else you still want?

High academic marks, kids passing piano level 8, etc, who still think parking along the fire route is okay, who instantly alerts and "get into business" when dealing with own fellow Chinese while relaxes dealing with whites...

What an unique group of people. I am a Chinese but I have long thought I am a different kind of Chinese. Sorry no time checking spelling and no time to type any more reply!

 

[gaopeng1980]

Developing positive character and social skills is important. That's for sure. And I recognize that's been a major problem with Chinese education. But I also believe those two key aspects of education (note I'm not using "schooling") depend much more on parents and students' peers than on teachers.

And they're more or less irrelevant to this thread.

As far as "basic education", by which I would assume George Bluman primarily meant the cultivation of fundamental academic skills and the building of a sound knowledge base for further learning, i.e., the academic basics, Chinese education did and is still doing a great job.

On a personal note, my fourth-grader son goes to an elementary school ranking very high on the Fraser Institute chart. The fact is I've been appalled by the poor spelling, grammatical and mathematical abilities exhibited by many of his classmates. And seriously, some of them think of Ontario as being larger in area than Canada - at the age of 9 /10.

 

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无论什么文字一旦经过中国人的手全变味。