This state bill was proposed to create schools with an strong focus on the curriculum and more extracurricular opportunities. These schools will focus their education on particular subjects, so if the school will focus on performing arts, then the curriculum and extracurricular offerings will circle the subject.
With more of a focus and more opportunities to explore student's skills, charter schools may be able to do more than traditional public schools. They provide the motivation that some traditional public schools do not and may be a better option for those who have aleady discover their skills.
Ford, Peter. "In China, Kindergarten Costs More Than College." http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0223/In-China-kindergarten-costs-more-than-college. The Christian Science Monitor. 23 February 2010.
It costs $150 a month to send a kid to kindergarten and $105 a month to send a high school graduate to college. Kindergarten in China are highly competitive and because one parent want the child to get a head start in education, every other parent wants to too.
Every parent in China is having their child learn social skills at the age of 1 and learning another language at the age of 3. Even though it is expensive to pay for kindergarten, parents pay extra to have their child attend after-school for extracurricular classes. Chinese parents are putting emphasis on early education (kindergarten) rather than college education.
Park, Ju-min. "North Korea-Funded Schools In Japan Have an Image Problem." http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-japan-schools23-2010feb23,0,5983432.story. Los Angeles Times. 23 February 2010.
Some schools in Japan are run by Koreans so they require a picture of the leader of North Korea. Koreans attending and teaching at those schools in Japan face a huge identity crisis which include being attacked by the Japanese because of their nationality.
Some Japanese see the picture of North Korea's leader on school walls as an act of propaganda. Therefore, the picture was taken down, South Korea's and Japan's history were added to the curriculum, and students were not required to wear traditional Korean uniforms after-school (but they still wear it in school). Imagine what information are hidden from us and how limited we are in what we can do in or out of school.
Edit:
Fajen, Micholyn. "Chinese, Valley High Teens Speak the Same Language." http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100302/NEWS02/3020339/-1/AMES/Chinese-Valley-High-teens-speak-the-same-language. DesMoinesRegister. 2 March 2010.
Students in an exchange program from China were surprised that American schools are less about individual work and more about collaborative work. Although Chinese schools are more strict and individual, the students attending schools in China are better educated than Americans.
This article lays out the significance of balancing students' social life and their education. Chinese students do not even have the time to get distracted in class and are not able to communicate as much as Americans do. It seems that both American and Chinese schools are not able to find the balance between social and educational life so they focus on separate aspects.
Clare, John. "Can We Learn From Chinese Schools?" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/expateducation/4190692/Can-we-learn-from-Chinese-schools.html. Telegraph. 2 March 2010.
Schools in China are very structured; little kids sing a song they memorized to go along with their exercising routine without teacher's instructions. While school administrators in China are opposing their traditional way of teaching, the writer believes that other countries should learn a little from China's method of promoting good behavior.
This article describes some scenario of a typical Chinese school and it shows how well China controls their students. Students in China also dorm at the age of three and this might be as a way to strengthen the community. How does it oppose to living with family (the pros and the downside to it) and what results are produced from having kids live with other kids?
Additional Works Consulted:
- Wade, Stephen. "Teaching About the Beijing Olympics Reaches Deep Into China's Schools." http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2007-12-18-2096487223_x.htm. USAToday. 2 March 2010.
- Miller, Sunlen. "Obama Tackles High Dropout Rates, Targets "Chronically Troubled' Schools." http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/03/obama-tackles-high-dropout-rates-targets-chronically-troubled-schools-.html. ABC News. 2 March 2010.
- Ravitch, Diane. "First, Let's Fire All the Teachers!" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-ravitch/first-lets-fire-all-the-t_b_483074.html. The Huffington Post. 2 March 2010.
No comments:
Post a Comment