Douban has such an 8.4-point documentary called Learner, which tells the story of four masters of Harvard University. They have traveled all over the United States, Britain, Israel, France, Japan, South Korea, India and other countries, and have conducted in-depth discussions on the learning styles of children in many countries in China and the West.
After watching the whole documentary, I found that these countries can be roughly divided into two schools: the thinking and discussion school and the reciting and brushing school.
This is also the difference between Chinese and western education.
South Korea
When it comes to the domestic learning atmosphere, it is inevitable to mention the word "competition". The learning atmosphere of Korean children is worse than that of China.
After a day's class, students will still wait in line for the bus to make up lessons in Dazhidong at night.
Because of the influence of "make up lessons", Dazhidong is called "the city that never sleeps", which is comparable to the prosperity of the night market.
After returning home, the students will still fight until the morning 1.
It is understandable if you are sprinting for the college entrance examination, but in fact, many students aged 12 and 13 have the same learning intensity.
Korean children say that if their grades are not good, they are likely to find no friends and will not play with children with poor grades, and they will be considered "fools".
Japan
The learning atmosphere of Japanese children is very similar to that of Korean children, or the learning style of Asian children is very similar, but the only difference is that Japanese children will advocate taking notes.
Moreover, notes are not simple copying, but will visualize and systematize knowledge. Then memorize it and recite it.
But generally speaking, it is also a reciting genre, or "cramming education".
What about western countries?
Israel
Jews are called the smartest people. Jews account for less than 0.2% of the world population, but Nobel Prize winners account for 20%.
In the libraries of Jewish countries, it is very noisy. Everyone is talking loudly, but everyone is not talking nonsense, but has conducted an in-depth discussion on a problem.
And many people who have had heated discussions don't know each other.
Among Jewish children, the most frequently heard sentence from childhood is "Repair after motor?" Translate it, what is your idea?
America, France
France is the only country that tests philosophy. It will seriously discuss philosophical issues in class, such as "Is it right to be different from the facts?" "What is a friend?"
There will also be heated discussions in American classrooms, and round-table learning will be adopted. There is no distinction between the main seat and the secondary seat of the round table. Teachers and children are equal and can speak freely.
Under the influence of this learning atmosphere, many super-class universities have emerged in the United States, such as Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University and so on. ...
From this perspective, it is really better to think about the learning style of discussion groups.
But in the documentary, there is such an episode. These Harvard principals and Korean sophomores did a math problem together.
First, Harvard Xueba solved the problem. Harvard Xueba spent a lot of time to solve the problem, and the final result was wrong.
As a result, Korean students think that this problem is actually very simple and will be solved soon. This puts a lot of pressure on Harvard scholars.
India is also a reciting education model.
An Indian student was admitted to MIT. A professor at MIT asked Indian students, "Is there no IIT in your country? Why did you come to MIT? "
The Indian student replied, "It was because I didn't get into IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) that I came to MIT."
JEE has 400,000 candidates every year, and less than 5,000 people can finally enter JEE.
JEE never repeats the problem, and a lot of knowledge can only be filled by reciting the original text. This recitation school has a higher threshold than the MIT we are familiar with.
Can also make us think deeply, in fact, "cramming education" also has its advantages, not a complete failure.
The birth and development of any education is in line with China's national conditions. We are too close to it, but it is easy to see the good and the bad. Easy to cut across the board.
Most of our children are still in the same state as Korea and Japan, taking notes, reciting, and constantly attending cram schools. We can see the positive side through the competition between Korean senior two students and Harvard Xueba.
But at the same time, don't blindly worship the power of recitation.
This is excessive consumption for children, and the pressure is too heavy, which will affect children, and it can't be compensated by being admitted to a quality university.
We are not teachers, but in life, we can learn from the educational models of Israel, France and the United States.
Ask the child, "What do you think?" Allow children to have ideas different from their own, discuss with them on an equal footing and respect them as friends.
It can be values or a little thing in life.
In the process of discussion, children's thinking ability will be fully developed. In the process of learning, they learn not only to listen and recite in the fog, but to put their own thinking into it, and the learning effect will naturally be better.
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