That was not the case. Australia is a small country with a population of 265,438+560,000 in 2009. There are 42 universities and more than 230 technical colleges, but the number of university graduates only accounts for 1. 1% of the total population. However, the export of education directly brings more than A $3 billion in foreign exchange income to Australia every year. Many small international students have gained unprecedented successful experience in Australia, which can undoubtedly provide reference for our educational administrative departments and educators.
First of all, school education in Australia is designed according to individual needs, abilities and interests, so that every student can give full play to his multi-faceted potential. "Australian schools 1 1 and 12 have more than 100 subjects to choose from, and each course is a main course and can be used as a college entrance examination subject", which shows the extent to which students' potential is allowed to play. However, in most middle schools in China, the subject status is divided into three or six grades by some school leaders, and students' learning interest and potential are artificially excluded or weakened. It is natural for high school students to learn only a few college entrance examination subjects. Although many schools also offer elective courses, students tend to "seek advantages and avoid disadvantages" and only choose courses related to the college entrance examination, which is nothing more than "frying cold rice" to make up lessons. Without interest, there is no way to develop potential. However, many domestic middle school students like Hu Zhengyang won the "Best Student Award" from foreign schools. This contrast should arouse our reflection.
Second, Australian schools pay more attention to traditional subjects. Such as English, mathematics, science and social science. These tools, thinking methods and humanities are basic subjects, which lay a good foundation for students' diversified choices in the future. At present, our country has made a lot of progress in learning western educational methods, but some theories are not successful in practice. For example, the importance of basic subjects such as ideology, politics, history, geography and biology in students' growth is not well understood and often despised, which leads to some students' high scores in the college entrance examination, but they are indifferent to social responsibility.
Thirdly, the constancy of admission scores in Australian universities is also a major reason why students don't have to worry about exams. From the unique score calculation method of Australian college entrance examination, we can see that they pay special attention to students' usual learning ability and level. In recent years, China has begun to explore the pilot of independent enrollment in colleges and universities, but the habitual thinking of "one test determines success or failure" is still very stubborn, exam-oriented education is still widespread, and students, parents, teachers and schools are still under heavy score pressure.
Fourth, respect students and care about their needs, not just from the convenience of management. School-based examination room, the specialization of students' questions and the handling of test papers with mathematical formulas are all from the perspective of students' interests, which eliminates the worries of students and parents. Therefore, it is difficult to see the bustling wonders of the "parents accompanying test group" in Australia.
Hu Zhengyang is just one of many young international students, and her experience has made me have mixed feelings. I'm glad that our students are more and more integrated into the international education system, but I'm worried that a large number of domestic talents will be lost abroad. The college entrance examination in 2009 is the most serious phenomenon since the founding of the People's Republic of China. A quarter of students in some schools in Beijing choose to study abroad. Due to the competition of college entrance examination during the day, the slogan of quality education and the high differentiation of independent enrollment under the domestic education system, more and more parents are willing to spend a lot of money to keep their children away from home. This can't help but make us sigh: Why can't our education keep students? Why does our education make students feel unsuccessful?