First of all, students have high autonomy.

In traditional education, teachers usually teach and students attend classes. Teachers are proficient in a certain field of professional knowledge, so they are relatively authoritative and active. Students are at the learning stage, so they listen passively.

American university teachers are more like hosts or coaches. Through careful curriculum design, students can find problems by themselves, read extensively, verify documents, discuss in groups, give personal speeches, defend in class and so on, and think deeply.

Exploring the answers to questions, at this stage, students have considerable autonomy to explore unknown knowledge fields, which is more profound and thorough than indoctrination.

Second, follow the spirit of contract between teachers and students.

In the first class of American universities, each student will get a detailed curriculum, including the teaching objectives, assessment methods, grading standards, teaching content, and related books and websites, and the teacher will also give a detailed explanation.

Students should strictly follow the plan in the table after choosing courses. According to the requirements of each stage in the form, the teacher will grade the usual homework, class discussion and class final homework in time. If the score is too low, they will receive a warning. If you fail, you will have to pay the course re-examination fee to re-examine the course.

Third, strict daily study.

Generally, American university teachers will assign homework before class: stipulate the reading content and reading pages of each class; If you can't finish the required tasks before class, you will not only face great embarrassment in class discussion, but also greatly affect the final grade. There are a lot of professional books reading tasks in class, and there will be homework after class.

American college students pay more attention to daily study. By establishing an effective process quantitative scoring system and heavy homework, students dare not be careless in their daily study, and few students have the energy to indulge in online games, online dramas or sleep late, thus effectively ensuring the depth and quality of learning.

Fourth, the dignity and pressure in the classroom.

In American classrooms, sleeping, being late, not participating in speeches, playing mobile phones and other behaviors are all considered impolite behaviors, and sometimes affect the usual grades. American classroom order is not maintained by teacher attendance, but by curriculum grading system and classroom cultural etiquette formed all the year round. This kind of constraint is more effective than discipline constraint.

There are also some routine classroom ceremonies: homework lectures, thesis defense and graduation exhibitions. Students will face great pressure in presenting their homework after class, because teachers usually invite many teachers of related majors and students of different grades to sit in on the stage, and each student will present his homework on the stage and accept the on-site defense.

Fifth, the teacher selection mechanism is transparent.

In order to ensure the level of school teachers, American colleges and universities generally implement the open recruitment system and strict and transparent recruitment assessment procedures. Teacher recruitment information must be published in professional magazines, public newspapers or well-known websites. The school will also set up a special inter-departmental evaluation team to inspect the candidates one by one according to the evaluation procedures announced in advance.

To sum up, we can see that the five advantages of American higher education have established its dominance and leading position in global education.