...difference between Western and Eastern education. The difference between Western and Eastern education - Education system in need of change? 林怡廷 (Joyce Lin) 三年十八班 台北市立育成高級中學 1 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com The difference between Western and Eastern education. I. Introduction: People tend to think that Westerners are more assertive and creative, while Easterners are more conservative and reserved. So what makes all these difference? I would suggest it is the result of the different education systems. Having studied under both foreign and local teachers, I discovered that their approaches to teaching are fundamentally different. In this essay, I would like to examine and evaluate these differences. This is vitally important as it influences our choices and responses in life beyond school. And will finally determine our values, the quality of our lives and the satisfaction we derive from life. II. Thesis: A. Teacher-centered and student-centered I would say that the prime difference between the two education systems is that one uses teacher-centered classes, and the other uses student-centered classes. In the Eastern education system, the teacher is the only authority; his or her words are not to be questioned. Students are not expected to speak up in class or respond to the questions that the teacher asks. Therefore, most of the questions are rather rhetorical. Questions are brought up for the teachers to answer. Thus, there is no motivation...
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...In my essay I am going explain in my opinion what is the role of a teacher, the role of a student and some obstacles in culture differences change the role of a teacher in the learning process. Learning is a necessity for some people and an obligation for others. My interpretation of a teacher is a person who provides education to another person, in a manner that helps the person understand what has been taught to them. Different people learn in different ways and for different reasons, and it is important for a teacher to be able to assess which approach will provide the greatest understanding. Adler and Van Doren (1972) wrote, “A teacher may help his student in many ways; it is the student himself who must do the learning” (p.8). Learning varies on each and every one. Individuals can perceive and process information in different kinds of ways, which means that the way to which individuals learn, has as much as to do with whether the learning experience is according to their style of learning. Some of the individuals learn and develop easily in the early stage, while others are not. As a student I see my role as someone is to learn and who has a lot to learn from my instructor. When I attend my classes I am willing to receive whatever is being taught to me. I acknowledge that I am responsible for asking all the necessary questions until whatever is being taught can be clear in my doubts. As Adler and Van Doren (1972) said, we can learn only from our “betters” (p.6). I have...
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...obstacles tend to prevent these teenagers from graduating. Why? Well This is because of the unequal fairness that teachers provide to the students. Therefore, I think That graduation from high schools should depend on students’ marks based on standardized Exams. I would explain the reasons through the analysis of students’ life of bias treatment from Teachers, and the different standards of teachers based on their degree of knowledge. We can all acknowledge that all teachers are humans; all humans contain feelings inside them whether it is positive or negative. But yet, these feelings tend to disrupt the equality of the teachers. Knowing this, we could see that teachers can be bias at times depending on the circumstances. Sexism and racism are usually the main issue between teachers and students. Some teachers tend to like their own sex or their opposite sex based on their own belief and needs. They may think that their own sex is a lot better than the other or that the opposite sex is a lot more attracting than your own sex. These factors affect a teacher’s ability to distinguish between their own feelings or to judge the ability of a student rather than their sex. Racism is also another main issue between teachers and students. Some teacher may tend to have a strong belief in a type of religion. Thus, it may cause conflicts in beliefs between teachers and students due to different culture background. Others may think that one race is better than another. Therefore...
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...schooling vs public schools Chancia Tokyo international University Academic composition I Those past years we have a lot of children or teenager who can decide where they want to study. They can study in a class surrounded by other students or at home, alone. Public school presents a lot of opportunity for teenagers to be social with other students, do some extracurricular activities and go outside to hang out with their friends. Also, as I mentioned before it is not the only one, there is homeschooling. By being homeschooled, students gain the same education as what the public schools students study. Thus, they can study whatever they want. It only depends on the environment and the academic contents that the parents or teenagers are using, to teach them or themselves. So what is best for the education of our children? Both of them are mainly good, the only thing that we need to do is it to give, children’s, the best education. To begin with, we all know that parents want the best for their children’s, which is not bad and apparently from an article written by Shaw I., homeschooling are getting more famous each year. The growth rate is of 15 percent. So those who are considering letting their children study at home you should be aware of those benefits. From an article written by Richardson H. in “Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says”, said that by letting our children get bored will lead them to developing a good mind as they will become more creative....
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...Need for Teacher Education . The week two lectures had highlighted an important issue which has come under a lot of criticisms for the past years. This was the need for teacher education. Although many critics still feel that teacher education is a waste of time or that field experience is more important. Most do not realize that the need of teacher’s professional development is essential for the improvement of education all over the world and thus the expectancy for quality teacher education is becoming higher every day. First off, there are countless criticisms to the need for teacher education. However the two that I will focus on are firstly, the critic that teachers are “born and not made.” I feel that in order to be become a good teacher , you must learn the skills, knowledge as well get the experience to achieve the goal of being or becoming a good teacher. I do not agree with the statement that teachers are born ; for they are made. Teacher education is thus based on the theory that teachers are made and not born in contrary to the assumption that they are born. Since teaching is considered an art and a science, the teacher has to acquire not only the knowledge but also the skills or the ‘tricks of the trade’. In addition to this, another criticism is that knowing my subject content is sufficient. This I disagree with, because it definitely will not prepare you for the classroom and the school environment. I believe that educating children well depends not only ensuring...
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...values regarding how to be good citizens. Schooling methods and curriculum serve as foundations to convey nations’ beliefs, values and cultural standards. Educational curriculum varies by nation, by community, and by school subject. For instance, in the United States, curricula depends on when, how, and whether second-language or religious instructions occur. There is no educational unity in North America, which makes difficult to reach the reading, writing and mathematics standards. Moreover, there is another form of curriculum that has been popular among school districts: the hidden curriculum. According to the Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology, "Hidden curriculum is a concept used to describe the often unarticulated and unacknowledged things that students are taught in school." In other words, hidden curriculum refers to the unintended or implicit values cultivated in the practices exercised in the classroom and educational institutions through the application of the curriculum. For example, children are often rewarded not only for their academic achievements in one specific subject, but also based on their involvement in the teaching subject or their enthusiasm to learn. In this way education imparts not only formal knowledge, but also an understanding of how to act appropriately in society. Hidden curriculum can be associated with set of values or attitudes that are demanded by higher institutions. After Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015, the...
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...Fixing America's public education system won't be easy -- but together, it's possible. The Waiting for "Superman" social action campaign has one primary goal: to ensure that every child receives a great education. The campaign seeks to build public awareness, ignite personal involvement and inspire real social change. The campaign's four core initiatives are: • Setting academic standards that are on par with the world's best • Recruiting and rewarding great teachers • Creating and nurturing excellent schools, and • Increasing literacy rates The following pages are your toolkit for educational reform. Learn more about the Waiting For "Superman" initiatives below, and find ways to take action with our "Help Your School" and "Fix the System" tips throughout this site. Help our students get the quality education they deserve. Our country's future depends on it. And every child deserves a great education. Every child deserves a great teacher. In other industries, the best employees are acknowledged for their exceptional contributions. A career in teaching should be no different. We can produce world-class students only if we train and support world-class teachers. There's no question that our current educational system is failing our students. The statistics are staggering: among 30 developed countries, the U.S. is ranked 25th in math and 21st in science. We need to better prepare today's generation of students starting NOW. The future depends on it. A child's destiny...
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...contrast non-formal education in terms of purpose, timing, content delivery system and control with formal education relate your discussion to the Zambia system at primary and secondary level. Thereafter the conclusion will be drawn but it is of vital importance to identify the key concepts in the questions. According to UNESCO (1991) education is ‘an organized and sustained communication process designed to bring about learning. Mernier (2007) quotes that non-formal learning, happens in any organized outside the formal system (e.g. Youth organization) how to organize an event? Coombs(1973) states that Formal education is the hierarchically structured, chronologically graded educational system running from primary school through the university in addition to general academic studies, a variety of specialized programs and institution for full time and professional training. Non-formal and formal education have differences because when you talk in terms of purpose formal education is long term and general in the sense that it takes a long period of time to finish because you have to start from grade one to twelve and further to the higher institution of learning and it is general because you have to learn a lot of things at once for insistence you want to become a lawyer instead of learning subjects that will support you in doing law like history, you will do sciences which you will not use at the completion of secondary level while in non-formal education it is short term...
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...forced to learn massive amounts of information at such a fast pace that hardly any of us recall as adults. Every individual has different ways of learning styles, capabilities, abilities, skills and gifts that should not be ignored. “So in return for federal dollars, we are asking states to design accountability systems to show parents and teachers whether or not children can read and write and add and subtract in grades three through eight.” “The first step to making sure that a child is not shuffled through is to test that child as to whether or not he or she can read and write, or add and subtract. “(George bush 2002) In this landmark speech, President Bush signed the education bill. The NCLB Act students were required to be assessed every year in math and reading in order to demonstrate student performance and progress. It affected the way of learning in many ways; I will specifically cover how children and teachers were affected by the tests. We ended up with states lowering standards for our students, as if they weren’t low already, forcing special needs students to take the same test as an average student, and taking away the teachers authority in the classroom. Standardized testing is killing our public schools system, pair that with the lack of parenting skills that is running rampant in our society and it is a lethal combination. So many children just don’t have the support system to be successful in school; Children who have absent parents, the parents are physically...
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...Being a teacher its vital to have a powerful faith in the future. Teaching is one of the most powerful of role models. I truly believe teachers are the future of our education. One thing that specifically led me into teaching is having parents in the education system. My mom being a Kindergarten teacher and my dad being an 8th grade social studies teacher has empowered me to further the role of “teaching.” Also, being able to have an impact on many students through the years seems to be very rewarding. Ultimately, the teacher can be a very vital resource for the students and to have the responsibly of that can be very powerful. Part of being a teacher is arranging your classroom according to your fit and your students fit. With this being...
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...responsibility is being accountable on all your actions and decisions. If you have personal responsibility, you are in charge of your choices and actions, you have the power to create the life that you want. You are in control of your own destiny. Personal responsibility also includes accepting the consequences of whatever your actions and decisions lead to. A responsible person can make decisions and face the consequences without complaint. Taking control of the decisions in your life and not waiting for luck or other people to make those decisions or choices for you. As we grow old, we are given the opportunity of self-choice and decision. When we fall short or made mistakes, it is easier to point finger and blame others rather than accepting our own mistakes. Personal responsibility is the willingness to both accepts the importance of standards what society establishes for individual behavior and to make personal efforts to live by those standards (Haskins, 2009). Personal responsibility also means that when you fail to meet expected standards, do not look around for some factor outside yourself to blame but rather accept it and move on. Personal responsibility can be used in education, for a student it means that you accept the responsibility to study hard and learn as much as you can on the courses that you need to take and maximize your capacity to learn (Haskins, 2009). Becoming a successful student depends in how you handle your personal responsibility. Personal responsibility...
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...everyday lives is crucial. Teachers who encourage students to reflect on what they’ve learned and incorporate those skills into their lives develop their students’ critical literacy. And, with this ability to interpret the world around them, students begin to adapt and succeed in a changing world. The student’s journey into literacy begins with a teacher. Social Reconstructionism was founded by Theodore Brameld, in reaction against the realities of World War II. He recognized the potential for either human annihilation through technology and human cruelty or the capacity to create a beneficent society using technology and human compassion. George Counts recognized that education was the means of preparing people for creating this new social order. Social Reconstructionism emphasizes the addressing of social questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy. Social Reconstructionist educators focus on a curriculum that highlights social reform as the aim of education. For Social Reconstructionist’s, curriculum focuses on student experience and taking social action on real problems, such as violence, hunger, international terrorism, inflation, and inequality. Strategies for dealing with controversial issues (particularly in social studies and literature), inquiry, dialogue, and multiple perspectives are the focus. Community-based learning and bringing the world into the classroom are also strategies. It is more important for teachers to involve student’s in...
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...AUGUST 2012 How Americans Would Slim Down Public Education By Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett Foreword by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Amber M. Winkler Contents 1 5 8 9 Foreword Executive Summary Introduction When Times Are Tough 11 Cost-Cutting Measures that the Public Approves 19 Close Up: Is Special Education Spending Sacred? 22 Rejected Proposals 24 Split Decisions 28 Conclusion 30 Appendix A: Methodology 32 Appendix B: Complete Survey Results 42 Endnotes The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is the nation’s leader in advancing educational excellence for every child through quality research, analysis, and commentary, as well as on-the-ground action and advocacy in Ohio. It is affiliated with the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, and this publication is a joint project of the Foundation and the Institute. For further information, please visit our website at www.edexcellence.net or write to the Institute at 1016 16th St. NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036. The Institute is neither connected with nor sponsored by Fordham University. HOW AMERICANS WOULD SLIM DOWN PUBLIC EDUCATION i Foreword By Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Amber M. Winkler In November 2010, Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered a highly publicized address at the American Enterprise Institute. His message? Tough economic times lie ahead: “I am here,” he said, “to talk today about what has been called the New Normal. For the next several years, preschool, K–12, and postsecondary educators are likely...
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...We all know that education is important and it is a big impact for each person’s learning and future career. Teachers play an important role in education. They are able to change a person’s learning attitude and studying. Teachers serve as the guiding force in a student's life. They are responsible for molding a student's personality and shaping his/her mental orientation. Teachers deeply impact our lives and direct the course of our future. They are our constant companions, until we grow old enough to come out of their shadow and move ahead on our own. Meanwhile, there are three types of teachers who I have met and learned from. The three types of teachers that I have encounter are the novice teachers, the humorous teachers, and the teachers who are almost reach retirement ages. Novice teachers are the teachers who are always engage to teach students and they are well prepare to answer student’s questions. The Novice Teachers have high hopes and dreams of reaching trouble students of changing lives through magic of books of showing their own parents almost make a living wage. The novice teachers have less teaching experiences because they are close to their last education year. They are often the younger teachers and also are the freshman in the society. This kind of teachers do not actually know what he is doing yet, and clearly tries his way through the subject and the class. He pretends to know the subject and even incorrectly teachers it to you. He seems like...
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...efforts to find out the causes of deterioration and suggested remedies thereof. Almost all the commissions and education policies The quality of a nation depends on the quality of its citizens. Also qualities of citizens depend on the quality of the education they achieved and quality of the education besides other factors depends upon study habits and attitude of students. The quality of education is reflected academic achievement which is a function of study habits and attitudes of students. Thus, to enhance the quality of education, it is necessary to improve the study habits and study attitudes of students. To improve study habits, those factors which hinder its effectiveness must be addressed. Identification of these factors may lead towards remedial measures. No two people study the same way, and there is little doubt that what works for one person may not work for another. However, there are some general techniques that seem to produce good results. No one would argue that every subject that you have to take is going to be so interesting that studying it is not work but pleasure. We can only wish. Everyone is different, and for some students, studying and being motivated to learn comes naturally. If you are reading this page, it's likely that you are not one of them, but don't despair, there is hope! Your success in high school and college is dependent on your ability to study effectively and efficiently All too often, students perform poorly in school simply because...
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