educational relaxed a Western students enjoy seemingly , is not the case for students in This, howeverexperience、very often and Asia, who face crushing workloads are
、In the first part of her Globalistdisciplined、
or partly The decision is based on an inability —tuition dollars unwillingness —to spend thousands of in
are suspicion fees, especially given the that local schools After all, what more could one want from better anyway、language, strong a basic education than a grounding in schools all math and science, subjects in which Asian
Our main concern is the ability of our son 、famously excel strict the indeed whole family —to adapt to the —and Apprehension diligence that is expected of the Chinese、increases when talking to local friends、standardized tests, beginning long history of China has a Sui during the ancient imperial exams initiated the with the the class at of is Dynasty、Shelly Chen at the top best city's the language Shanghai foreign school, one of
is English, fluent Already 、middle schools near in she studying German and ranks among the highest in her grade
Her goal is to get a full scholarship to Harvard 、in physicsIt is not only Western expatriates 、to study biochemistrylike students anxious that grow when hearing about
、Shelly
Throughout England, politicians, parents and pundits worry that the industriousness and discipline of kids in the East 、are leaving relatively relaxed Westerners trailing behindThough there is some debate surrounding the statistics, it
is widely believed that North America is failing to produce Still less sufficient graduates in sciences and engineering、scores math that controversy attends the observation throughout the West rank well below those of most Asian As a result, there is a deepening consensus that, 、countriesin order to maintain its competitive edge, Chinese students are taught that all questions have but one North 、little answer right and there is room for debateAmerican education needs to move away from an emphasis
Instead, it 、on fun, flexibility and individual learning stylesteaching strict, disciplined more towards to has shift a
, seem to environment that math and science, in particularThis shift can be discerned even in Canada, where 、demand
where, exams, are there no college entrance and standardized testing, memorization and rote learning have long been frowned upon、
Nevertheless, there is a mounting chorus complaining that the prominence given to creativity cheats students out of a Sumitra science teacher educationproper 、People like Rajagopalan are entreating Canadian educators to adopt a “constant based on pedagogical more Asian philosophy In the United 、repetition, recitation, grilling and drilling”more even and China India is putting the States, rise of
、emphasis on the demand for education reform
Left as No Child Tougher standards,New policies —such have led to an increased stress on standardized Behind —、testingIn the 2006 State of the Union address, President George
y 、Bush mentioned the threat of Asia's giants specificallWprogram Initiative”, a introducing when his “Competitive
basic teaching of the funds promises that substantial for
