The similarities and differences of the education system between Britain and China

Nowadays，more and more people are looking forwards to going abroad for further education. Some people migrate to Britain in order to make their children have the access to a better education. And there are more and more people criticizing the Chinese education system because of the college entrance examination. I would like to know whether the education abroad is more beneficial to students than the one in China by comparing the two systems. Are there any differences between the education systems in the two countries? And it is essential to know what we can learn from the British education system to improve ours system.

There is no doubt that education system can make grate differences to a student who accept the education over ten years. It may influence a student’s thought, eyesight, study attitude and all sorts of ability. To my astonishment, only seventeen percent of the informants are pleased with the education system in china according to the data. On the contrast, there are thirty-nine percent of the informants feel unsatisfied with our education system. Why do people have such kind of feeling?

Let’s have a look at the similarities and differences of the two education system. As the adolescent period will have a grate influence for a person, this paper may mainly focus on the secondary education. There are four types of education in China, including preprimary education, elementary education, secondary education and higher education. In China, the length of schooling is twelve. And the students will a six to ten courses during their junior high school and senior high school. Usually, there will be forty to sixty students in a class. And the students are most likely to receive the large class education so the students may not get enough attention from the teachers during their road of growing and study. The secondary education in China is mostly focus on the exam, which limits the students’ development of other area. Teachers and students are always trying their best to reach the higher score. There will be a lot of homework left and make-up lessons for the students, which is a large burden for the students without doubt. In the education of china, the knowledge and the facts are emphasized and it is a multidisciplinary Master Education.

Different from the Chinese system, the British education system mainly contain Compulsory Education, Further Education and Higher Education, which makes the age and the academic degree of the students in the two countries are not correspond to the other. There are thirteen during the high school. There are six courses for the students in Grade ten and eleven and the Grade Twelve and Thirteen students only have to learn three course. This is a grate difference compare with the ten courses in China. Only three courses allow the students to devote themselves heart and soul to what they learn. Different from the big classes in China, classes in Britain are the small ones which only include three to fifteen students. In such a small class, every student can get enough attention from the teachers and teachers can give more consideration to each student. The classes are more flexible, except for classroom instruction, there also many activity participation and extracurricular practice such as visiting the factory and museum. There are some homework assigned for the students but most of them are not compulsive. Compared with the Chinese education, the teachers in Britain will lead the students to think independently and figure out the problems by themselves, which is more beneficial for their development of the individuation.

From the comparison above, we can easily find that because of the difference of the curriculum, the teaching emphasis and the teaching methods, the students under the British

education system may be more interested in the course and they can learn in a more relaxing atmosphere. It is easier for them to form their own mode of thinking compared with the students under Chinese education system. The students under the British education system can exercise their personal capacity by all sorts of the extracurricular activities, which is much better than the countless exercises are aiming at improving the students' abilities to take exams. We can learn from the advantages of the British system and improve the education in China.

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