The Global Search for Education: From Shanghai
“In PISA 2009, we found that Chinese students don’t like rote learning in math. Most teachers don’t believe in rote learning and encourage students to be creative.”– Zhu Xiaohu Shanghai is the largest city in China; who in education is not aware of the fact that this city’s students finished at the top of the charts in the PISA 2009 exam? Since then, educators from all over the world have travelled...
The Global Search for Education: China Comes to New York
“Chinese traditional culture is especially important today, when the society is gradually losing its moral standards due to utilitarianism and materialism.”– Lee Shu Ping The number of Chinese students seeking to be educated in the West has received significant media attention in recent years, but what about the flipside? As the world’s second largest economy continues to grow and evolve, what will this mean...
The Global Search for Education: East vs. West — A School in Beijing
“As the Americans have the American Dream, the Chinese have the Chinese Dream, and education is the foundation.” — David Barrutia “Diligence, Rigor, Democracy and Pioneering” is the school motto of Beijing No. 4 High School, founded in 1907 during the Qing Dynasty. To date, the school has taught over 35,000 Chinese and foreign students and is considered one of China’s leading secondary...
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