有关教育的英语文章
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有关教育的英语文章
2017-04-15看到一篇关于中国教育的文章,摘录给大
家:throughoutthemillennia,studentsofallagesinchinahavehadtoendurethe miseriesoflearningbyrote.teachershavestifledcreativityinthepursuitoftheac cumulationoffacts,andparentshaveforcedchildrentospendmind-numbinghourscrammingforexams.butforthepastyear,thegovernmenthasbe enexperimentingwithwhatcouldamounttorevolutionarychangesinchina'scl assrooms.theaimistomakeeducationmorepleasant,moreusefuland,aboveall ,tochallengestudentstothinkforthemselves.whathaspromptedthereformsis abelatedrecognitionthatchina'seducationsystemisfailingtoproduceenoughi nnovativethinkers.inaddition,studentsaredeeplyunhappy.asurveyconducte dbytheeducationministryfiveyearsagofoundmorethan80%ofstudentsdislike dschool.dropoutrateshavebeenrisinginruralareas—partlyforeconomicreasonsbutalsobecauseofthestultifyingatmosphereofthe irclassrooms.exampressuresfrequentlyleadtosuicides.accordingtoasurveyla styearamongseniorsecondary-schoolstudentsanduniversityfreshmeninonearea,morethan50%hadconside redkillingthemselves.severalothercountriesineastasia,includingjapan,south koreaandtaiwan,aregrapplingwithsimilarproblems.buttheimplicationsofchi na'sreformeffortsareparticularlyprofound.china'straditionaleducationmeth odsareideallysuitedtoapoliticalculturethatrequirescitizenstosubmitblindlyt
oauthority.byencouragingstudentstoquestiontheirteachersandregardthem asequals(evenofficialliteraturenowtalksoffosteringademocratic”atmospher einclassrooms),chinacouldbeusheringinanewkindofrelationshipbetweenth erulersandtheruled.theproblemismakingitwork.thegovernmenthassetambi tioustargetswithfewresourcestoensurethatthecountry'smorethan10mprim ary-andsecondary-schoolteachersacquiretheskillsanddeterminationtochangethehabitsofalifet ime.thereformsstartedinseptemberxxwithabout420,000primary-andjuniorsecondary-
schoolstudents(outofanationaltotalofmorethan215m)takingpartin38experi mentalzonesaroundthecountry.inseptemberthisyear,participationincreased to9.1mpupilsin572zones.thesefigureswilldoublenextyear.theeducationmini stry'soriginalideahadbeentoimplementthereformsnationwidebyxx.butacco rdingtoliujianoftheministry'snationalcentreforschoolcurriculumandtextboo kdevelopment,employersfromavarietyofenterprisessaidtheywantedaquick ertimetable.sonowthetargetisxx.inxx,similarexperimentswillstartinseconda ryschools.