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论文题目中美高等教育的比较研究

学生专业班级材料化学 2012级2班

学生姓名（学号）张树翰 20126732

二O一三年五月二十日

A Comparative Study of Higher Education between

China and USA

Zhang shuhan

Class 2, 2012, Materials chemistry

Abstract:Education is a process of teaching people. It helps people to improve themselves in the society. Different counties have different types of education and each of them shows different things and is closely responsive to its culture. American education is the most famous one among them. Studying on those differences between China and America is good for the reformation of Chinese education.

Key words: Higher Education; Teaching ways; Difference;

中美高等教育的比较研究

摘要：教育是一个育人的过程.它帮助人们提高在社会的地位.不同的国家有不同的教学方式,并且每一个国家都展示不同的知识,而且与他们的国家文化有关.在许多外国家中美国教育是最有名的.学习中美之间的不同差异对中国教育的改革大有帮助.

关键词：高等教育；教学方法；差异；

1. Introduction

Education is closely related to the politics, economics, science, culture and military of a country, has become a symbol of the national power. As we all known, American education level is very high so that it attracts a number of oversea students. But with the development of economic, China attracts a lot of oversea students in recent years as well. Of course , there still are many differences on college education between USA and China. But what is the difference between the America’s education and the China's? With these questions, I did this comparative study on the education way between China and USA. By

weighing up the pros and cons, we can have a better understanding on ways of improving our education.

2. The differences of education between USA and China

2.1Differences in academic studies

In China, there is the same system in academic studies , we always meet same classmates in same classroom ,and we have too many exams in our life of studies. Therefore, the teacher often begins to lecture or work through the current chapter of their textbook with them, and the class order is good. The teacher mainly completes all the process of class. Students are just listening to the teacher most of the time in the class, just as they listen to the radio.

In USA, they have semesters not terms. American students search through long list of course options and select the ones that best fit their interest and goals. They have approximately 15 class hours a week and they seldom see the same classmates in more than one of their daily classes.

2.2 Differences in independence

In China, college students are likely to be their parents’ only child—the focus of family pride, concern, and hope. Their parents’ work hard to help them succeed, including helping them study for the dreaded college entrance exams. And parents try their best to teach traditional Confucian values of honoring family, teacher, and education and the modern realities of rapidly expanding commerce and technology.

In USA , college students are likely to be more independent of their parents.Students often make decisions by themselves, no matter on studying and lives. And students are often expected, as part of learning to be an adult, to pay for part or all the costs of college by themselves. On the other hand, pa rents also give more freedom for children to the best of their abilities. Some American college students thrive in this new found freedom, and some flounder. Many grow up quickly during college; others fail and leave college to find full- time jobs.

2. 3 Teacher- student Relationships