Mercenary
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« on: July 11, 2015, 07:24:34 AM » |
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Im not sure about Eurppe, but in regards to high scores in Asia it is mainly due to the fact thay parents are not only more involved in their kids educatiom, they are obsessive about it. Kids go to afterschool academies for math and science and such, often times until late in the evening.
One stdent I knew informed me of their schedule and theu finished at 10pm. That isnt some college kid who worked a part time job then ate dinner and did homework utntil 10, it was a 4th grade student in school all day.
Sure they score higher in math and science, but it comes at a major cost to the students.
That isnt to say the US education is any good, but you cannot really.compare test scores since the approach is quite different.
I agree with the post that mentioned we should focus on problem solving and analysis and less on memorization. I dont necessarily think we should push more in general, but we should be more willing to adapt to individual students. Students learn differently and ideally we should have more than one type of teaching style to account for that. I know I for example do not learn well from listening anf thus traditional lectures were a waste of time, my greatest learning came from reading on my own. But then of course I know someone the exact opposite who cannot learn at all without a teacher lecturing.
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