European vs. American Education We are living in an era of people with growing concerns about their children’s educational future. Having a degree or at least a high school diploma is now a “must have” on a job seeker’s resume. Presently, education is important, and companies value and hire candidates who graduated from reputable universities, sometimes without having them pass through a tough brand standard hiring process. In fact, it is no wonder that today, entering prestigious schools is primordial. There have been debates, contradictions, research, and studies in order to design the best educational system in the world.
He suggests we should study and adapt to the Asian education system. I think for the evidence provided by the author, for example, “ 75% say that school has taught them things which could be useful in a job,” there should be more details such as what grade are those interviewees in and the reasons why they have this idea. However, Schleicher's points of view are very credible and testable because he references some statistical data. And he constantly compares the differences between the Eastern and Western students which intuitively reflectes the existing of the problems. I strongly agree with author that a successful education is not about the students' talent, but constant hard work, creative use of knowledge and good teacher training can make ordinary students stimulate extraordinary talents.
It is not fair to conclude that because a student exhibits difficulties with one area of learning that he or she will exhibit the same difficulty in other areas, in fact a student who displays difficult writing or reading may in fact excel in other academic areas such as mathematics. Other scholars such as Bernhardt argue that multiple measures is important as student achievement results can be explained by other factors (Bernhardt, 2002). Bernhardt believes that there are four components which should be discussed when referring to multiple measures; student learning, demographics, perceptions and school processes (Bernhardt, 2002). Bernhardt believed that not only will multiple measures enhance student learning, but also it will provide teachers and schools with the information necessary to improve overall learning. McMillan
Over the years Eastern Asia has always come out on top for education. In international testing, East Asian countries have repeatedly scored the highest in both math and science. According to the graph in Norris’s essay, “U.S. Students Fare Badly in International Survey of Math Skill,” while more than thirty percent of students in Hong Kong were ranked in the top performance area, only ten percent of Americans were placed there (Norris 162). The staggering differences in scores greatly concerned the United States Department of Education, which led to a spur of reform such as the passing of government programs intent on improving American education around standardized testing.
It will allow me to strengthen my weak areas on the SAT. If I get accepted to LGR, I hope to not only make my math and critical reading scores raise but to enhance my use of diction in real life situations. I want to improve my SAT score to get rid of the inconsistent correlation between my grades and my test scores. Although my average is high, it does not match my test scores. Today, college is the golden ticket to success.
Whether you admit it or not, being raised in Asia, we beat people from other parts of the world in different fields of math. In Math competitions or the college courses, the Asians always stand on a higher level above the other students. People always wonder why Asians did such an incredible job in Math; is it that the Asians are born to be smarter than others? I take no for an answer. Although nobody could really find out the exact reasons, we are willing to share our own opinions.
Marxists would also say that the National Curriculum does not ensure a standard education throughout the education system because the education system places more value on middle class knowledge than on working class knowledge and so they are disadvantaged and receive a different education to other classes. Bernstein would also argue that due to the elaborated code used by the middle class, the education received by middle class children is different and more fluid because they are more likely to understand everything the teacher says. Nationwide exams (SATs, GCSEs, and A Levels) and literary tests also support the
Therefore, if our family places a great deal of emphasis on education and its importance, we focus on getting good grades more than we focus on our athletic or artistic abilities, and may include intelligent as an attribute when describing ourselves to other people. Our self-concept would probably be focused on studious tendencies and smarts. When we don’t excel in the area of education, we may try to hide our grades and avoid talking about schooling with others because we feel bad about this. This would create low self-esteem. On the other hand, if our parents and siblings tell us that grades don’t matter as long as we try our very best, we may not have any problems telling others we failed a test when we studied for hours preparing for it.
How about the influence of the teacher? Suppose it just so happened that the teacher in the small class is much better than the teacher in the large class and this is the reason why the students in the smaller class did well. The 'type of teacher' becomes an intervening variable because it was an important factor that was not initially considered by the researcher. Suppose that there were two different types of books used or two different types of curricula used? Suppose it just so happens that the students in the small class happen to be smarter than those in the large class?
Simple numbers don’t lie and it’s not hard to prove inequality in Americas education system. If your born a shade of color other than pink in this country your chance for a first rate education automatically lessens, even more so if your born poor. I believe its imperative for teachers to leave all their stereotypes at the door of the classroom and try to understand how different social-cultural influences have shaped their students. We don’t all get the same opportunities at home but school should be the great equalizer, where a student’s success isn’t based on factors they can’t control but by the factors they can. Funding for schools in this country is grossly disproportionate to educational needs.