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Abstract
Education
has
become
a
symbol
of
the
national
power.
Every
year
a
great
number of students
from all over the world come to American for
studying. On the
contrary, China as an
ancient country civilization with over five
thousand years, only
have
several
famous
universities.
This
paper
aims
to
study
the
difference
of
higher
education between
China and America and find out the merit of
American education.
Then
take
the
essence
and
discard
the
dregs
to
improve
the
quality
of
our
own
education.
Key
words:
Higher Education; Difference;
China; American
Introduction
Higher
education is
an educational
level
that follows a
completion of
a school
providing
a
secondary
education,
such
as
a
high
school,
secondary
school,
or
a
gymnasium.
Higher
education
is
normally
taken
to
include
undergraduate
and
postgraduate education
vocational
education and
training.
Colleges,
universities and
institutes
of
technology
are
the
main
institutions
that
provide
higher
education.
In
many
developed
countries,
a
high
proportion
of
the
population,
now
enter
higher
education at some time in their lives.
Higher education is therefore very important to
national economic, both as a
significant industry in its own right and as a
source of
trained and educated
personnel for the rest of the economy. College
educated workers
command
a
significant
wage
premium
and
are
much
less
likely
to
become
unemployed than less educated workers.
The American university has been
considered as models by the world, although it
only has
a history of 300
years. Every
year thousands of students
from
all over the
world come
to American for studying, including a large number
of Chinese excellent
students.
With
the
development
of
economic,
China
also
attracts
a
lot
of
oversea
students
in
recent
years,
but
there
still
are
many
differences
on
higher
education
between
China
and
America.
As
a
result,
we
should
learn
from
America
and
make
improvement in our education.
I The Differences of Higher Education
between China and America
Firstly, they
are different in teaching methods.
In American, inspiring students is
great important for teaching. In
classroom, teachers will specially put forward
some
inspiring questions for students.
In such a teaching mode, students in
the classroom
have a higher degree of
freedom, and they can be ready to make their own
doubt for
teachers
which
made
the
teaching
atmosphere
lively
and
vivid.
This
method
of
teaching
helps
students
develop
the
ability
of
independent
thinking
and
solving
problem.
However,
China
’
s
higher
education
pays
more
attention
to
the
systematic
study.
When
teaching
the
curriculum,
teachers
should
follow
in
accordance
with
certain teaching programs. Although
students have certain interactive questions, this
kind of questions tend to be
concentrated after the class, rather than in the
classroom.
It
is
the
main
mode
that
class
is
taught
by
teachers
and
students
just
listen
to
the
records. This approach is conductive to
help the students learn systemic knowledge,
and they have less sense of innovation.
Secondly,
they
have
differences
in
the
dependence
of
students.
In
America,
college
students
are
likely
to
be
more
independent
of
their
parents.
Students
often
make decisions by themselves, no matter
on studying and live. 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,
while others fail
and
leave
college
to
find
full-time
jobs.
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.
Thirdly, they have
different targets. In American, every university
has its reasons
to exist, no matter how
small it is. And each university knows what their
target is. For
example,
the
economic
institute
of
Stanford
university
has
three
goals
for
undergraduate. There is no doubt the
number of universities in China is increasing but