10/12/2012
Australia and China all are big country on the world, but cause of geographical factor and the economics, these many differences and similarities. Especially in education, there are express in teaching content, education method and learning atmosphere.
Firstly, there are many factors of teaching content in the two countries. The subjects of study in the school are very similar. For example, the high school students need to study biology, history, chemistry and so on courses in the both of the two countries. The subjects of Chinese school is very similar that of Australian.
However, the teaching idea in the content is very different. Chinese education is to solve some interesting knowledge in details, but Australian education is pay attention to widely of knowledge and ability training. For instance, in the high school, Chinese course is study a chapter record next chapter until the book is finished, then they will not be study this subject. And the subject is too hard to explain for the high school students. While as Australian education has each procession that from easy to difficult, it can be make the students are more interested in the subject.
Then, education method is also a factor, the culture is different between Australia and China, in primary school Chinese teachers are not interesting and boring, students cannot play to their imagination and thinking ability. They are according to the teacher’s knowledge to do the homework. Chinese students are famous as “exam”, they are called “exam machine”. However, Australian students are learning in the play, there is often some hands-on chance to experiment. These activities cultivate the students' practical ability, but also to enhance the communication between students, make students in imperceptible in accept the knowledge. In term of friendship, Chinese students have little intimates,