Comparison of China, Taiwan, Usa Education
Comparisons of Taiwan and China in Respect to Education
Education is huge toss-up in today’s unstoppingly reforming society and workplace atmosphere. China’s educational system has been very distinct in terms of the nature of schooling. That is, due to the nature of large population, the way the education works and demand for higher levels of education has been unprecedented in certain regards. Due to the former and the latter, the competition to entering school of tertiary-education has set a standard that has trickled down through lower levels of education, primarily into Senior High School and Junior High School.
This is the case in other countries as well though. Some say that the competition level into entering a college in India is even higher. Regardless of any claims, education in the United States is also something to be looked at in terms of setting precedents of educational standards that are analyzed, mimicked, and followed throughout the globe. The competition in the US is high as well. However, because of factors different culture values, types of people, government influence, and the bars for education in the US differ.
Even more notably, the country of Taiwan has given rise to a completely new aspect of education as well. Taiwan is a fascinating case study in terms of education. Taiwan is a very small country with a population of 23 million. Put in perspective, the population of Taiwan has that of Shanghai’s. Further, I would like to note that the issue of Taiwan being a part of China and not its own country is not what will be discussed on in this paper, although it does play significance when relating education systems of China and Taiwan. The essential focus here will be based off the differences of educational infrastructures themselves, methodologies of teachers in the classroom, perspectives of students and values of ‘education’.
The nature of a country as a whole has a lot, if not all, to do with an educational system and
Education is huge toss-up in today’s unstoppingly reforming society and workplace atmosphere. China’s educational system has been very distinct in terms of the nature of schooling. That is, due to the nature of large population, the way the education works and demand for higher levels of education has been unprecedented in certain regards. Due to the former and the latter, the competition to entering school of tertiary-education has set a standard that has trickled down through lower levels of education, primarily into Senior High School and Junior High School.
This is the case in other countries as well though. Some say that the competition level into entering a college in India is even higher. Regardless of any claims, education in the United States is also something to be looked at in terms of setting precedents of educational standards that are analyzed, mimicked, and followed throughout the globe. The competition in the US is high as well. However, because of factors different culture values, types of people, government influence, and the bars for education in the US differ.
Even more notably, the country of Taiwan has given rise to a completely new aspect of education as well. Taiwan is a fascinating case study in terms of education. Taiwan is a very small country with a population of 23 million. Put in perspective, the population of Taiwan has that of Shanghai’s. Further, I would like to note that the issue of Taiwan being a part of China and not its own country is not what will be discussed on in this paper, although it does play significance when relating education systems of China and Taiwan. The essential focus here will be based off the differences of educational infrastructures themselves, methodologies of teachers in the classroom, perspectives of students and values of ‘education’.
The nature of a country as a whole has a lot, if not all, to do with an educational system and