CHINESE EDUCATION

Aim of Education
Molding of
character

To provide scientific
and technological
knowledge so as to
develop
the
productive
forces
and to meet the
demands of the
socialist cause.
Since education is
the main vehicle
towards
modernizing
science
and
technology,
any
investment
in
education is viewed
as being productive
as it feeds directly
into economics.

Curriculum
All citizens must attend school
for at least nine years, known as
the
nine-year compulsory
education,
which
the
government funds. It includes
six years of primary education,
starting at age six or seven, and
three years of junior secondary
education (middle school) for
ages 12 to 15. Some provinces
may have five years of primary
school but four years for middle
school. After middle school,
there are three years of high
school, which then completes
the secondary education.

In China, most schoolchildren

are taught their first English
lesson at the age of 10. Despite
the early learning of English,
there is widespread criticism of
the teaching and learning of the
language. Schools in China are
evaluated and financed based
on test results. This causes
teaching to be geared towards
the skills tested. Students focus
on rote-memorization (written
and oral repetition) as the main

Discipline
Ethical teachings
stressed
the
importance
of
human
relations
and the family as
the foundation of
society.
Filial
piety,
especially
emphasizing
respect
for
the elderly,
was
considered to be
the most important
virtue.
Chinese equate
age
with
knowledge
and
wisdom,
which
explains
the
tradition
of
respect for the
elderly.
Humbleness
is
the
expected
behavior of a
cultured person.
Humbleness

Teaching Method

Government

was
the
Oral
instruction
and It
of
teaching by example were responsibility
to
the chief methods of government
provide instruction
education.
so that the talented
Students focus on rote- would be able to
memorization (written and enter government
oral repetition) as the main service and thus
perpetuate
the
learning strategy.
moral and ethical
foundation of society
Teaching concepts
In china, teachers usually
stand on a platform and
speak
something
constantly
and
write
keypoints on the black
board. Students in class
always listen to the
teacher carefully, take
notes mechanically and
repeat
reading
or
remembering the content
which the teacher has
taught them even without
thinking. it is easy to see
that this kind of teaching
method is not good for
students creativity

REACTION

In many ways,
education
preceded
philosophy, for
without
education there
would be no
philosophy. But,
philosophy had
become such
an
important
part of Chinese
peoples lives
that
they
formed
a
symbiotic
relationship.
One could not
exist
without
the
other.

learning
strategy.
These
methods, which fit very well with
the Chinese way of learning,
have
been
criticized
as
fundamentally
flawed
by
Western educationalists and
linguists.[37] Furthermore, newly
learned words are seldom put
into use. This arises because
everyone
in
China
communicates
through
Mandarin
and
English
is
perceived to be of little use in
the country. This is further
reinforced through the national
Band 4 examination where 80%
of the test was the writing
component, 20% was devoted
to listening, and speaking was
excluded entirely. According to a
national survey, only half of the
teachers
consider
that
vocabulary should be learned
through
conversation
or
communication. A far smaller
percentage support activities
such as role playing or
vocabulary games.

demonstrates
proper
training
and
education.
Brashness
and
arrogance
just
expose
the
failures of ones
heritage.

Educational stages in China

Typical Age

Education

Levels

Compulsory

18-22

University or college

Varies

No

15-17

Senior high school (middle school)

or
Vocational school

Grades 10-12

No

12-14

Junior middle school

Grades 7-9

Yes

6-11

Primary school

Grades 1-6

Yes

SPARTAN EDUCATION
Aim of Education

Curriculum

Discipline

The purpose of
education was to
produce a well drilled,
physically
psychologically fit; welldisciplined marching
army Military tactics
were given importance
more than other
subjects.

Primary
Education: Pupils
taught at home until
age of seven. After
that they were taken
to the boarding by the
state, abiding laws,
nationalism and
operoseness were the
main aspects of the
curriculum. The
students learned
these subjects till the
age of eighteen.

Strict military type

of discipline.

Military
education: At age of
eighteen Students
were trained the use
of weapons and art of
war, and discipline in
itself. Here, they will
serve the army at
least 20-30 years
before they become

Very organized

Teaching
Method
Mock battles,
Hunting, Actual
combat, Story
telling

Government

Reaction:

Education in Sparta
was typical of old
Greek Education.
The complete
dominance of state
upon individual was
secured through
education. The
government held
the entire control of
education in order
to preserve their
national existence
against several
political threats
around them.

The Spartan Education

for us was good during
that time and it is very
practical. Since
Sparta has rivals and
their security is always
at risk, it is necessary
for them to train
soldier to insure their
safety. We believe
today this type of
education still exists
just like in North
Korea, but it is not
practical anymore.
There may be small
wars on the other part
of the world, still
majority of us now live
in peace. Education
today must not focus
on building an army
but rather focused on
how to improve the
economic status of a

citizens.
Physical
education: Almost
entirely gymnastic
training (Running,
leaping, jumping,
javelin throwing,
boxing military drill,
wrestling, hunting)
Ethical
Education: The young
students listened to
heroic and legendary
stories by their elders.
The elders taught the
students every
possible thing, which
belonged to ethics.
Religious
education: There was
not any tradition or
program for religious
education. The
curriculum focuses on
nationalism and
abidance of laws.

country.