内容简介

《中国教育:改革与创新(英文)》：中国基本情况丛书(当代卷)

图书目录

Preface Chapter I Past and Present Chapter II Elementary Education Preschool Education Compulsory Education Special Education Chapter III Vocational Education Development of Vocational Education Varieties of Vocational Education School System and Administrative System for Vocational Education Curricula and Teaching for Vocational Education Chapter IV Higher Education Development of Higher Education School System and Administrative System For Higher Education Higher Education's Enrollment System and System of Job Assignment for Graduates Curricula and Learning Speciality and Course Reforms Scientific Researches Public Service System Graduate Education and Academic Degrees System Chapter V Adult Education Development of Adult Education Literacy Education Higher Education for Adults Chapter VI Education for Ethnic Minorities Education for Ethnic Minority People(EEMP) Administrative System and Forms of Education for Ethnic Minority People Teacher Education for Ethnic Minority People Special Policies for Ethnic Minority Education Chapter Ⅶ Modern Distance Education Development of Modern Distance Education Ways of Providing Distance Education Modern Distance Education Enters Traditional Education Domain Chapter VIII Teacher Education and Teachers Teacher Education Teachers Chapter IX International Exchangesand Cooperation Studying Abroad Education for Foreign Students External Chinese-Language Teaching Other Exchanges and Cooperation Chapter X Education Funding System Chapter XI Study of Education as a Science Educational Research in China Research Institutes and Researchers Establishment of Disciplines Research Results Concluding Remarks

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My son is 19 years old and attends college now. His schooling can perhaps show how China's young generation is being educated. Like most children in cities, my son entered kindergarten when he was 2.5 years old. Since the kindergarten is fairly distant from home, a year later, day care became "complete care" -my son came home for weekends only. At the kindergarten, the children mainly played and did games. When the kids were five to six years old, the teachers began teaching simple arithmetics and Chinese language pinyin (alphabetic system of writing). As a result, children having attended a kindergarten would have a comparatively easy time when they take grade-one courses in a primary school. Children are required to attend schools close at home. My son spent six years in a primary school in the hutong (alley) where we live. Math and Chinese were the major courses. Other courses were English, nature, drawing, music and physical culture. After graduation from the primary school, he entered a middle school attached to a college. It is a good school. But his strong interest in the computer, cartoons, pop music, cars and sports attracted his attention from more academic courses, and his academic record was not impressive. Upon graduation from junior middle school, he applied to both a regular senior middle school and a vocational senior middle school for further studies. My train of thoughts ran as follows: If he was enrolled by a regular senior middle school, he could go on to a college, and that would be the best of prospects.