Niu's trip to study abroad —— Visit Brighton Campus to learn about British education.

? Quiet is a kind of cultivation, quiet is not impetuous, nor does it fluctuate. I remember reading a collection of essays: "The best state of life is abundance and tranquility. Quiet, because get rid of the temptation of external name buoyancy. Rich, because you have the treasure of the inner spiritual world. " Therefore, silence is to enrich yourself. Not material richness, but inner richness and spiritual richness. On weekends, I have a lot of time to control myself It's sunny outside, without the chilly charm of my hometown, and the warm light shines in the room. Niu Niu is willing to use this quiet time under the eaves of time to think quietly, do something she likes quietly, think in time, reflect in time and summarize in time, thus enriching her life.

? A few months after coming to Britain, Niu Yi visited four schools: Moulsecoomb? Elementary school, Dorothy? Stringer School, Backwood? School, Bhasvic (Brighton Hof and Sussex Sixth Grade College), all of which cover the years of 65438 +0 -65438 +03. Let's sum up the education in Britain. Britain is a country with a long tradition of education. Generally speaking, education is divided into three stages: primary education, secondary education and continuing/higher education. The differences between Chinese and English education systems make it impossible for students of the two countries to correspond in age and academic level.

First, the stage of education in Britain:

1. Primary education

As can be seen from the above figure, students in Britain receive compulsory education at the age of five and primary education at the age of five-1 1. In compulsory education, the public enjoys all free state benefits, including school buses. In addition, a class has one teacher, with a maximum class size of 30, which is different from large class teaching in China.

2. Secondary education

Grade?Six

Year 12, age 16 to 17.

13 years, 17 years old to 18 years old (A2 level examination)

The final grade of grade A2 is only determined by the exam at the end of 13.

Middle schools in Britain are divided into junior high schools and senior high schools, which are also compulsory education. Five years from the seventh year-the first 1 1***. 16- 18 years old is a senior middle school class (or college preparatory class), which is a transitional period from middle school to university. Gcse- general certificate of secondary education refers to the graduation certificate obtained after completing the last two years of secondary education (Year 10, Year 1 1), which is equivalent to the junior high school graduation certificate. A-Level refers to the general senior high school education in Britain, which is recognized by the world as the entrance examination course for British universities. In order to prepare students who intend to enter the university, this course lasts for two years. Students choose at least 4 A-Level subjects for study in the first year, and can focus on at least 3 subjects in the second year. The first year is AS, and the second year is A 2.

3.？ engage in advanced studies

British undergraduate course is three years, and postgraduate course is one year. Compared with domestic universities, it can save 2-3 years. There is not much research in this field, so I will supplement it later.

Second, the school introduction:

1. Backwood School:

A. school profile

The school was founded in 1933, and enrolled domestic and foreign students aged 10- 18. The school covers an area of 50 mu, and there are 100 mu outside the activity area. There are more than 0/00 full-time teachers, more than 60 part-time teachers, 450 students and more than 200 international students from 47 countries and regions, including 45 students from China. The teacher-student ratio is 1: 4. This is a private school. The annual tuition fee is 30,000 pounds plus room and board, and the students who don't stay in school are about 24,000 pounds a year. The school building is an ancient Victorian building with a history of more than 200 years. This library was built by William the Conqueror in 1066. The school adopts the university system to teach, and it is classified by departments.

? Like most traditional boarding schools in Britain, students are led by teachers from Monday to Friday and after dinner. Every Saturday morning, there is a fixed tutor to guide students to finish their homework or review for the exam. All A-level students have to report their studies to private tutors every week, and private tutors supervise all aspects of students' study and life, especially their academic performance. All parents will receive at least two formal evaluation forms and handwritten reports of various courses every semester to evaluate their children's learning at school.

B. Course features

The school implements small class teaching, teachers fix classrooms, and students attend classes in different classrooms according to different courses. Small and warm schools with small classes enable schools to pay attention to every student, which few schools can match. The school has 1 or 2-year GCSE course and 1 or 2-year A-level course, with various subjects, such as A-level law course, political course and GCSE fencing course.

? The school's football is very powerful, and it won the championship in the English school league. The coach plays ball in Madrid. It seems to be an old saying of China: A strong general has no weak soldiers. When will physical education class in China be equipped with such a teacher? Physical education plays a very important role in barkwood school. Courses include football, rugby, cricket and hockey. The school is equipped with four tennis courts, a nine-hole golf course, a riding school, a gymnasium and indoor and outdoor fencing facilities. The school encourages students to take part in at least three sports. There are also many outdoor activities, such as water sports, golf and diving. The school has seven horses for students to learn equestrian and flying lessons, and has its own observatory.

Every student in the school wears a school uniform, but some students wear blue or purple robes outside the school uniform, like Harry Porterie's clothes. It is understood that these students are all A-level students, and these students are personally selected by the principal. At lunch, we saw these students. The school implements a catering system. Because the canteen is small, they eat in different time periods. These top students came to the canteen early and were responsible for the queuing of students. The day we went happened to be the anniversary of England. The school organized commemorative activities, and took this opportunity to carry out patriotic education and mid-term summary, and praised and awarded certificates to students who performed well in all aspects. All the teachers and students attended the meeting. These top students spontaneously organized a meeting at noon and made a clear division of labor. In the afternoon, I saw them politely and orderly guide the students and teachers to their seats! But what surprised me even more was that several students in purple robes were sitting in the center of the rostrum, while those in blue robes were sitting on the front row side of the venue. The headmaster and other leaders can only sit on one side of the podium! When they left, these students in robes were the first to leave, which fully reflected the subjectivity of students. This passage was compiled by Zhou Caizi, and the girl appreciated it directly. )

D. Classroom reflection

Niu listened to a history lesson. The classroom is like Harry Potter's magic school, which is very chic. The teacher started the class with a balloon debate. This class mainly studies three historical figures and designs games to teach them: suppose all three people take a hot air balloon, but the hot air balloon is going to fall, and only one person can survive. Everyone defends himself, why he is the most important and has the right to survive in a sinking balloon. Four students are required to debate in front, except for three historical figures, and the other is the chairman. She is responsible for the overall control of the class, and other students vote according to the speeches of three students. Through such activities, students not only master the learning content, but also have a deeper impression and understanding of the characters. After the activity, the teacher evaluates the students' performance one by one and encourages and affirms each student in time. This class fully mobilized the enthusiasm of students, that is, put forward questions in real situations, integrate them into textbooks, and make boring history and characters come alive. This not only tests the effect of students' reading, but also trains students to study and think with critical thinking. During the whole class, no students are outside the office, and all students can participate in the class. This interesting teaching is still unfinished and memorable.

2.？ Dorothy stringer School

A.？ School profile

? This is a public school with about 1600 students and more than 200 faculty members. Public schools have no tuition fees, including school buses, which are also free. The school has lunch, students need to eat it according to their fingerprints, some students can eat it for free, and the school will apply for a grant according to the students' family conditions. Every student needs to pay for the meal by fingerprint, so that students don't know who has applied for the grant, and it won't hurt their self-esteem. Students have five classes every day, starting at 8: 30 in the morning, and each class is one hour. There are three foreign language classes: Spanish, French and German. The main subjects are: English, mathematics, science, and other subjects require students to choose their own courses. Among them, there are 52 kinds of * * * in physical education class, and a student in physical education class needs to have two classes every week. You can choose more classes in other spare time. In addition to the junior and senior high school courses in China, students' elective courses include music, art, drama, food, product design and so on.

B.？ Course introduction

Let's talk about food again. There are few such classes in schools in China. Schools, teachers, students and parents are all busy with exam-oriented education, and children are rarely allowed to attend such classes. But here, I see a big kitchen, the children are wearing aprons, and everyone is cooking seriously. It is understood that teachers usually tell students the recipes for class one week in advance, so that children can prepare ingredients according to the menu. If there are ingredients that cannot be prepared, the school will prepare them in advance. In this class, standing in the classroom and smelling the fragrance of the room, I forgot that I was in class.

? The other part is product design. There is a picture on PPT, and students can play freely. I saw a boy's work. The template is a model in a magazine. First, the picture should be printed, and then the outline should be embroidered with thread. There is also a sewing machine in the classroom. Students can use the sewing machine to do the next process after embroidery. This course is a bit like China's previous embroidery steps. This course is not good for China's exam results, but I enjoy it very much, and I like the children and learning atmosphere in the classroom. The psychology of children trained in this way is different from that of children who only look at scores. These visited schools, no matter primary school or junior high school, have rich and colorful teaching environment, and the white wall is fully used as the display wall of students' works to stimulate students' thinking. Children should be active and happy when studying in such a relaxed environment.

Finally, talk about drama. The classroom is an auditorium. Students are divided into several places, all of which are solo performances. The teacher walked around the crowd, observing and pointing like a friend. The teacher said that these students were preparing for the GCSE exam, and watching the emotional performance of the children in the plot was infected. If you put what you have learned into practice and then carry it out, it will more or less become your own thing.

Third, reflection and sentiment.

? The following girls are divided into several reflections:

? 1.？ Britain has a unified syllabus, but there is no unified textbook. Most teachers make their own teaching plans and textbooks according to the syllabus. Therefore, there is a lot of room for curriculum development and innovation, and each teacher teaches in a different way. Many "intermediate links" are omitted, and teachers just enjoy the teaching process and impart knowledge to students interestingly. Even if there will be an exam, it won't be ranked like China, and the results will be listed. Only everyone will be given their own results, and there is no comparison of rankings. Without this kind of "comparative" education, children's hearts are relaxed, and all their thoughts are only used for their own learning, which is not so utilitarian and "secular" and applies what they have learned to life.

2.？ Teachers always kneel down to listen to students' voices in class instead of standing there and asking students to raise their heads, so that they can have an equal dialogue with students in an equal posture instead of holding their heads high, which can narrow the distance between them.

? 3.？ Teachers will remember students' names quickly, and both teachers studying in Britain and teachers attending classes can accurately call out students' names, even principals can do this. I remember when I first came to class in England, Teacher Niu kept apologizing because several students' names were not allowed. If a teacher can't remember a student's name, how can he know him?

? 4.？ These schools where Niu goes to class are all in the morning. Strangely, most classes in China will be arranged in the morning as "main subjects" and some irrelevant classes will be arranged in the afternoon. However, this is not the case in English classrooms. From the arrangement of British courses, we can't see the difference between major subjects and minor subjects. Cooking will also be arranged in the morning, and math can also be arranged in the afternoon. Niu asked the school teacher curiously, and the answer was "We should make students understand that all classes are very important." This surprised me. First of all, cooking, fashion design, tailoring, drama and other courses are not the courses of primary and secondary schools in China. The only extra-curricular class in many schools should be physical education class, which is just traditional sports, and there is no room for students to choose. Regardless of gender and grade, it is outdoor physical education class. Or there are other amateur courses, and it is estimated that they have also been seized by the main course. Perhaps this issue is a challenge to all aspects of China.

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5.？ Can see the advantages of each student. These schools will produce outstanding students from Oxford University or Cambridge University. Teachers or principals will talk about it proudly, but they will say that their students are excellent, and each student is different in some ways. Mr. Field of Buckswood Schoold said that schools should provide education suitable for students to prove that every student is excellent. This way of inspiration and encouragement should be better than remembering and punishing.

? 6.？ A good education can make children feel happy and relaxed, throw away the pressure of study and further study, and thus liberate the imprisoned mind. When visiting Mouslecoomb Primary School, there is a special classroom for children to put their ideas into practice. The children had a good time. We have a teacher to go with us. He asks, "What can such a small child learn?" The accompanying explanation teacher said that such classes can stimulate children's interest and exercise their sense of independence. Yes, it is good to cultivate team consciousness or the ability to solve problems alone at such an early age. However, at this stage, our children are sheltered. Without this kind of exercise, it is always worse to train them in adulthood. In addition to teaching students book knowledge, teachers should also teach students the ability to think independently.

Niu has left the teaching staff for many years, but after several months of study, I found that the profession of teacher is not boring, but I look down on it myself. When watching the teachers and colleagues who taught us dance shuttle enthusiastically in the classroom, we seem to find satisfaction and touch as teachers. I hope that every colleague in the teaching team is not only the imparting of knowledge, but also the shaper of noble soul. & lt/& lt； /