中美大学教育的差异.docx

the Differences of University Education BetweenChina and AmericanIntroduction“The American university has been considered as models by the world, although it only has a history of 300 years”,（别敦荣,2012）it has the most excellent universities in the world. Every year tens of thousands of students from all over the world come to American for studying, including a large number of Chinese excellent students. On the contrary, China as an ancient country civilization with over five thousand years, only have several famous universities. This essay aims to study the character of The United States university education and find out the merit of American university. Then take the essence and discard the dregs to improve the quality of our own education.Ⅰ.Comparison between American and Chinese university education1.1 teaching styleIn American, almost all teachers like small-class teaching, they believe that it will let all the students have equal chance to join in class discussions. In addition, they can be fully aware of every student’s ability so that they can make appropriate plan for everyone. In class,teachers by asking questions let students think and image. No matter how students respond if only they have their own Angle and viewpoint,they are just right. Teachers also encourage students to discuss and raise questions which are the sharper the better.However in China, students hardly ever participate in class discussions. The teacher tell them everything about the book, and what they should do is to write it down and remember it. There is another unique phenomenon is that the master pay much attention to good students which result in bad students become even worse while good students become even better. Even studens have question, they are too shy to raise their hands. Respectively speaking, American class is lively while Chinese class is very quiet.1.2 Exam and homework There is no doubt that exam is the most effective and convenient way to check students’ studying c