in inside we look at education more specifically the United Kingdom versus China both countries were part of an extraordinary television experiment it's called the big test hitting the Chinese way of teaching with the British approach who won cctv's Richard besk holds up the report card Chinese teaching the Chinese teaching methods came as a shock to the class of British school children and the students rebellious response came as a shock to a horrifying British Nation I'm not doing any this I never seen a student like you as the 50 strong class of 13 and 14y olds
showed themselves according to Britain's normally resilient Fleet Street Press to be disrespectful and arrogant as the weeks passed and the big test neared relations between teachers and students mellowed even if the academic regime was unrelenting what is needed for photosynthesis to take place suf uh carbon dioxide carbon dioxide water water and then the sunlight okay you you the Chinese students were gripped by a competitive fervor would the Chinese or British teaching system come out on top the pressure began to tell the English system was but would it deliver so what did the tale of the
the test tell us which system worked best in The Cauldron of the examination Hall when students who'd undergone the Chinese system were tested against those who' continued in the English style and if Chinese school has won the day then that's going to be quite interesting for us I think at bow hunt the Chinese School average Mark for maths 67.74% bow hunt year nine 54.8 there is more bow hunt year nine average Mark for Mandarin 36.467853 Chinese school 58.33% year nine 50 I have to attempt to be gracious and say to Chinese School very very well
done and yeah the inquiry will commence thank you very much and well done and well done so the Chinese system won resoundingly three CH for the teachers him him for the students and teachers there was time for a tearful farewell possibly leaving behind more questions than answers maybe the Chinese way of teaching to some extent kills the students imagination uh freedom of thinking uh critical thinking and uh creativity this was far from a scientific experiment it was reality TV designed to entertain and perhaps to inform a little it did though get us questioning and asking
which is the best system the answer of course is perhaps a little bit of both however as you UK teachers have already discovered once students start questioning ideas to destruction their first challenge is always Authority itself is that a good thing or a bad thing it's for you to decide Richard besk CCTV London
