问答题 3.  The following two excerpts are about a recent BBC documentary program which featured five outstanding Chinese teachers invited to teach in Bohunt School in Hampshire for four weeks. From the excerpts, you can find that the program sparks reflection on Chinese and British education systems.
    Write an article of NO LESS THAN 300 words, in which you should:
    1. summarize the opinions of both sides, and then
    2. express your opinion towards the two educational systems, especially on the complementary role of the Chinese educational system on the Western one.
    Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization, language quality and use of academic conventions. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
    Write your article on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
    Bohunt
    "We need to identify the good things in Chinese education and explore whether that can be transferred back to British schools," said Neil Strowger, Bohunt School's headteacher.
    Jay Bremner, a math teacher of Bohunt, said, "It appears that information was largely just given to them very quickly, all in one go, with just the expectation that it's there, copy it and do it." he argued, "If we as teachers do not develop lessons tailored to the needs of our particular groups, it will fall on deaf ears—either the students will misbehave, the children won't access to it, or the children won't understand it."
    Not long after the program started, students began to act unruly in the classroom. They chatted, made faces and put on makeup. One teenager drove the Chinese teachers mad by bringing a kettle and boiling tea in the middle of a class.
    Chinese side
    Yang Jun (Teacher from north China's Shanxi Province) Discipline is very important; without discipline, you do not learn well. In China we don't need classroom management skills because everyone is disciplined by families and society, whereas here that is the most challenging part of teaching. In most Chinese schools, the classes are big in size, so discipline can keep students quiet and safe in class, and enable them to learn efficiently. Nonetheless, overemphasizing discipline can restrict children's free development, and over time, turn students into passive listeners. What's more, one has to go through hardship, confusion, even frustration in order to truly comprehend a subject. Otherwise, nothing can be achieved. I never give up simply because something is not fun. And this is the most valuable thing I learned from the highly strict, demanding and competitive Chinese education system.
    Wang Bing (A columnist holding a doctoral degree in mental health from Peking University) This reflects a cultural gap. In a culture that emphasizes collectivism, it is important to stay the same as others; while in a culture valuing individualism, it is important to be oneself. The Chinese method of teaching is a product of both the structure of their education system, and, more importantly, the culture of their society... The system is geared to teach students to pass tests, not to question or to challenge. The Chinese system is excellent at what it does: rote learning. Participatory teaching gives students more lasting memory and two-way education has at least three advantages: First, it is less exhausting to students, for they can stop and discuss a problem at any time; second, it makes students and teachers more equal, and hence they are more willing to discuss a problem, and third, asking questions is a learning process for students.
    Xiong Yongchang (Deputy Principal of Beijing 101 Middle School) The class taught by Chinese teachers achieved higher grades because their strict class management and systematic test-oriented teaching. The BBC documentary dramatizes clashes between Chinese teachers and British students, while not reflecting the differences in the two countries' education systems sufficiently. Regardless, the experiment should be viewed in positive light for it is an educational exchange program between China and the United Kingdom and China has been reforming its curriculum and gradually reducing class size and adjusting teaching strategy in the past decade.