位于利普胡克的博航特中學(xué)擁有1600名學(xué)生,是英國(guó)頂尖的綜合學(xué)校之一,坐落于地段繁華人來(lái)人往的村莊,該中學(xué)啟動(dòng)了一項(xiàng)大膽又激進(jìn)的實(shí)驗(yàn):邀請(qǐng)了五位來(lái)自中國(guó)重點(diǎn)學(xué)校的老師來(lái)教50名13-14歲的九年級(jí)學(xué)生,為期四周。
Why? Simple. British students lag three years behind their Asian counterparts in academic achievement. In maths, they trail behind most of Europe, too。
為什么要這樣做?原因很簡(jiǎn)單。英國(guó)學(xué)生在學(xué)業(yè)成績(jī)上和亞洲學(xué)生相比已經(jīng)落后三年了,在數(shù)學(xué)上,他們也落后于歐洲大部分國(guó)家。
Keenly aware of this, and conscious that its pupils will be competing with the Chinese for jobs in a global market, the school set out to test how its students would fare under the rigour, long hours and rigid discipline of the Chinese education system。
他們不僅強(qiáng)烈意識(shí)到這一點(diǎn),還意識(shí)到他們的學(xué)生將來(lái)要和中國(guó)學(xué)生在國(guó)際市場(chǎng)上競(jìng)爭(zhēng)工作,于是這所學(xué)校打算測(cè)試一下它的學(xué)生會(huì)如何面對(duì)中國(guó)教育方法長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的嚴(yán)格學(xué)習(xí),及對(duì)紀(jì)律的嚴(yán)格要求。
The answer, it seems, is abysmally。
答案似乎不太妙。