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    Western teaching methods expand young minds

    By Wang Yuke | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-11 15:55

    Western teaching methods expand young minds

    Michele Reich from the University of Pennsylvania observes students at work at Tianjin University Kindergarten.[Photo/China Daily]

    Dressed warmly and clutching drawing boards, a dozen young boys and girls are scattered throughout the kindergarten's yard staring intently at the trees. After much contemplation the children draw furiously on their boards, making a visual document of the scene before them.

    The students of Tianjin University Kindergarten are taking a science class.

    Science is not part of the teaching curriculum in most Chinese kindergartens, but Tianjin University Kindergarten has introduced a program designed by the United States Ace Academy to foster critical thinking and encourage learning through first-hand experience.

    Michele Reich from the University of Pennsylvania recently held the first outdoor demonstration class. She assigned the children the task of observing the trees and drawing what they saw. The children had to consider the tree closely, looking at the branches, leaves and fruits, its height and its shape.

    "Please draw only what you see and don't add your imagination," Reich reiterated.

    The children fanned out to their assigned tree, observed and exchanged ideas with their classmates. Reich moved between the students, giving instructions to each group and encouraging the children to look at the trees in different ways.

    "You can touch the trunk," she told the students. "How does it feel?"

    "It's smooth," said one group, while another described it as "parched and tough". The children considered all details, even the tiny black spots on the trunks.

    "Kids' creativity is quite developed in China as teachers here commit considerable time and energy to it. But Chinese kids have a lot of room to shape a science brain which means discerning details and reaching the truth through contemplation," Reich says. According to Reich, a scientist's success lies in acute observation, and solving a problem based on what is perceived.

    Chelsea Bailey, a PhD in Early Childhood Education at New York University who works as an education advisor, says Chinese children lack critical thinking.

    Western teaching methods expand young minds

    Western teaching methods expand young minds


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