I have studied in Canada almost two years now. Because i studied at a language school and at the BCIT college. I am familier with the eucation in Canada. Also I am a chinese so i am really familier with the education in china as well.  Today I want to compare the three differences of education in Canada and China.

First of all, the size of calsses in Canada and China are different. In Canada, most classes have only 25 students or less. Unlike Canada, Chinese classes usually have an average of 60 people in one class as China has a large population. Thus, chinese classes are two times bigger than canadian classes. 

Next, different culture background makes different expectations on the class. Because of tranditional chinese culture , chinese students must respect their teachers a lot in many ways. For example, learners can't answer teachers' questions freely during the class except when they raise their hands. In other word, if they answer teachers' question one by one loundly without raising hands, it means they donot respect their teachers.  Compared to China, candian classes are totally different from chinese classes. Classmates should ask question whenever they need to, even if they must talk to teachers loundly. That is why most chinese students are shy to talk during the class since they have different education and cultural background than canadina.
 

Finally, teachers have different focus in those two country. Chinese teachers focus on results when their students do the exerises. Teachers must give them all correct answers and let them memorize them later. In contrast to chinese teachers, candian teachers focus on proccess. Teachers in Canada would like teach students how to do the quesiton, not only memorizing answers because study skill is more important than results. Thus, it is really helpful for learner as they can improve their study skill a lot.

In conclusion, each kind of education should fit for the envirment so I cannot give a comment which one is better or worse.  I am really enjoy study in Canada because I am here right now.
 

April 2005