The Hybrid Tiger: Secrets of the Extraordinary Success of Asian-American Kids [Kindle Edition] Author: Quanyu Huang | Language: English | ISBN:
B00EMX8SQE | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Posts about Download The Book Download The Hybrid Tiger: Secrets of the Extraordinary Success of Asian-American Kids [Kindle Edition] for everyone book 4shared, mediafire, hotfile, and mirror link Why do Asian and Asian-American students consistently perform so well on standardized tests? Why are students of Asian descent disproportionately admitted to America’s top colleges?
This informative and entertainingly written comparison of educational methods in America and China answers these questions and more, while assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each culture’s distinctly different education systems. Education expert Quanyu Huang notes that both Asian and Asian American students excel early on at mastering lesson material and test-taking, whereas many of their non-Asian American peers do not perform as well. The author also points out that American students generally demonstrate far more creativity and independence than students in China, where conformity and rote learning are emphasized. This is evident from the American record of award-winning innovations and discoveries. By contrast, the Chinese educational system has not yet produced a Nobel Prize winner in science.
For Americans to achieve more consistent academic success at primary and secondary grade levels, the author recommends a blend of the virtues inherent in both cultures. He says this is exactly what often gives Asian American students an edge. They have the advantage of an Asian heritage that drives them to succeed and an American culture that teaches them creativity and independent thinking. Above all, Asian families extoll the virtues of education; this attitude is a key component in the success of these students.
Drawing on his own experiences as an immigrant to this country in the 1980s, and as a parent to a son raised in the US, the author concludes by suggesting that Americans rediscover the immigrant attitudes of their ancestors several generations ago. Like Asian immigrants today, they too saw education as a ladder to success in American society. Students anywhere will thrive when their families reinforce the seriousness of education and help children develop the study and discipline habits that ensure academic success.
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- Publisher: Prometheus Books (February 11, 2014)
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- Language: English
- ASIN: B00EMX8SQE
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Author and educator Quanyu Huang recommends blending the Chinese and American education systems.
Early Chinese visitors to American schools were dumbstruck - what Americans called 'classrooms' were actually carnivals! Students cared very little about learning - most were inattentive and uninterested, some disruptive and disrespectful. It was also obvioius that American pupils lagged far behind in achievement, while the adults prattled about meaningless topics such as personal growth, self-esteem, individuality, and creativity. America also sent a delegation to China that same year (1979). They found Chinese schools to be terrifying displays of focus, industry, and capability; everyone set in the same attentive position with their eyes fixed on the teacher, and no one spoke out of turn. Chinese students also spent nearly double the amount of time in class and were assigned many times the amount of homework as their American peers.
Both delegates' predicted that Chinese education would leave America in the dust. Thirty years later, that hasn't proven true and the U.S. is still the global leader in nearly all education-reliant fields. While China has made great economic gains since then, it is not clear that this is primarily attributable to its educational system.
Asian-Americans, despite making up only 4.8% of 2010 U.S. population comprised 17% of Harvard's freshman class, 28% at MIT, 23% at Stanford, 18% at Columbia, 18% at the University of Pennsylvania, 40% at Caltech, and 42% at Berkeley. Similarly, with very few exceptions, Asians and Asian-Americans are overrepresented in nearly every type of master's professional, and doctoral degree programs. They especially dominate in business and engineering.
This book certainly is worth the time reading it. I'm a first generation Chinese-American parent and have a grade school age kid, and I have siblings' in China who have grade school age kids. I grew up in China and got my grade school and college education there, and then attended graduate school here in the USA. Like Prof. Huang, I have firsthand experience with China's education system and then experience of America's education system through our children.
I agree with Prof. Huang's many assessments of the pros and cons of the two education system. However, I think his assessment of some aspects of Chinese education philosophy is idealized. As a product of the Chinese education system, I do enjoy certain skills it helped me to develop, and some positive personality traits I had to develop to cope with the pressure and intense competition. However, 20 years after I've immigrated to the US, I'm also keenly aware of the downside of the Chinese education system and philosophy. Below is a partial list:
1. In retrospect, I hate the lies I've been lead to believe in the area of history and politics. After I left China, I gradually began to realize so much I learned in China about history is biased, untrue, or misleading, and so much I should know is left untouched because the truth is inconvenient to the authority. The foremost goal of education should be to create good citizens for a society. The Chinese system is to create nuts and bolts for an authoritarian machine. As a result, they need good workers and engineers who can build machines but who are incapable of thinking independently regarding social issues or making independent value judgments. Ever read "1984"? It is so much like China when I grew up (in the 1970's and 1980's).
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