Nama : Syifa Nafisah Zahra
Kelas : 3EB24
NPM : 2A214628
Shanghai is Number One in World Education
Rankings
A global educational
study called PISA (Program for International Assessment )
tests over 500,000 pupils in over 70 countries every three years. The 2010
results showed that pupils in Shanghai are the world’s best in reading
mathematics and science. PISA studies 15 year old and their
abilities in the three fields. The study did not rank China as a whole
but Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macao as separate
countries.
South Korea, Singapore Taiwan and Japan were other Asian nations
that ranked well. In many western countries the
reading score was down. In Europe, Finland still stays
in the number one spot although it is
ranking third overall. Americans are, at best, average,
ranking 17th in reading, 23rd in science and
31st in mathematics.
Why have Asian countries overtaken Europe and America in the
tests? First, they put more focus on
education. Children, parents and teachers know that a good
education is the key to being successful. They are not
tolerant when pupils fail. Asians believe
that if you do hard and succeed in school you will be
successful in your job as well.
Starting at a very early age China teaches its children that you
can only succeed if you are better than the others. They are tested as soon as
they come to school. Only the best can go to college and then get a good job. Examinations
are held very often and lists of students rankings are
posted on the walls of a school. Shanghai students study much
harder than western pupils do and they spend less time on
extracurricular activities or sport. Teachers are
also respected , paid well and highly motivated .
sumber : Google.com