Little Soldiers : An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve

作者：LenoraChu

出版社：Harper

副标题：AnAmericanBoy,aChineseSchool,andtheGlobalRacetoAchieve

出版年：2017-9-19

页数：368

定价：USD27.99

装帧：Hardcover

ISBN：9780062367853

内容简介
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In the spirit of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bébé, and The Smartest Kids in the World, a hard-hitting exploration of China’s widely acclaimed yet insular education system—held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence—that raises important questions for the future of American parenting and education.

When students in Shanghai rose to the top of international rankings in 2009, Americans feared that they were being "out-educated" by the rising super power. An American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, Lenora Chu noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. How did the Chinese create their academic super-achievers? Would their little boy benefit from Chinese school?

Chu and her husband decided to enroll three-year-old Rainer in China’s state-run public school system. The results were positive—her son quickly settled down, became fluent in Mandarin, and enjoyed his friends—but she also began to notice troubling new behaviors. Wondering what was happening behind closed classroom doors, she embarked on an exploratory journey, interviewing Chinese parents, teachers and education professors, and following students at all stages of their education.

What she discovered is a military-like education system driven by high-stakes testing, with teachers posting rankings in public, using bribes to reward students who comply, and shaming to isolate those who do not. At the same time, she uncovered a years-long desire by government to alleviate its students’ crushing academic burden and make education friendlier for all. The more she learns, the more she wonders: Are Chinese children—and her son—paying too high a price for their obedience and the promise of future academic prowess? Is there a way to appropriate the excellence of the system but dispense with the bad? What, if anything, could Westerners learn from China’s education journey?

Chu’s eye-opening investigation challenges our assumptions and asks us to consider the true value and purpose of education.

评论 ······

中立的看法，也许在insiders 看来，作者的观点是蜻蜓点水，但不失为一个有益的对照。

说也奇怪这个作者全篇4/5都在吐槽后面话锋一转夸起中国教育来了真是给我一个措手不及 btw这个出版社很nice刚寄了采访请求说话间就把书寄过来了

讲真，作者那副嘴脸，我是不喜欢的。

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