Teaching Philosophies: Western vs. Chinese

What is the Western teacher's primary teaching goal for her students?

• To ensure students achieve the highest scores in their grade.

• To make learning fun and understand students' dreams.

• To assign a lot of challenging homework.

• To correct every mistake immediately and strictly.

What is the Chinese teacher's main objective for his students?

• To encourage creativity and self-expression.

• To ensure students enjoy their learning experience.

• To achieve the highest average English score in the grade.

• To provide minimal homework for student well-being.

How did the Western teacher react when a student received a B+ on their paper?

• She expressed disappointment and urged the student to study harder.

• She praised the student and encouraged them to do even better next time.

• She told the student that a B+ was not good enough.

• She ignored the score and moved on to the next student.

How did the Chinese teacher react when a student received a low score on their paper?

• He calmly discussed areas for improvement with the student.

• He encouraged the student to try harder next time.

• He shamed the student and expressed disbelief at the low score.

• He offered extra help sessions to the student.

When a student struggled to read a word, how did the Western teacher respond?

• She immediately corrected the student and moved on.

• She patiently helped the student by reading the word with them.

• She told the student to read it again until they got it right.

• She assigned extra reading practice as punishment.

How did the Chinese teacher react when a student made a grammar mistake during a sentence construction exercise?

• He calmly explained the correct grammar rule.

• He encouraged the student to think about the rule.

• He became angry, shouted, and threw paper at the student.

• He asked another student to provide the correct answer.

What was the nature of the homework assigned by the Western teacher for the weekend?

• A large number of exercises from various textbooks.

• A single worksheet with a few problems.

• Several essays and sample exam papers.

• No homework, encouraging rest.

What was included in the homework assigned by the Chinese teacher?

• One short essay and a few vocabulary words.

• A single worksheet to be completed by the weekend.

• Writing words multiple times, textbook exercises, workbook exercises, sample papers, and essays.

• Optional assignments for extra credit.

How did the Western teacher respond when a student pointed out a spelling mistake in her material?

• She denied the mistake and blamed the student.

• She became defensive and challenged the student.

• She apologized and immediately corrected the mistake.

• She ignored the student's comment.

How did the Chinese teacher react when a student questioned a sentence structure in his material?

• He calmly explained the correct structure.

• He thanked the student for pointing it out.

• He became defensive and challenged the student to teach the class.

• He asked the student to provide the correct sentence.