Sheep Happens

Sheephappens

This is me…Andy Clark(a very nice guy)

As a new father… I’ve been thinking.

I’ve been in China for 10 Years…

…teaching on degree programs…

…delivering Teacher Training programs…

…and building acorporate training company.

From the MNC’s in China that we’ve trained…

…we hear the same problems, again & again…

“Our staff are simply not speaking up in meetings”

“Our team lackscreativity”

Our staff are: “too easily distracted”

Our team “lack social skills”(especially our engineers)

“E-mails needmore specifics”

“Presentations fail to generate interest…”

“…often being monotone and lacking body language”

… Our staff have difficulty in understanding the management perspective… or “putting themselves in others shoes”

“…even handshakes fail to generate a feeling of confidence”
“Presentations lack body language”

So what are the Roots?

While every year our phones, computers, cars, music, clothes, weapons, holidays and housing upgrades… Our education system is still fundamentally the same as it was 100 years ago… Why?

Sheephappens

Like sheep, in education we’ve simply followed the previous generations that came before…

But the world has changed…China now has twice as many graduates as the US

China is now the world’s number one English speaking country

Education in China
National Education Budget = RMB 56.2 Billion (2.5% GDP)
Education Index (UNDP) = 81st
Student Numbers:
Primary & Secondary = 217.1 million
University & Vocational = 39.9 million
Teachers = 16.2 million

but population density in many areas…

…means average class sizes of between 60 and 80 students

How do you control a class this size?

“60% of Chinese children suffer corporal punishment”(State Media Report) 2004-12-07

So combine that with this…“Study Pressure and Interpersonal Relationships are causing children most concern” - Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences

And this…83.6% of parents expect their child to rank within the top 15 (of 50) in their class - China Youth and Children’s Research centre

And even this!“It is not only intense study pressure that hurts creativity, but a system of learning that is built largely upon one-way lecturing and rote learning.” - China Education Blog

And it’s no wonder the kids feel the pressure… which sadly contributes to this…

And this…

So what can we do?
A few solutions
1. Change the seating plan & halve class size
2. Change the exam breakdown
3. Next curriculum & teachers resources

1. Change the Seating Plan& Halve the Class Size

These seats and desks are fixed

While these can be moved…

So lets change this…

…to this…

Or even this…

Which would allow:
Greater Interaction
Teamwork & Team Competitions
Discussion & Idea Generation
Group Problem Solving
Teachers to move around the room to help students

Teachers say…
“We could never move the tables! It would be chaos and students would not listen to us, they would just talk to each other!”
…Which is true…
…so at the same time we also need to…

2. Change the Exam Breakdown

Changing the Exam Breakdown…from this… to this…
40% Final Exam
20% Mid-term exam
15% Teamwork project
15% Presentation
10% Homework grades
100% Final Exam

3. Add Next Generation Curriculum & Teachers Resources

Who should be designing our curriculum?
This guy???

Or maybe these guys… ?

To add game dynamics to education, so learning becomes as addictive to kids as this…

and with building valuable teaching resources…

And recording the best teachers…
To share best practices with those all over the country

So What Now?
The China Education Initiative
www.chinaeducationinitiative.org
China Education Blog
www.chinaeducationblog.com
Join your PTA (or start one!)
& Ask your teachers questions!

So hopefully we can make sure that:Sheepdoesn’t happenfor the next generation…

ClarkMorgan Corporate Training
Free Call (in China): 800 820 5501
Outside China: +86 21 5403 5500
www.clarkmorgan.com
E-mail: andy.clark@clarkmorgan.com
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