Source: PRI's The World Science: "Creativity in Chinese Education"
This segment was adapted from The World Science Podcast 35. Find out more about The World Science Podcast.
This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast takes us into the classroom in China, where a culture of rote memorization has long been favored over independent thinking. As a result, Chinese schools are not graduating innovators, including scientists and engineers, at a pace the government would like. A new kind of school in Beijing is challenging the traditional approach to learning, and China’s Ministry of Education is also trying to move public schools towards a more liberal education. But how successful will the effort be, given that critical thinking is in direct conflict with the ideals of the Communist Party?
The World Science Podcast is a weekly production of The World.
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