Remember when British education first arrived in China, some parents' understanding of British education focused on "etiquette" and "accent", and felt that the help of British education for students was far from life, but with the broadcast of the documentary "Childhood in Other Places", director Zhou Yijun showed people the real British education by visiting a number of British schools: "British education as a whole pursues excellence, believes that social progress depends on the power of elites, and the essence of British education lies in a wide range of interests and hobbies outside the professional curriculum. It is to make students an interesting person, a curious person, and a strong and socially responsible individual. ”
In recent years, parents' interest in British education has gradually deepened, but at the same time, some parents are worried about whether British education is suitable for Chinese students, and whether blind "Westernization" will make students lose their sense of identity with traditional Chinese culture; Another group of parents said that in the current environment of the epidemic, they do not know whether studying abroad is a good choice.
Based on this, some international schools have chosen to cooperate directly with foreign schools to introduce authentic Western education models to China. This year, another century-old British school settled in China, and in cooperation with Shanfeng Education Group, a dual-track school full of Suzhou style was located in Xiangcheng District, Suzhou. It is reported that this Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School will carry out in-depth cooperation with kingston liberal arts schools in the United Kingdom to bring students pure British education.
So, how should British education and traditional education be effectively integrated? How will Kingston develop a British education that is more suitable for Chinese students? The new doctrine takes you through it.
Kingston Liberal Arts School: 700 years of British education
Founded in 1299, kingston liberal arts schools in England are 723 years old. The school was once rated by the Times as "the top five private co-educational schools in the UK", and the "British 100 Schools Ranking" commented on the school: "Kingston Liberal Arts School has always ranked among the top ten co-educational schools in the UK's private full-time schools". According to statistics, about 35% of Kingston graduates receive an Oxbridge acceptance letter each year, and 84% of graduates enter a member school of the Russell University Group in the United Kingdom.
Judging from the daily teaching of Kingston Liberal Arts School, the reasons for these achievements are mainly divided into two aspects:
On the one hand, Kingston Arts and Sciences has a unique seven-core curriculum system, CCA.
Kingston Liberal Arts School CCA Curriculum System
British education aims to help students develop in an all-round way and improve quality education, in this regard, Kingston Liberal Arts School offers nearly 100 kinds of quality education courses, and divides them into seven categories, each course is integrated with kingston liberal arts traditional academic curriculum, the curriculum system is comprehensive and integrated.
On the other hand, complete orientation is another big boost to Kingston Liberal Arts School.
Kingston Liberal Arts School attaches great importance to career planning and further education guidance, set up professional tutors and various life planning courses to help students clarify their thinking, from the middle school period to plan their own life direction, in view of this, Cambridge Oxford, G5 and other world's top school admissions officers will regularly visit Kingston Liberal Arts School.
Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School (Shanfeng Kingston) will carry out in-depth cooperation with Kingston Liberal Arts School, and the two schools will serve as a global academic base for each other, which is also the first time that Kingston Liberal Arts School has "stepped out" of the UK. Kingston will directly introduce the CCA curriculum system, teacher resources, academic resources, and further education guidance team of Kingston Liberal Arts and Sciences School, and the optional teachers of Kingston Liberal Arts school will come directly to Kingston Mountain, and the British professional advancement team will also serve the students of the school and provide one-on-one further guidance.
The establishment of Kingston mountain peak allows students to enjoy a one-to-one Reduction British education in China, but in this case, how to correctly integrate the curriculum resources of Both China and foreign countries and develop their own characteristic courses has become a new problem.
British education vs traditional education, I want it all
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Kingston Liberal Arts CCA courses are introduced directly
International High School special bull sword climbing vine course
In terms of school philosophy, Shanfeng Kingston adheres to the school motto and mission of Kingston Liberal Arts School of "Mechanics and Fun", and on this basis, integrates the characteristics of traditional education, aiming to cultivate "outstanding talents with Chinese roots, international vision and innovative characteristics".
Based on this, Shanfeng Kingston directly introduced the CCA curriculum system of Kingston Liberal Arts school, and on this basis, combined with the training needs of mainland education talents and the age characteristics of students, to build a genealogy of characteristic talents cultivation courses. The course covers a variety of types such as competitive and challenging classes, and aims to comprehensively improve the overall quality of students.
Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School (Shanfeng Kingston) expands the curriculum system
In addition, in order to solve the differences between student needs and individualization, and to help students plan their path to further education, the school offers customized courses and life planning courses.
The life planning course employs a team of professional teachers to guide, implements the "one plan for a lifetime", accurately assists the different planning needs of each student, guides students to choose courses independently from a professional perspective and scientific assessment, and effectively solves the problems of many students and parents who do not have enough understanding of international education, school choice confusion, and confusion about the direction of further education.
Many parents who hope that students can develop comprehensively are worried that the pressure on students' homework is too great, in this regard, Shanfeng Kingston offers customized courses, and students can plan curriculum settings according to their own needs to improve learning efficiency.
From the perspective of the overall curriculum, Shanfeng Kingston attaches great importance to the provision of accurate courses, such as language training courses and cattle sword climbing vine courses.
The school makes full use of the resource advantages of Kingston Liberal Arts schools to promote language learning with an English atmosphere and provide targeted tutoring for students who are studying abroad. Counseling includes the entire process of applying to a famous foreign school, such as pre-test preparation, interview, application operation, etc.
This curriculum has two advantages: First, a comprehensive enough extension course allows each student to find their own potential and development to meet the needs of British education. Second, the establishment of targeted courses will help to effectively improve students' grades, ensure excellent grades while developing in an all-round way, and achieve both quality development and academic performance.
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Double diploma at home and abroad
The professional team built a direct train for further education
If you want to truly make a British education suitable for Chinese students, in addition to the introduction of the curriculum, there are many issues to consider, such as: Can students freely choose the orientation of further education at home and abroad after graduating from high school? Whether students with British education can still participate in the domestic college entrance examination. It is not difficult to find that the peak Kingston is also aware of these problems.
Source: Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School official website
In order to ensure that students can freely choose the orientation of domestic and foreign further education after graduation, Shanfeng Kingston implements domestic and foreign through train management, and students in international course classes can accept domestic courses and participate in domestic college entrance examinations; Domestic college entrance examination students can also apply in the first and second years of high school, transfer to the international curriculum class, and sprint to the first-class overseas schools.
At the same time, Kingston Mountain Peak awards domestic graduation certificates and Kingston Liberal Arts School graduation certificates to graduating students, and implements domestic and foreign double diplomas to ensure that students have different choices.
For further education, Shanfeng Kingston directly introduced the British side of the further education guidance team, and teachers who know more about Oxford, Cambridge and other world famous schools to guide the further education together with Chinese teachers, solving the problems of insufficient understanding of local policies and cultural differences.
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Promote the academic atmosphere with a high-quality campus environment
High-quality hardware levels provide convenient teaching
Research and surveys show that a high-quality campus environment is easier to mobilize students' enthusiasm for learning, create a good learning atmosphere, and high-quality hardware level also provides more convenience for modern teaching.
On June 16th, in order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the outstanding schools in China's international education industry, Hurun Baixue released the "2022 Hurun Baixue • China International School Beautiful Campus Top 20" for the first time this year, Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School (Shanfeng Kingston) won the third place in the country and the first place in Jiangsu Province, and the sister school Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe Bilingual School, also founded by Shanfeng Group, won the first place in the country.
Source: Hurun Baixue official public account
It is reported that Hurun Baixue aims to find a high-standard, high-quality, and distinctive international school campus, mainly to investigate the school's hardware facilities and space feelings, which shows the advantages of Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School in the campus environment.
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Source: Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School official website
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Guarantee the level of teachers
Only in this way can the school be carried out smoothly
To create a successful school, in addition to the high-quality Chinese and foreign foundation, the school itself should also have a high level of teachers, in order to give full play to the advantages of Chinese and foreign resources and smoothly carry out special courses.
Mr. Liu Haisu, the general principal of Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School, was the executive principal of Mingde International System under Tencent Foundation, the vice principal of Shenzhen Mingde Experimental School, and the director of the International Department of Shanghai Jianping Middle School.
Stephen Lehec, President of kingston liberal arts schools, holds an M.A. in Education from Oxford University, is currently studying for a M.A. in Business, Finance, and Economics from Harvard Business School, and holds a double B.A. (Hons) degree in History and English from the University of Southampton.
Vice Principal Qian Chunmei was the Principal of International High School of Suzhou Foreign Chinese School affiliated to Beiwai and the Director of Dulwich College of British International School Suzhou. It is reported that during his tenure in Suzhou Bay, which is affiliated to the North Andy abroad, President Qian Chunmei sent a group of students to Cambridge, Imperial College, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Southern California, the University of California, Berkeley and other world famous universities.
In addition, Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School includes teachers from national and global first-line schools, with a master's degree in the teaching team accounting for up to 80%, and overseas education and teaching experience experts accounting for more than 50%. Among them, there are many teachers from Shanghai Jianping Middle School, Shanghai Gezhi Middle School, Beijing Keystone School and other schools.
Some parents prefer a more open, individual and innovative Western education, and many parents like to respect etiquette and advocate a challenging British education, but under the epidemic, studying abroad is facing many tests, so it is better to let children have more choices.
When some international schools choose to cooperate with foreign high-quality schools to run schools, how to effectively integrate resources and carry out international education that is more suitable for Chinese students has become a problem of more concern. Schools need to take into account curriculum design, teaching staff and other aspects, in order to allow students to enjoy international education at the same time, take into account the solid academic foundation in China, and prepare for the choice of both parties. In addition, after the division of the track, the school should also integrate various resources to help students make a smooth transition with a complete curriculum system and teachers, and ultimately achieve their goals.
We also expect Suzhou Shanfeng Bilingual School to present satisfactory educational results.