East meets west: making the best of two worlds

Yu Morton
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In the past two decades, large numbers of Chinese engineering students have come to the US to pursue graduate studies. These Chinese students brought their drastically different learning styles to America's engineering classrooms and laboratories. Today, Chinese engineers play an important role in American high tech industry. Their success demonstrates that it is possible for students of different cultural background and learning style to excel in America's engineering education system. The bigger question is: can we improve engineering education in both the US and China by learning from each other's success and failure? The author presents his personal observations of the differences between the traditional Chinese education system and the modern American way of teaching and learning and provides his opinions on how to improve engineering education in both countries.
东方与西方相遇:两个世界的完美结合
在过去的二十年里,大量的中国工程专业学生来美国攻读研究生。这些中国学生将他们截然不同的学习方式带到了美国的工程教室和实验室。今天,中国工程师在美国高科技产业中发挥着重要作用。他们的成功表明,不同文化背景和学习方式的学生都有可能在美国的工程教育体系中脱颖而出。更大的问题是:我们能否通过相互学习对方的成功和失败来改善美国和中国的工程教育?作者就中国传统教育体制与美国现代教学方式的差异提出了自己的看法,并就如何改善两国的工程教育提出了自己的看法。
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