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Why the United States is the world's first? Although there are a variety of analysis, there is no complete conclusion, but most agree, one of the important reasons is the creativity of the United States-a continuous flow of creativity. A business official in China once told American colleagues that he was often amazed by America's boundless creativity: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Yutube, TWITTER. Forward-looking people around the world may be speculating on which area will the next Microsoft or Google be in? What kind of change will it bring to the people? What are the opportunities to create wealth for investors? But, for the creation of such an epoch-making company, There is little disagreement: it must have been in America, not in China, not in Europe, not in India. American creativity is one of the main forces and pillars of American leadership worldwide. Ye Xiaodong, a well-known scholar in China and a Chinese university in Hong Kong, came from an exclamation of the creative spirit of the United States, which had been specifically investigated and studied. His research found that there was no essential difference between Chinese and Westerners in the sense of creativity: creative people are often independent in their thoughts and activities, have a rich imagination, are full of curiosity, are willing to take risks and other characteristics.
If there is no difference in the perception of innovation, we naturally expect our young Chinese to be as creative as the young Americans. But the reality is that Chinese students ' creativity has always been considered inferior to those of Western students, especially American students. Why? The cultivation of American creativity begins with education. Education is the foundation of a country's founding. An educational power itself is often a powerful nation. Years of Global University rankings show that American universities occupy the top 20 of the world's universities. Universities in the United States are renowned for their creativity and their ability to cultivate creative talent, not because their college students have excellent Olympiad scores or near-perfect GRE. This is probably the main thing. The founding fathers of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams all made a real contribution to the birth of the United States. But Benjamin Franklin was considered by Americans to be the most prominent representative of the American spirit of innovation, full of creativity of the national character. The reality is that American children grew up listening to the stories of Franklin's inventions.
Franklin was penniless when he was a teenager and ran away from home, but later made a lifelong effort to change society. He founded the first lending library, a university, the first post office and an influential academic community. Franklin's story of flying kites in a storm was widely known to prove that Lightning was the theory of electricity. Franklin's greatest impression on the children was not his contribution to the revolution, but his invention and creation. Don't say "no". The United States has been focusing on children's creative development since kindergarten. A friend of mine in the American kindergarten teacher, she said, in kindergarten, teachers can not say "no" to students, meaning to avoid "negative" education, to be positive education, to encourage the main. For example, if a child is seen standing on a desk, or on a chair, the school advises the teacher not to say "don't Stand on a chair" to the student, but to say "please stand on the floor". emphasis on diversity. If you pay attention, you will often see such books in the American Library: I am different from others, but it doesn't matter. The United States is a country of immigrants, different colors, different cultural backgrounds, different living habits of a group of people gathered together, although the diversity of American culture has been created. However, children have been educated since childhood: I am different from others, but it doesn't matter. To dare to be different from others is to encourage creativity, not unity. The interplay of multiple cultures has itself provided an environment for innovation.
encourage differentiation. This is fully reflected in the American educational system. Most students in the United States do not have a standard answer to their homework and exams, and the purpose of education is to encourage them to think, do their own work, write their own ideas, and produce their own works. This kind of education children may not have the basic knowledge of solid, but is absolutely able to think independently, have their own ideas, dare to challenge the social citizens. People who study for a master's degree in the United States know that they are writing countless papers all the while. The teacher will suggest a few books for you to read, and then choose a point for your thesis writing in favor or criticism. This is obviously no standard answer. You have to express your thoughts. The formation of their own ideas, training independent opinion, even in the postgraduate stage is still the focus of education work. On one occasion, when chatting with a friend of the Foreign Correspondent Center of the State Department, the author mentioned that Asian students were good at physics and international competitions. She immediately retorted, but our students are more creative. High scores may help you get into a good university, but imagine a non-creative top student, the contribution to society how much?
A Creative general college graduate, perhaps the Entrepreneur of the future, will contribute more to society than to wealth and employment, and possibly to a revolutionary improvement in human life. Does Yahoo, Microsoft, and so on, really change the way people work and learn? Encourage debate. The truth may be born in the debate. Most American students are good at expressing themselves, and they are related to education and training from childhood. In American schools, students are encouraged to debate on different points of view. I remember when I was studying in college, a teacher from the United States taught US politics, he had no textbooks, no teaching materials, and we divided our classes into three groups: Group A and Group B held debates on one view, the other, and Group C was the referee group.
Every class, the teacher will be assigned to work, that is, the first two groups to be full of reading, prepare sufficient arguments, to give full consideration, waiting for the next class to debate. The referee Group is to be aware of two different viewpoints and to judge the arguments and justifications provided by both parties. In the course of preparation and debate, we are full of interest, not knowing that the subject of the debate has been fully understood. The final summary of the teacher is the finishing touches, to help students learn more about the topic of debate or different schools of thought. That was one of my favorite classes at college. Because we have to debate in English, those lessons not only let us learn knowledge, develop their own cognition, form their own views, but also exercise their own English. Imagine, who doesn't want to be the winner of the debate? In order to become a winner, you must be fully prepared, you must improve your ability to express, excellent is the way to exercise it.
There is a famous saying in Harvard: "The real purpose of education is to let people constantly ask questions and think about problems." "Education is about nurturing people who think and innovate. Memory and high scores are not the aim of education.
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