Third Parent Meeting at Guan Ai School
David Pho, RCEF’s Communications Consultant, wrote the following article, which was part of our June Newsletter. RCEF helps to organize Parent Meetings at Guan Ai Primary School. This year marked the first time that the school has actively and structurally involved parents in their students’ education. These initiatives allow parents to keep track of their [...]
Talking about Rural Children’s Education
In early June, Sara Lam, RCEF’s Executive Director of Programs, spoke about the Integrative Rural Education Program to around 60 students at Shanxi Agricultural University. The talk was enthusiastically received and many students participated in a lively question and answer session afterwards. The seminar was organized by a student rural volunteer group called Peasant’s Children [...]
Creative Testing: Part 2
In the previous post, I wrote about how RCEF designed special tests in Math, Science, English, Language Arts, and Social Studies for students. Our goal was to measure their skills beyond the textbook. Below are some examples of questions from the Social Studies test. What do you think is the most important of China’s ancient [...]
Creative Testing: Part 1
Historically, education in China has been very exam oriented. In the past, the main goal of many scholars was to pass the imperial exam, which would allow them to become civil servants. Nowadays, schools and teachers have their eyes on the university entrance exams （高考）. This focus on exams starts at first grade, or even [...]
