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In a unique experiment, five teachers from China take over the education of 50 teenagers in a Hampshire school to see whether the high-ranking Chinese education system can teach us a lesson. Will the harsh regime of long days and strict discipline produce superior students? Or will the clash of two cultures create chaos in the classroom? After four weeks, the Chinese and British systems will go head to head with the whole year group sitting exams to see which teaching style gets the best results. Day one of the experiment proves a shock for everyone, and there are tears when the teenagers discover just how competitive the Chinese teachers expect them to be.
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00:02In a sleepy Hampshire village, battle lines are being drawn.
00:09Five Chinese teachers have come to shake up the British education system.
00:15Discipline is really important. Without discipline, you don't learn well.
00:21British pupils are falling behind in the international race.
00:25Our students' academic achievement is three years ahead of you.
00:30Why?
00:31The Chinese have come to prove that even a high-achieving school has a lot to learn.
00:37Cheers!
00:39We are here to bring you the unique Chinese style of teaching.
00:46Class begins.
00:48Morning, class.
00:49Good morning, teachers.
00:51Everybody can get full marks. Just use your brain.
00:55What brain?
00:57Brand your life.
00:58It's an unforgiving regime, based on high-pressure learning and ruthless competition.
01:04Nian.
01:06Nian.
01:06Nian.
01:07Nian.
01:07X is the size of AB.
01:11I don't get it.
01:13And after four weeks, the students in the Chinese school will be tested against their British counterparts.
01:19As headteacher, I hate to lose.
01:22If we find out that the Chinese method is indeed the best way, I will be absolutely gutted.
01:28Will the long days and strict discipline produce superior students?
01:34Or will the clash of two cultures...
01:37Baby, listen to me!
01:39...create chaos in the classroom?
01:41You embarrass all Boe Hunt students at a school.
01:49Okay, I can see you.
01:52One, two, three!
02:06It's 7 a.m. at Boe Hunt School in Lippook, Hampshire.
02:10And day one of a radical new regime.
02:15For the next month, 50 Year 9 pupils will have their school life turned upside down as Chinese teachers take
02:22over their education.
02:25I know that China's big and a lot of things come from it, but I don't really know much about
02:30the history or anything else like that.
02:32What do I know about China?
02:34I know that everyone, there are lots of people, and they are very clever.
02:38I know that they have, like, 12-hour days, and then they go home and spend, like, five hours on
02:44homework.
02:49Boe Hunt headteacher Neil Stroger runs a successful comprehensive.
02:53But he knows his pupils face an increasingly competitive world.
02:58Chinese students are the people that our children will be having to compete against for jobs in the future.
03:04There's something happening in China, and it's trying to identify, firstly, what that is,
03:09and then, secondly, can that transfer back into the classrooms of this country?
03:20Chinese education is based on authority, discipline, and ruthless competition.
03:25It couldn't be more different from the culture of child-centred learning that has come to dominate British schools.
03:31Now, class begins.
03:33Good afternoon, Miss V.
03:35Sit down, please.
03:37Li Ai-Win teaches English and Chinese in an elite school in Nanjing.
03:42We have high expectations on our students.
03:4790% of them can get A or even A-plus.
03:52So, can the Chinese method work with 50 13- and 14-year-olds here at Boe Hunt?
03:58After four weeks, they will all take an exam in maths, science, and Mandarin.
04:03An independent research body will compare the results with other students in Boe Hunt's Year 9.
04:12First, the kids must look the part and trade in their blazers for Chinese-style tracksuits.
04:18Line one here, line two, line three, line four, five.
04:22Please, be quick.
04:24I don't like it.
04:26If I'm being honest, I don't like it.
04:30Look, they're basically parachutes.
04:38They're now geared up for the crucial start to the Chinese school day.
04:43Listen!
04:45One, two...
04:47It's a bit different from morning assembly.
04:50One, two, three, four.
04:54One, two, three, four.
04:59One.
04:59Leading the routine is science teacher Yang Zhun.
05:03Three, one.
05:04From the province of Shanxi in central China, Miss Yang has also taught in British schools.
05:09But she's a fierce advocate of the Chinese way.
05:12One, two...
05:13I love morning exercise.
05:15When I was a little child, I was one of the leaders.
05:21I always loved those kind of moves with music.
05:27All the people doing the same thing at the same time.
05:30It always reminds us we belong to each other.
05:34We are a member of this team.
05:38This is the first time in the UK for maths teacher Zoe Hylian.
05:42And he's keen to bring the Chinese ethos to his new students.
05:46One exercise is a way to train the collective sense.
05:49We do something together, and we need to do something together properly.
06:09For the teachers and the pupils, this is a voyage into the unknown.
06:13As a head teacher, doing this project is a great risk.
06:17They are going to, I would imagine, be a bit more lively than the Chinese students.
06:23Whether the teachers see that as a direct challenge to their authority, I think that will be a real flashpoint,
06:28potentially.
06:31I think the teachers expect us to all be really, like, like the army, basically.
06:38In China, aren't the children, like, really, really good and well-behaved?
06:42Yeah.
06:42And we're not.
06:43Yeah, it'll be, like, really new for them.
06:47We're probably going to be a bit more of a loud bunch than, you know, they would teach over in
06:52China.
06:53So they probably got their work out for them.
06:59The first shock for British pupils is the size of the class.
07:03In China, it's common to have 50 kids in one room.
07:06In Britain, the maximum is usually 30.
07:09Right, listen.
07:11Shh, listen.
07:12Quiet.
07:13Discipline will be crucial, and Miss Yang wants to lay down some ground rules.
07:18Can you turn around, please?
07:20Turn around, thank you.
07:22In China, the teacher's authority is absolute.
07:26It is a big class, and it's a big room.
07:31I, as one teacher in this room, I cannot do the practicals and discipline you in the same time.
07:37If I see any of you misbehaving, I will separate you immediately.
07:42And I don't have a problem with it.
07:44Your discipline is really important.
07:47Without discipline, you don't learn well.
07:51That's a matter of fact.
07:52Sometimes it annoys other students as well.
07:54It's going to be a long day, and it's only the first day.
07:58Are you still talking while I'm talking?
08:01I'm sorry, Russ.
08:02Now, can you turn around, please?
08:05In China, as long as you're a teacher, you receive that respect automatically, and students do as you told.
08:14We believe in effort, so if you make the effort, you will achieve.
08:21So I'm going to teach you a traditional Chinese way.
08:26Now, Chinese students, they don't tend to waste other people's time.
08:31Now, I would like to introduce this board here.
08:34Okay?
08:35Now, I have only picked Confucius quotes here.
08:38I would like you look at is,
08:41Knowledge makes humble.
08:43Ignorance makes proud.
08:46Think about it.
08:47It's a very deep philosophy.
08:50Yeah?
08:51It's knowledge make you a humble person.
08:54I've forgotten what humble means.
08:55Try your best.
08:56Never be wrong.
08:58So I wish you to look at those things and try to experience those philosophies.
09:04Do you know how cute this is?
09:05This is way better than England.
09:09For the teachers to control the class,
09:11they'll need to win over chatty kids like Sophie.
09:14I think coping in the Chinese way they're going to teach us,
09:19I think I'll find it all right,
09:21but I think I will be tied up at the end of the day
09:23because I think they will actually force you to learn.
09:25So now,
09:27you can leave and enjoy your lunch.
09:30Thanks.
09:30Cheers.
09:34Cheers.
09:37Cheers.
09:41The Chinese school day is a 12-hour marathon.
09:44After the 7 o'clock start,
09:46lunch comes early at 11.30
09:48and there's another meal break in the afternoon.
09:52Because of the early start,
09:54everything seems a bit...
09:56I know it's 11.30 now,
09:58but it seems like it's meant to be lunchtime
09:59because I've been up since, like, half six anyway.
10:03It's quite easy so far.
10:05We haven't really come up with any lessons yet,
10:07but we've met a few people,
10:08we've met all our teachers,
10:10and they seem really nice.
10:15Despite the early start,
10:17best friends Rosie and Angelina are in a party mood.
10:20What is it too hot?
10:21Hot damn.
10:23And I'm bad about that money,
10:24break it down.
10:25Girls, hit your hallelujah.
10:27Girls, hit your hallelujah.
10:29Girls, hit your hallelujah.
10:31Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to ya.
10:33Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to ya.
10:35Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to ya.
10:37Saturday night, are we in the front?
10:39Don't believe me, just watch.
10:46Yeah!
10:53But with seven hours of the school day still to go,
10:56the Chinese teachers know to pace themselves.
11:00Oh, okay.
11:03Hello.
11:06Oh!
11:07Oh!
11:08Yes!
11:11Maths.
11:14It's time for Chinese school to get serious.
11:17Wow.
11:18The first lesson is maths.
11:21Class begins.
11:22In the international league tables,
11:24British schools rank poorly in maths,
11:26lagging behind many European and Asian countries,
11:29especially China.
11:38The gradient of the chord
11:41equals delta Y over delta X, right?
11:44Thirty-four-year-old Zhou Heilian teaches at a prestigious school in Hangzhou in eastern China.
11:50Okay, minus nine equals zero, right?
11:53Because in China, maths is the most important subject.
11:57And you don't have a choice.
11:59You have to learn maths.
12:01Math is the main way to test your intelligence.
12:08Mr. Zhou's class moves through the maths curriculum at breakneck speed.
12:12He even teaches in English to give his students a competitive edge in a global marketplace.
12:17You compare with point A, right?
12:21His dedicated students absorb, understand and memorise information he delivers from the front of the class.
12:34So remember, it's cos of the X equals A over H.
12:39In Bowhunt School, they take a more progressive view.
12:43Kids are separated into classes of different abilities.
12:47Pupils are encouraged to ask questions and discuss their work.
12:51And by British standards, the school achieves excellent results.
12:55Okay, so from there...
12:56Head of maths, Pete Whitworth, reckons his class will match anything the Chinese teachers can produce.
13:01I am confident in the British system.
13:03I'm very confident in my own department,
13:05and that they deliver very, very good lessons.
13:08Equals 4.2 divided by cos 48.
13:12You know, that's because our classes are smaller,
13:15and, you know, they're set, so we can teach to their ability.
13:19Stand on the surface area yet, eh?
13:21So I think in terms of progress, I think students in the British system will probably do better.
13:26I hope they do.
13:28I've got a new job.
13:30In the Bowhunt Science Labs, there's also a very British emphasis on self-discovery.
13:35I will pay only to surface.
13:38We don't tend to show them the practical methods, usually.
13:44Because for a scientist, it's all about trying to find out the method yourself.
13:47And even though we give them some instructions, they still get it wrong anyway.
13:51And that's what science is all about, getting it wrong and then correcting it and finding the way to do
13:55it.
13:55Put your hands up if you successfully manage to get some iron.
13:58Can you put your hands up if that was with the help of Jordan's team?
14:03The Chinese approach to science is very different.
14:12Class begins.
14:19Good afternoon, everybody.
14:22You are blue.
14:24Sit down, please.
14:27OK.
14:28Reverse call reactions.
14:30Excuse me.
14:31You're talking.
14:33Shall we listen?
14:34Shh.
14:35I'm not going to talk until you stop talking.
14:38That's so cute.
14:39She reminds me of my nan.
14:42Miss Yang has 15 years' experience as a teacher in China and the UK, but for this project, she's sticking
14:49rigidly to the Chinese way.
14:50I don't use the science equipment very often.
14:57I deliver the knowledge and I write on board in a very traditional fashion.
15:05Chemically bonded with these copper sulfate molecules.
15:10It's all done in books and papers and note takings.
15:15Because I can go fast, deliver quickly, in a very structured manner.
15:22OK.
15:22Shh.
15:25But for the Chinese method to work, the kids need to pay complete attention.
15:30A tall order for 50 British teenagers.
15:33I kind of find the stricter teacher, the more you want to misbehave kind of thing, because I think it's
15:38quite funny.
15:39I like the feeling of your adrenaline when you, like, push past boundaries and you get in trouble.
15:45I think it's quite...
15:46It kind of gets your adrenaline pumping.
15:48It's quite exciting.
15:50And it's Sophie who gets the first taste of Chinese discipline.
15:54Excuse me.
15:56Hey, excuse me.
15:57You.
15:58Sophie!
15:59Can you please come here?
16:02No, you're going to...
16:03Come here.
16:04You're going to swab, please.
16:05Oh, are you joking?
16:06I didn't do anything.
16:09In Chinese schools, detentions and exclusions are rare.
16:13Most Chinese students won't risk the shame and embarrassment of being singled out by a teacher.
16:18Stop talking.
16:20Shh.
16:21OK.
16:21Now, I would like you to watch this.
16:25Yes, your actions are, in this case, why are you talking?
16:29Keep talking.
16:30Do I have to every time tell you?
16:32Do I have to?
16:34Can you stand there, please?
16:36Stand there.
16:37You're going to take one book?
16:38No.
16:42Right.
16:45So, reactants, in this case, is nitrogen and hydrogen.
16:50Face the war.
16:54I think they try to embarrass you a little bit.
16:56I think they try to make you think that you won't want to do it again because you would have
17:00just got in trouble,
17:01front of the whole class, kind of thing.
17:03but you don't, you don't feel like that.
17:05You feel, you find it funnier.
17:07She could have told me off before, she flipping, I moved me.
17:10Didn't give me much of a warning, did she?
17:12They've got this discipline that probably works in China because everyone does what the teachers say.
17:16But it doesn't work here because no one really cares, everyone just finds it hilarious.
17:22It's turned back to hydrogen-nitrogen as well.
17:25So, what we're going to do is we don't get embarrassed, don't you think, because you know everyone in the
17:29class.
17:31So, I think it's a bit ridiculous.
17:33Can you, can you stay this side, please?
17:36Right, you two stay there for the time being.
17:40It's only 3.30 on the first day, but the kids are already struggling to keep up.
17:48It's going all right so far, I just don't know if I can do, I don't know if I could
17:53do this all the time like people in China do.
17:55They get up so early and they've got so much stuff to do all the time.
18:00I'm tired, I want to go home.
18:04It's time for the other Bowhunt students to head home to their families, game consoles and computers.
18:13But in the Chinese school, there's another meal before heading back to the classroom.
18:23After a long day of lessons, the kids are expected to knuckle down to two hours of self-study.
18:28It's supposed to be a time to revisit what they've learned during the day.
18:32If you haven't finished your homework, then do your homework.
18:36If you have finished, you can read a book.
18:39But please, be quiet.
18:43You know, I actually might have learned something in chemistry.
18:46Is it a smaller?
18:48Sorry!
18:48Kara!
18:49I learned something in chemistry!
18:52Rose, you're covering the whole sheet.
18:54Congratulations, darling!
18:57Nice laugh.
18:59Where you get all?
19:01Are we not allowed to talk?
19:04Don't.
19:07Teenagers in China, they spend most of their time and effort on study.
19:13Even if they are not at school, they are on the way to extra classes, which means that
19:21they seldom have time for their hobbies.
19:25Their life is mostly school life.
19:29But at Bowhunt, Miss Lee is beginning to realise the scale of the task facing her team of Chinese teachers.
19:37Do you think I'm fit?
19:39Most guys do.
19:41Do you?
19:45Let me think.
19:46Yes.
19:47Oh.
19:48Thanks.
19:49Oh.
19:50But, you know, our class has to go on, so maybe I need to be more strict.
19:55No, I think you're a very good teacher, I think we should stay that way.
19:59In my school, when I look at my students in this way, they will follow me, but you don't.
20:08You will say, sorry, miss, and then you do that again.
20:13It's very different.
20:16I need to figure out what to do.
20:20It's seven o'clock, and the end of the first grueling day.
20:28So, that's all your day today, okay?
20:31Bye.
20:32Okay, thank you.
20:34Okay, see you tomorrow.
20:35British kids, they are used to questioning teachers, challenging teachers in many ways.
20:42Chinese students, it's not like that at all.
20:46No.
20:47So, it's a learning curve for both, both parties.
21:05Day two, and the students at the Chinese school are finally out of the classroom.
21:10In Britain, PE is often a chance to let off steam and have some fun.
21:15At just two hours of compulsory PE a week, it's a small part of the curriculum.
21:22In Chinese schools, things are a bit different.
21:26And one line for girls and the boys in one line.
21:31Yeah.
21:38In the 1990s, the communist government of China decided that physical exercise would become central to the national examination system.
21:48Because we focus on study, some students have a health problem.
21:54But parents don't like it.
21:56They don't, they said, why my son should be running quick?
22:00We don't want to be a sportsman.
22:02We just want to go to good university.
22:05So, they don't think about health is very important.
22:08But government force the school to do this.
22:14If you cannot pass PE, you cannot go to a good high school and a good university.
22:21Now, PE is part of the national zhengkau exam, the target for Chinese students at the age of 15.
22:27I just want to explain what is zhengkau.
22:31If you want to go to the good school, in the high school, you have to pass some national exam.
22:37We have running.
22:39For the boys, you will run 1,000 metres.
22:43Go is 800.
22:46Miss Wang will be assisted by Bowhunt PE teacher Anna Hogg to deliver PE, Chinese style.
22:54The kids are all going to be timed, tested and ranked against each other.
22:59The news has not gone down well with everyone.
23:04They're a bit shocked that in China this is compulsory rather than optional.
23:11We do fitness tests, but it's very much ability set.
23:16So, they will run against people that are with a similar ability.
23:20I think it's the idea of having the pressure that they have to pass.
23:24You know, students are scared of failing.
23:28Jo excels in academic subjects, but struggles with PE.
23:34Right, listen.
23:35If your best means... OK, listen to me.
23:38If your best means that you don't get six points,
23:40then you don't get six points, OK?
23:43Don't worry yourself about it.
23:44What you've got to do is you've got to breathe properly.
23:46You can do it.
23:48Yeah, you can do it.
23:50It's a bit, like, disheartening if you're in a class
23:55with people with a lot higher ability than you.
23:58You know, it's kind of like...
24:02It's not really going to help your confidence
24:04if everyone's seeing you
24:06and you're, like, doing the worst in the class.
24:10Right, to get ten points, three minutes, 27.
24:13To pass, four and a half minutes.
24:16Oh, that's cool. That'll do.
24:18Are you ready?
24:22Do your best. Just do your best.
24:26Do not cut the corners.
24:29Alex, less talking, more running.
24:33Today, Miss Wang is testing and ranking all of the 50 kids.
24:37She will then have four weeks to train them
24:39to the fitness levels required to pass the final PE exam.
24:45Come on!
24:47Woo!
24:48Go, I want it!
24:50Go, Harry!
24:52Joe is struggling to keep up the pace.
24:563.16, 3.17. Well done.
24:59Go give your time in.
25:01PE is insanely competitive compared to English PE.
25:05Quick, quick, quick! You can do it!
25:09Most of the boys have finished,
25:11but Joe still has a lap to go.
25:13Come on, Joe!
25:15When you run round the track
25:17and you see that everyone's finished,
25:20you know, you're thinking, like, everyone's going to see...
25:24..like, that you're not really good
25:26and it's kind of, like, a bit maybe embarrassing
25:29or make you upset a bit.
25:39OK, the clock's still ticking.
25:41You're going to make it to the end line.
25:42Good.
25:45Well done! Keep going! Keep going!
25:48I think PE is important.
25:50Your physical health is important.
25:51I think having it to that extent,
25:54like, having it so, like, harshly done, those exams and stuff,
25:57it's a bit, like...
25:59..I didn't sign up for that.
26:00I signed up to, like, you know, get tested academically.
26:05Stephen Hawking wouldn't do very well.
26:07My God, crazy!
26:10Well done, well done, well done.
26:12OK, 313.
26:1310.
26:15Woo!
26:20Nice! Well done!
26:22Joe finally makes it to the end.
26:26Go, guys!
26:31Some of them very good, you see.
26:33Yeah, some of them really, really good.
26:34Yeah, like, 37 or 27, they are.
26:37It's good news for the more sporty types,
26:40but nearly half the class haven't made the grade.
26:46Talk to me.
26:49Is it just because it's hard?
26:53I don't agree with that.
26:54Not everyone did it really easily.
26:55But what you have to be really proud of
26:57is the fact that you finished it.
26:59Are you proud of yourself?
27:02Because you wanted to finish it.
27:03That's what you need to remember.
27:04So if you're not excelling in PE,
27:06I guarantee you will be excelling in another area.
27:09And it would be like that for Harvey, for example.
27:13Katrina?
27:13But maybe they find science more difficult than you
27:16or maths more difficult than you.
27:19Good boy.
27:20Miss Hogg's encouraging style
27:22is in stark contrast
27:23to the more competitive Chinese approach.
27:26OK, hold your head up high,
27:27walk off the asteroid and be proud of yourself.
27:29The main difference between what just happened
27:32and what we do in PE
27:33is that we very much encourage them
27:35to just compete against themselves,
27:39do their best.
27:40But I think when you put them in a setting like that
27:42and they've got certain times to achieve,
27:46I think the pressure builds.
27:47They do start comparing themselves to others
27:49and that's where the tears came from.
27:53The Chinese school is definitely
27:56a lot more competitive than Bohun.
27:59They think you're kind of just rubbish
28:03if you don't do very well
28:05and you're right at the back.
28:26It's halfway through the first week
28:28and Bohun headteacher Neil Stroger
28:30is making his first visit to the Chinese school
28:33to find out how the teachers are getting on.
28:37I hope you can call me in Chinese way.
28:41Zhao Laoshi.
28:43Xiao Wei has the tough task of teaching Chinese
28:46to a bunch of complete beginners.
28:48OK, everybody, Zhao Laoshi.
28:51Zhao Laoshi.
28:52Yes.
28:53She's worked in London
28:54as well as 14 years in China.
28:57So unlike some of her colleagues,
28:59she knows the differences
29:00between British and Chinese kids.
29:03Well, talk to me about
29:04how you're finding the behaviour
29:05and the discipline.
29:07I think the behaviour,
29:08I found some,
29:09I think around five to six of them,
29:12a little bit, you know, naughty, noisy.
29:14In fact, noisy.
29:16I said, you need to stay with me
29:18after the lesson.
29:19What did I do?
29:20Why keep me like this?
29:22Just keep arguing back
29:23and he keep making excuses.
29:26So you're used to them just
29:27in your normal classroom,
29:29there's no noise.
29:31If you're talking,
29:32it's silence or...
29:33I think because we train students
29:35in China from the very beginning.
29:38Sit still, stand still,
29:40you know, straight,
29:41don't do this, don't do that.
29:42But in your experience,
29:43they'll just accept it
29:46because that's what they've been conditioned
29:47to accept.
29:48I think we just say,
29:50I mean, I speak for myself,
29:52we encourage children
29:53to do well at school,
29:54say that it's important
29:55and they'll have more choices.
29:57Yeah, even if they don't work,
29:58they can get money in,
29:59they don't worry about it,
30:00but you know,
30:00in China, you can't get these things.
30:02So they know,
30:02okay, I need to study hard,
30:04I need to work hard
30:05in order to get money
30:06to support my family.
30:07Makes people think
30:08this is my ticket
30:09to get a better life.
30:11Yeah, I agree.
30:12Yeah, totally agree.
30:13For example,
30:13now I think the British government
30:15tried to cut the benefit down.
30:16If they really cut the benefit down,
30:18for the people to go to work,
30:20they might think things in different ways.
30:22If I get better education,
30:24I get better, you know,
30:24I might be able to get this.
30:26No, I understand your argument.
30:27It would be a very brave government
30:29in the UK
30:30that took that approach.
30:31Yeah, yeah, because you have already.
30:33Lovely to talk to you
30:35and I'll see you again.
30:36Good to see you.
30:37I don't believe
30:40that we are somehow
30:42causing our children to fail
30:43by having a welfare state,
30:45but it might be true
30:46that we don't have
30:47the absolute driver
30:49that the Chinese have
30:50to be successful.
31:07Class, big game!
31:11The pupils in Miss Yang's science class
31:13are still not showing
31:14the discipline and drive
31:15she expects.
31:17Stand up, please.
31:18This is a Chinese school.
31:20That's what we do
31:20it the Chinese way.
31:21And once again,
31:23Sophie is getting restless.
31:25Good morning, everybody.
31:27Morning.
31:28Morning.
31:28Morning, bro.
31:29Sit down.
31:33Now, we're going to talk about
31:37refraction of life.
31:38I know refraction.
31:39Now, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
31:40Are we physics or biology?
31:42Shhh, physics.
31:44Okay, can you write down
31:45the title, please?
31:46Do not waste us time.
31:49Who's she talking to?
31:50We're going to finish that.
31:52Right.
31:53Shhh.
31:54There are a few principles
31:56we need to look at
31:58so I don't have much time.
31:59I do not tolerate
32:01such behavior
32:02and that will be dealt with
32:04later on.
32:07You see, this is why
32:08you guys learn less
32:10than the Chinese students learn.
32:12This is why.
32:13Because you see me
32:15you slow the teachers down.
32:17We have to wait
32:19until you stop talking.
32:20You can't say that.
32:21You can't say that.
32:23I'm still waiting.
32:24That's like a massive insult, love.
32:28I'm still waiting.
32:31I have less ability than them.
32:33I'm still waiting.
32:33That's so rude.
32:34That is so rude.
32:38It's not bending away.
32:41It's not bending that direction.
32:43She just said we're dumber
32:45than the Chinese people.
32:46It's true.
32:48It doesn't matter if it's true.
32:49You don't say that to kids.
32:51And it is bending towards
32:53this normal lock.
32:56Why?
32:56I'm not doing it in this.
32:58Who the hell does she think
32:58she is saying that I'm done?
33:00That's not cool.
33:02That's not cool.
33:04That's not cool.
33:05Yeah.
33:07Can I have you stay outside
33:09for a second, please?
33:10Thank you.
33:12Does anybody want to do lock?
33:14Sorry, I didn't do anything.
33:16What have I done?
33:16You didn't do anything.
33:17What have I done?
33:19You can't see it.
33:20What have I done?
33:21No.
33:21You spoke to me.
33:22Oh, damn.
33:25If it wasn't for the social life
33:27and for the friends,
33:28I wouldn't bother with school.
33:30People are always asking you
33:32what do you want to be
33:32when you're older,
33:33and you're not going to know
33:34that at, like, 13 years old.
33:36But if you don't have an education,
33:38you can't really live
33:39because you can't do stuff
33:40without money.
33:42And to get money,
33:42you either kill people
33:44and get their money
33:44or you work.
33:48Sophie, I'm not impressed by you
33:50and I need a little bit of time
33:52to talk to you.
33:53Not now,
33:54but I'm not impressed.
33:55Yesterday, I have had you moved.
33:57Today, a second time.
33:59No, the only reason why
34:00everyone's talking, though,
34:02is why I find your mouth a bit rude.
34:03I'll talk to you later.
34:05Is that okay?
34:06We are also learning.
34:07We are learning
34:08the classroom management skills
34:13because in China,
34:14we don't need to have
34:16a classroom management skills
34:17because everybody is disciplined
34:19by born, by nature,
34:22by families, by the society.
34:25Whereas here,
34:26that is the most challenging part
34:29of teaching.
34:50In the maths classes,
34:53Mr. Zhou is also running into trouble.
34:55That is one over square root of three.
35:00He's teaching at the Chinese pace.
35:02The British students
35:04can't keep up
35:05and they're quickly losing interest.
35:08Corner, stand up.
35:13Now you have a chance.
35:15Everyone quiet.
35:16If you can have,
35:17answer the question.
35:19Okay.
35:20No problem.
35:21Corner,
35:22answer the question.
35:25Can I answer?
35:26No?
35:27Okay.
35:29Go, sit down.
35:30I'll go talk.
35:31I didn't expect
35:32the number of students
35:34like this.
35:36They don't take maths
35:38as serious
35:40as the students in China.
35:46By the time they're 15,
35:48some Chinese students
35:49are doing 11 hours
35:50of maths a week
35:51and are up to three years
35:52ahead of their British counterparts.
35:55Opposite side
35:56divided by hypotenuse.
35:59Okay.
35:59I still don't get it.
36:01I found here
36:02students are not used
36:03to memorizing formulas.
36:06Their labor
36:08are quite behind.
36:10The Chinese students
36:12that makes
36:14your teaching
36:14slow.
36:16What's trigonometry for?
36:17Like, why do we need
36:18to know these things?
36:20Why not?
36:20I don't think
36:21we need it in life.
36:23I think they should be
36:24telling us how to
36:24pay our taxes
36:25and get jobs
36:26and stuff.
36:27Get drunk.
36:28And live.
36:30X is
36:31the size of A, B.
36:34I get what you do
36:36but not why.
36:41Even some of the most
36:42able students
36:43are struggling
36:43with the pace
36:44of the Chinese teaching.
36:46Today we did
36:49trigonometry
36:50which we have never
36:51covered before
36:52and we did it
36:52in like 15 minutes.
36:54He was just moving
36:55on to the next one
36:56because everyone
36:56was talking
36:57so it was like,
36:57oh, they're doing it
36:58by themselves,
36:58I'll just move on.
36:59There's such a wide
37:00range of abilities.
37:02Some people get it
37:04so quickly
37:05and some people
37:05take more time.
37:06He's going over
37:07things so quickly
37:09and not explaining
37:10things properly
37:11and they're new to us
37:12so we're not
37:13understanding them.
37:15The girls have decided
37:17to visit Jay Bremner,
37:18their British maths teacher,
37:20to ask for help.
37:21It's very convenient
37:22that I was doing this
37:23today
37:23so I have it
37:24all ready to go.
37:26Mr Bremner
37:27has his own
37:28Year 9 class
37:29who will be
37:30competing against
37:30the Chinese school
37:31in the exam
37:32to test the two
37:33teaching styles.
37:35Three different
37:36trig ratios,
37:37sin, cos and tan.
37:38I actually write it
37:39with these sort of
37:40little ridges in it
37:41so,
37:41so,
37:43car,
37:44toa.
37:45I get it.
37:46Side opposite
37:47hypotenuse.
37:48Yes.
37:48Oh my God.
37:49Cos is adjacent
37:50to a hypotenuse.
37:51It makes sense.
37:52That sounds like
37:53an ancient African rhyme.
37:54Well,
37:55to a certain degree
37:56it is.
37:57Alright,
37:57I just simply
37:58refer to it
37:59as
38:00Sokotoa.
38:00That makes sense.
38:02We went to see
38:03our normal maths teacher
38:05to ask him about trig
38:06because we didn't
38:07understand any of it
38:08and he said
38:10his class
38:11was taking
38:13a whole week
38:14and another lesson
38:15to learn it.
38:16It appeared that the information
38:17was largely just given
38:19to them
38:19very quickly
38:20all in one go
38:22just with an expectation
38:23that it's there
38:24copy it and do it.
38:25Teaching and learning
38:27and classrooms
38:28have changed so much.
38:30It's not the teacher's
38:31lesson anymore
38:31it is the student's lesson
38:33and if we as teachers
38:34don't develop lessons
38:36tailored to the needs
38:37of our particular groups
38:39it's just going to
38:40fall on deaf ears.
38:41Either the children
38:42will misbehave
38:42the children
38:43won't access it
38:44the children
38:44won't understand it
38:45and you'll just be
38:46talking at them
38:47and they will be
38:47sitting there
38:47waiting for you
38:48to shut up.
38:49Thank you very much.
39:00Rumours that things
39:01may not be going smoothly
39:02in the Chinese school
39:03have reached Mr Strogia.
39:07He's decided to go
39:08on a spying mission.
39:10First stop
39:11Miss Xiao's
39:13Mandarin Chinese lesson.
39:23I think like all
39:24headteachers
39:24I like to drop in
39:25unannounced.
39:27It's the only way
39:27of really getting a sense
39:29of what's going on
39:30in your school.
39:31Please look at a board
39:33and open your mouth
39:35and read.
39:38To the credit
39:39of the students
39:40I thought they responded
39:41well.
39:42It was just
39:44teachers stood
39:45at the front
39:45saying repeat this
39:47which was okay
39:49but it's not
39:52really going
39:53to infuse.
40:03In the science lesson
40:06Mr Strogia witnesses
40:08yet more teaching
40:09from the front.
40:11Now as the concentration
40:14increases
40:14you see
40:15the time taken
40:17decreases.
40:19Can you write it down
40:19please?
40:20So I have been
40:21investigating
40:22how...
40:23In Chinese schools
40:24students are mostly
40:25just given notes
40:26which they're expected
40:27to copy and memorise.
40:29I think Xiao thinks
40:31we're a bit robotic
40:33and we're just
40:34going to absorb
40:35all the information
40:36she gives us
40:37walk away
40:38and get straight A's.
40:39I don't really learn
40:40by just copying
40:41off a board.
40:43Should be
40:43can you see
40:44that's the concentration
40:46She loses
40:46the student's attention
40:48very easily
40:50and start just copying
40:51down each slide
40:52which is
40:54really boring.
40:55like this
40:56I think
40:57she is teaching
40:58it really well
40:58I'm understanding
40:59everything
41:00that she's said
41:02which we don't
41:03normally do
41:03in our bowhunt
41:04lessons
41:04because
41:05yeah
41:07she was teaching
41:08us a lesson
41:08on equilibrium
41:09but neither of us
41:11had understood
41:11it before
41:12and we now
41:13like got it
41:14straight away
41:14because she just
41:15made it make
41:16so much sense.
41:17So talk to me
41:17about science
41:18Luca
41:19talking to the
41:20students is really
41:21interesting
41:22because there are
41:23some of them
41:23who enjoy
41:24the approach
41:25they enjoy
41:26just being told
41:27the information
41:28and they think
41:29that they can
41:30then go away
41:31and just learn it
41:33but I still think
41:34the majority
41:35are saying
41:36that they are
41:37bored
41:37and that they are
41:38not really
41:39understanding
41:40and I think
41:41it's the
41:41difference between
41:42teaching
41:43just content
41:44and teaching
41:45for understanding.
41:47Now shall we
41:48write down the title
41:49first please?
41:52Mr Stroger
41:53is getting
41:54more and more
41:54confident
41:55that Bohunt
41:56will triumph
41:56in the battle
41:57of the teachers.
41:58I mean I have
41:59to put my cards
42:00on the table
42:01I don't want
42:02us to discover
42:03through this
42:04experiment
42:05that a teacher
42:06standing at the
42:07front
42:07and talking
42:08at children
42:09loads of notes
42:11I don't want
42:12that to be
42:13the best way
42:14of teaching
42:14children
42:15because
42:15it just
42:17doesn't sit
42:17right
42:17on any level.
42:23There is
42:24one aspect
42:24of Chinese
42:25education
42:25Mr Stroger
42:26is warming
42:27to.
42:37Morning
42:38exercise
42:38has turned
42:39out to be
42:39a bit
42:39of a hit
42:40with the
42:41kids now
42:42leading the
42:42routine
42:43themselves.
43:04I thought
43:05that's
43:05fantastic
43:06I'd love
43:07to get
43:07all 1600
43:08children
43:09on the field
43:10and do that
43:10I'm not sure
43:11that it's
43:11really good
43:12exercise
43:12but I think
43:13the coming
43:13together
43:14having a bit
43:14of fun
43:15being part
43:15of something
43:16really quite
43:17special
43:17I really
43:18enjoyed that
43:19what's it
43:20like
43:20brilliant
43:21fun
43:21it's like
43:22the brightness
43:22of our day
43:23it's great
43:23it's the best
43:24bit of the
43:25day
43:26so do you
43:26think we
43:26should get
43:27everyone
43:27on the field
43:28yes
43:28and we
43:29should watch
43:29them from
43:29the window
43:30then no one
43:31can laugh
43:40but back in
43:41the classroom
43:42miss yang
43:42is worried
43:43as the first
43:44week of the
43:44experiment is
43:45coming to an
43:46end
43:46she's decided
43:47to give the
43:47class a surprise
43:48physics test
43:49to see if
43:49they're actually
43:50learning anything
43:52I'm giving you
43:53this quick quiz
43:55shh
43:56no talking
43:58you should not
43:59be talking to
44:00each other
44:01do you understand
44:02yes
44:03so how many marks
44:05do we need to pass
44:06just don't worry
44:08about that
44:09for the time
44:09all you need
44:10is to find
44:11the right answers
44:12I think that's
44:13the main thing
44:14yeah
44:24the speed of light
44:25is more
44:3014 year old
44:31Luca is struggling
44:38what did you get
44:39for E
44:55I can quite
44:57easily lose
44:57focus
44:58and then
45:00getting distracted
45:01starts me
45:02distracting
45:03other people
45:04which is
45:05bad
45:21sorry
45:23while the other
45:24students are
45:24finishing
45:25Luca is still
45:26looking for answers
45:28what did you get
45:29for H
45:30when it's just like
45:30something is
45:32referred to as
45:33what did you get
45:34for I
45:36what did you get
45:37for J
45:37then
45:38what did you get
45:38of a day
45:39now if you have
45:41finished
45:42raise your hands
45:43and I will pick up
45:44your paper
45:52the next day
45:54and the results
45:55of the physics test
45:56are in
45:56and they're not good
45:57what have you got
45:58chemistry first
45:59I think biology first
46:01Miss Yang has
46:03approached
46:03Bohunt head of science
46:04Vicky Goff
46:05for a bit of advice
46:06I felt a little bit
46:10heavy hearted
46:11when I see the paper
46:13so I just feel
46:14I need to look
46:15into it again
46:16when I talk
46:18I mean
46:18I feel they're alright
46:19but when I look at
46:20the paper
46:20it's a different story
46:22yeah
46:22sometimes that's the case
46:24yeah
46:24because in the moment
46:25they can tell you
46:26what you've just told
46:27them
46:27easy
46:28yeah
46:28and then like
46:29if you ask them
46:30about it
46:31I don't know
46:31even half an hour later
46:33they're like
46:33what
46:34I don't know
46:36what you're saying
46:36yeah
46:37so sometimes
46:38it's worth sacrificing
46:39the harder concept
46:40just so they understand
46:41the basics
46:42because if they don't
46:43get the basics
46:43they're never going
46:44to understand
46:44they won't get this bit
46:45no
46:45you have BTEC
46:47you have IGC
46:48you have different
46:49syllabus
46:50to suit
46:50different students'
46:51ability
46:52yeah
46:52we don't
46:54yeah
46:55we just
46:56one syllabus
46:57one standard
46:58you survive
47:00or you die
47:01it's up to you
47:02yeah
47:02how's their behaviour
47:03been
47:04there are a few
47:06moments
47:07and there was a bad day
47:08but mainly
47:09I blame myself
47:10not the kids
47:11because I just feel
47:13hmm
47:15I didn't
47:16plan
47:17the lesson well
47:18right yeah
47:19if I gave them
47:20the true knowledge
47:22and the demanding
47:24knowledge
47:24I think
47:25they will respect that
47:26and they want
47:27they want it
47:28they want that way
47:29teacher got
47:30thought or knowledge
47:35poor results
47:37bored kids
47:38and worsening discipline
47:39the Chinese teachers
47:41are struggling
47:41to keep control
47:42of the class
47:43this one
47:46excuse me
47:47which number
47:48is this
47:4917
47:50how to read it
47:51someone breaks a table
47:54someone breaks a table
47:56again
47:57excuse me
47:59you two
48:00I'm showing you
48:02something
48:02and you didn't
48:03show me your manners
48:06with the final exam
48:08just three weeks away
48:09if things don't improve
48:11the Chinese teachers
48:12are facing
48:13certain defeat
48:16no talking
48:17no questions now
48:18no
48:21Miss Yang
48:22has called
48:22an emergency summit
48:23at the house
48:24where the teachers
48:25are staying
48:27my concern
48:28my concern is that
48:28one or two
48:30naughty students
48:31really can slow
48:33your lesson pace
48:34then you know
48:36you planned
48:37what you want to do
48:38but in the end
48:39you may have
48:40only delivered
48:41half of it
48:42for instance
48:42if that's the case
48:43we won't be able
48:44to finish all the
48:45syllabus in time
48:46the biggest challenge
48:47for us now
48:48is to manage
48:49the class
48:50because the students
48:51are very easy
48:52to be distracted
48:53and very chatty
48:55sometimes
48:56I will move
48:57Sophie to the front
48:59you know
48:59she always sits
49:00like this
49:04and every time
49:05I see that
49:06I say
49:06put down your feet
49:08anyway
49:09now look back
49:12in this
49:14culture
49:14maybe
49:14it's okay
49:16to challenge
49:16the authority
49:17it's okay
49:18to speak
49:19to the elder person
49:20or to the teachers
49:22to the authorities
49:23maybe
49:24to the authority
49:25that way
49:26so no one says
49:27how dare you
49:28they always
49:29yeah miss
49:30yes
49:30she's my friend
49:31yes she didn't talk
49:32it's me
49:33it's me
49:33don't blame her
49:34they protect each other
49:36I do not want
49:37to let our
49:38Chinese school down
49:39I don't want
49:40my students
49:40underperforming
49:41too badly
49:42I do not wish
49:44that to happen
49:50it's obvious
49:51the problems
49:51run deep
49:52the teachers
49:53have a radical
49:54solution
49:54total cultural
49:56immersion
49:57three
49:57four
50:00from a traditional
50:01fan dance
50:02based on
50:02martial arts
50:05oh that's
50:06that's graceful
50:07very good
50:08and then you
50:09move one of this
50:10and that's the one
50:11see
50:11to the daily
50:13ritual
50:13of energizing
50:14face massage
50:15and then you're
50:16going to have
50:17up
50:17down
50:18yeah
50:19up
50:20down
50:23one
50:24two
50:25now see
50:27how to make it
50:27with cooking
50:36and craft work
50:37and craft work
50:40it's all designed
50:41to introduce the
50:42children to the
50:43Chinese way of
50:44thinking
50:50Mr. Zhou
50:51has devised a way
50:52to teach the
50:52Chinese values
50:53of patience
50:54and concentration
50:55this is
50:57this is Chinese ring
50:58most of our kids
51:00in China
51:00would do this
51:01when they were young
51:02just as a practice
51:03okay
51:06okay
51:07the objective
51:08is to remove
51:09these nine rings
51:11from this hoop
51:13right
51:14slowly
51:15you need to think
51:16about a pattern
51:17right
51:17this ancient puzzle
51:19takes a minimum
51:20of 341 moves
51:22to solve
51:23let's try
51:23do you need to be on
51:27for three to come off
51:28or does it
51:29it requires a logical
51:30brain
51:31but more importantly
51:32it's a test of
51:33perseverance
51:45he may have
51:46struggled at PE
51:47but Zhou
51:48is the first
51:49to crack the code
51:52two off
51:53see
51:55Zhou you made it
51:56yeah
52:00with Zhou
52:00and the others
52:01trained up
52:02Mr. Zhou
52:03can now roll out
52:03the puzzle
52:04to the whole class
52:07shhh
52:09hello
52:11education is not
52:12always working
52:13sometimes
52:14you have to wait
52:16as a teacher
52:18you have to have
52:19this ability
52:21or techniques
52:21to get them back
52:23this time
52:25we're gonna do
52:26an extra activity
52:28say
52:29Chinese ring
52:31and it was created
52:33by Asian Chinese
52:35maybe a thousand
52:36years ago
52:37okay
52:38and take this
52:39as a small gift
52:40from me
52:41I bought it
52:42from China
52:43and you can keep it
52:45okay
52:45thank you
52:47yeah
52:47you can put
52:48then you slide it
52:49back over
52:49like this
52:50right
52:52you have to grab
52:53them together
52:54put them through
52:55and then you can
52:56take that off
52:57three has to be on
52:59it's Zhou's job
53:00to pass on his
53:01knowledge of the
53:02puzzle to the
53:02others
53:03you have to slide
53:04it up through
53:05the middle
53:06Zhou is good
53:07at puzzles
53:08yeah
53:09that's literally
53:10what I said
53:10that's basically
53:11all I know
53:12that Zhou
53:13is really
53:13he could have
53:14fixed
53:14like
53:14he could do a
53:15room skewed
53:15like 30 seconds
53:19everyone's asking
53:19for me to know
53:20Zhou
53:20I swear
53:21I didn't
53:22do a puzzle
53:23it was kind
53:24of a bit odd
53:25everyone really
53:26wanted to talk
53:27to me
53:28and wanted me
53:28to teach them
53:29it was
53:30it was really
53:30different for me
53:32because that's
53:32never really
53:32happened before
53:33why are you
53:34helping him
53:36in a crowd
53:37I'd probably be
53:38like
53:38just watching
53:39everyone else
53:40do everything
53:41I wouldn't
53:41really be
53:41joining in
53:42that much
53:46after his
53:47nightmare
53:47on the running
53:48track
53:48Zhou
53:49is gaining
53:50confidence
53:53in China
53:54it is more
53:55focused on
53:56you have to
53:57be the best
53:59and you have to
53:59try and
54:00focus to get
54:01to the top
54:01of the class
54:02in like
54:03everything
54:03but in Britain
54:05it's okay
54:05if you're
54:06not the best
54:07at everything
54:09I'm not really
54:09good at PE
54:10but when I knew
54:11the solution
54:12to the Chinese
54:12rings
54:13I picked up
54:14the pattern
54:14really easily
54:15you know
54:16it's not just
54:16everyone's better
54:17than you
54:17and it makes
54:18you feel a lot
54:19more happy
54:20it's just
54:21really good
54:24with the class
54:25engaged in the
54:26challenge
54:26Mr. Zhou
54:27is hopeful
54:28the kids
54:28have turned
54:28a corner
54:30as young
54:32children
54:32they will
54:33make mistakes
54:34so as a
54:36teacher
54:36you have to
54:38be patient
54:38you need
54:40to give
54:41them time
54:42to learn
54:42from this
54:43even sometimes
54:44they cannot
54:45see this
54:45at this
54:46stage
54:47but sometimes
54:48they will
54:48in the future
54:51you solve
54:52this
54:52is that you
54:55hello
54:56take a look
54:57a corner
54:58solve this
54:59successfully
55:02let's give
55:02a big hand
55:06good job
55:08great job
55:09great job
55:09great job
55:18the Chinese teachers
55:20have one more weapon
55:21in their battle
55:22to bring the rowdy
55:23British teenagers
55:24under control
55:25be seated
55:27for today
55:30we will run
55:32election
55:32for class monitors
55:34and vice monitors
55:39in classic
55:40communist style
55:41Chinese classes
55:42are partly run
55:43by student
55:44committees
55:44give it to
55:45Andrew
55:46and then
55:46give it back
55:47to me
55:47with monitors
55:48who control
55:49discipline
55:50and maintain
55:50high standards
55:52we want
55:53the children
55:54to be more
55:55participated
55:55in the class
55:57management
55:59and
56:00since we live
56:01in a competitive
56:02society
56:02we want
56:04more students
56:05to be suitable
56:06for the future
56:07society
56:15now
56:15Bohunt
56:16Chinese school
56:17is electing
56:17its own
56:18student committee
56:19we got one more
56:20for Trishman
56:20yes more
56:21for Trishman
56:22oh you got one
56:23you got one
56:24with one week
56:26of the experiment
56:27gone
56:27the teachers
56:28hope the committee
56:29will bring some
56:29order to the
56:30classroom
56:32we hope
56:33the class
56:34will be run
56:38smoothly
56:38by a class
56:40committee
56:42and this is also
56:43a good way
56:44to make the
56:46students
56:46more prepared
56:48for their future
56:50so the first thing
56:52I need
56:52to tell you
56:53is
56:53everyone
56:54of you
56:55needs to be a
56:56role model
56:56in the class
56:57you need to be
56:58haveware
56:59and try to set
57:01an example
57:01to others
57:02we need to make
57:03sure students
57:04are willing
57:05to learn
57:05and we have
57:06a good environment
57:08for us
57:08to deliver
57:09lessons
57:10could you
57:11set an example
57:13in the classroom
57:14and try to
57:15have impact
57:17on the
57:19your desk
57:20maze
57:20or the
57:20one
57:21in front
57:21of you
57:22or behind
57:22of you
57:23thank you
57:26next time
57:27where are
57:28other people
57:29please
57:29they're not
57:30coming in
57:30because they
57:30don't see
57:31the point
57:31the behaviour
57:32gets worse
57:33I've never
57:34seen a student
57:35like yours
57:36and the teachers
57:37struggle to keep
57:38control
57:39listen
57:40to me
57:41to teacher
57:42the bowhunt
57:43bosses decide
57:44it's time
57:44to step in
57:45I have a
57:46strong feeling
57:47that at the
57:48moment
57:48the Chinese
57:49school
57:50is going
57:51to fail
57:51but is it
57:52too little
57:53too late
57:54for the
57:54Chinese school
57:59to find out
58:01more about
58:01attitudes and
58:02approaches to
58:03education
58:03in the UK
58:04and China
58:04and have
58:05your say
58:06go to
58:07bbc.co.uk
58:08forward slash
58:09Chinese school
58:10and follow the
58:11links to the
58:11Open University
58:17Is there hope
58:18of a brighter
58:19and more
58:19lucrative future
58:20for Britain's
58:21post offices
58:22BBC2
58:23investigates
58:23tomorrow night
58:24at nine
58:25next tonight
58:26it's the
58:27grand final
58:28creating high
58:28fashion
58:29high concept
58:30bridal hair
58:31on BBC2
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