Shanghai Foreign Student Children's School Investigation Report
Shanghai Foreign Student School Investigation Report Shanghai Institute of Intellectual Property Research Li Meiyi, the development process As early as the early 1980s, some national consulates in Shanghai and institutions in Shanghai raised the issue of admission of children of foreign nationals in Shanghai. To this end, the Shanghai Municipal Education Bureau issued a "Notice on the Issues of Schools for Children of Consulates in Shanghai and Shanghai-based Institutions in Shanghai" on the one hand, so that these small Chinese children of foreign nationals are open to their students to work in class; In terms of creating conditions to help foreign consulates and enterprises to start small schools, such as helping the US consulate to open a small school in its own hall, through the above measures, it temporarily eased the problem of children of foreign nationals entering school.
With the development of Shanghai's economy and the improvement of the investment environment, foreign-invested enterprises coming to Shanghai have been increasing. By the end of 1992, there were 3,500 foreign-funded enterprises in Shanghai with more than 7,500 resident personnel. The above-mentioned transfer and small children of foreign nationals are far from meeting the needs. To this end, the Municipal Education Office and the relevant parties agreed to propose in 1988 the idea of foreigners coming to Shanghai to start an international school, and to inform the consulates, foreign-funded enterprises and foreign institutions in Shanghai. Less than a year after the US Consulate in Shanghai received the notice, on March 21, 1989, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Government proposed the opening of the school for the children of the consular staff, that is, the requirements of the Shanghai American School. With the approval of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Government, the Shanghai American School was officially registered with the Shanghai Municipal Education Bureau on March 31, 1989, becoming the first school for children of foreign nationals in Shanghai.
After Deng Xiaoping’s speech in the southern tour in 1992, with the determination of the position of “one leading and three centers” in Shanghai, Shanghai’s humanities education environment, economic investment environment, scientific and technological information, policies and regulations, etc., have sufficient conditions. Shanghai’s children’s school for foreigners has thus flourished. In 1993, three new children's schools for foreigners were added: Shanghai Japanese School, Shanghai Yaozhong International School, and Shanghai Middle School International Department.
Shanghai Japanese School is opened by the Shanghai Consulate in Shanghai. The school rents a new supporting small school in the Kangjian area of Xuhui District as a teaching point. The school is opened from the national level to the middle school, and the students are mainly Japanese students. Courses, textbooks, and school calendars are basically the same as those in Japanese schools. Teachers are all sent by the Ministry of Education. In order to solve the growing problem of enrollment, the Ministry of Education of the Ministry of Education provided partial funding, and through the company sponsorship and private fundraising, established independent school buildings and expanded the scale of schooling.
Shanghai Yaozhong International School is run by Hong Kong Yaozhong Education Institute. Rent a kindergarten and a new school in the Xinxia District of Changning District as a teaching place. The grades are from kindergarten to middle school. Students are mostly from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign Chinese. Bilingual teaching is one of the characteristics of the school. The teaching adopts the English school model in Hong Kong. The foreign and local recruiting teachers account for about 50% each. The school is currently the largest and largest foreign children's school in Shanghai.
The International Department of Shanghai Middle School was funded by Sino-US joint venture Daqian Food Forest Co., Ltd., and the Shanghai Middle School opened the venue and the teachers, and jointly launched. The teaching point is located in an independent teaching building in Shanghai Middle School. The grades are junior high school and high school. The teachings are based on the strengths of the countries. In combination with the Chinese excellent selection of foreign excellent editions, the teachers, in addition to hiring a small number of foreign teachers, others All of them are appointed or concurrently employed by Shanghai middle school teachers. School management is also mainly undertaken by Shangzhong.
In 1994, Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation, with the consent of the Shanghai Education Bureau, opened the Shanghai Song Qingling Kindergarten International Department. The school building utilizes some of the classrooms of Soong Ching Ling Kindergarten. In the teaching, the foreign advanced preschool teaching method is adopted. One foreign teacher in each class is equipped with a former kindergarten teacher with academic qualifications, experience and foreign language. In the kindergarten, teachers are regularly rotated to teach in the International Department. It promotes the language learning of teachers in the park, and also provides a good direct opportunity for teachers to learn foreign teaching methods.
By 1994, the scale of the four international schools that had been opened had developed considerably. According to statistics from September 1991, the number of students in Shanghai American School has grown to 334, with 53 faculty members, 176 students from Shanghai Japanese School, 34 faculty members, 254 students at Shanghai Yaozhong International School, and 79 faculty members. There are 67 students in the International Department of Shanghai Middle School and 14 faculty members. The four schools, the scale of running schools, the conditions for running schools, the form and management of schools, have all begun to bear fruit.
In 1995, the German School of Shanghai was founded by the German School Board. Take the temporary borrowing of a level of Building 2 of Longbai Hotel as a teaching point. The school has a grade from kindergarten to elementary school. The teaching is basically in accordance with the domestic requirements of Germany, and the teachers are all foreigners. The number of students enrolled for the first time was 50. At the same time, the enrollment scale of the five international schools previously opened was significantly higher than that of 1994. Among them, there are 473 students in Shanghai American School, 229 students in Shanghai Japanese School, 585 students in Shanghai Yaozhong International School, 108 middle school students in Shanghai International Middle School, and 60 children in Soong Ching Ling Kindergarten International Department of China Welfare Association. At the same time, the French school has submitted an application to the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.
It can be seen from the above that the development process of the children's school for overseas Chinese is: in the 1980s, it was in the stage of brewing and initial development, and in 1989, Shanghai American School was established. There was no major development in the early 1990s, and in the mid-1990s, 93, 94, and 95 years, there was a good momentum of development. In 1993, 3 new international schools were added, and in 1994, another one was added. The total number of students in the five schools has grown to more than 1,500. With the development of Shanghai's reform and opening up situation, international schools have also entered a period of vigorous development.
Second, management methods
In 1993, the Shanghai Municipal Education Bureau and the Municipal Foreign Affairs Office proposed "in Shanghai" based on the "Measures for the Administration of Shanghai Social Forces" and the State Education Commission's "Notice on the Issues of Foreign Institutions or Individuals Running Schools in China" Several opinions on the establishment of an international school." In the opinion, specific suggestions were put forward on the main issues such as the principles and norms of the establishment of international schools, the procedures for reviewing and the management methods, and then the “Administrative Measures for International Schools by Individuals or Individuals in Shanghai” was discussed and adopted. There are a total of 13 measures in this approach, which further regulate and supplement the main issues in the opinions.
Shanghai's practice and legislation have promoted the construction of international school-running practices and regulations across the country. On April 5, 1995, the State Education Commission formally approved and promulgated the Interim Measures for the Administration of the National Education Commission of the People's Republic of China on the Establishment of Schools for Children of Foreign Persons. This method has a total of 20 sections and 32 sections for the trial of international schools. The conditions, the approval process, the direction of running schools, the target of enrollment, the appointment of teachers, venues, funds and other issues have been detailed. It is an important policy basis and standardized archives for the management of international schools.
Third, the characteristics of running a school The characteristics of the six international schools have their own characteristics. American schools, Japanese schools, and German schools have strong domestic characteristics. The International Department of Yaozhong, Shangzhong International Department and Song Qingling Kindergarten are rich in Chinese and Western characteristics. The main types of schools in the future are introduced as examples to introduce the development characteristics of international schools.
1. The management system International School introduces the management system of enterprises and private schools, and implements the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the board of directors. The Municipal Education Commission is mainly responsible for the annual student list and the registration of faculty and staff, but generally does not ask the school for specific teaching and management. At the same time, the Municipal Education Commission will review the newly opened schools in accordance with the Interim Measures for the Administration of Schools for Children of Foreigners. When the school is in trouble with other government departments, the Municipal Education Commission is responsible for coordination.
2. School Policy and Training Objectives The guiding ideology for running an international school is that the school is not a profitable social undertaking, and pursues the social benefits of education rather than economic benefits. To this end, international schools have established an international and future-oriented development direction. The Ministry of International Affairs of China and the United States takes "the essence of advanced human education, absorbs the essence of the culture of the world, teaches the achievements of contemporary science and technology, and cultivates the talents of the 21st century" as the overall goal.
The policy of the Yaozhong Education Institute is: "Expanding the new direction of education, accepting the challenges of the times, pursuing high-quality services; developing self, returning to society, and creating the future." And on this basis, the phased objectives were determined:
1 Infants and young children: on the basis of their physical, spiritual, intelligent, linguistic, emotional and social development, to help them build self-confidence and develop their various abilities and interests, including the concern and trust of people and things. The pursuit of knowledge and mastery of skills.
2 Chinese and National Small: Strengthening the study of subject and knowledge, but at the same time, it is the main goal of cultivating students' creativity, independent thinking ability, communication ability, learning self-respect and self-love, and establishing responsibility.
3. Teaching and curriculum are designed to connect with the academic system of each country. International schools implement bilingual and dual textbook teaching to achieve complementary Chinese and Western courses and multicultural integration.
The Shanghai International Department has broken the original grade division and class-based teaching system, using a combination of group and individual teaching methods. Each student of the International Department has a curriculum of their own. The school is equipped with special teachers according to the different situations of each student and each subject, and teaches students according to their aptitude. In terms of teaching methods, the International Department borrows the essence of American education and integrates the strengths of Chinese education. The main subjects are mathematics, English, etc., and both Chinese and American textbooks are used to strive for better and better learning.
The courses of Yaozhong International School mainly include: English, Mathematics, Chinese, Nature, Geography, History, Fine Arts, Sports, Drama, Music and Dance, Sports, Community Service.
Courses in American schools: English, language arts, sociology, science, mathematics, fine arts, music, Chinese and Chinese culture, sports, etc.
Japanese school curriculum: Mandarin, social, mathematics, science, music, art, technology, home economics, health and sports, English, Chinese.
4. Teacher structure Japanese schools and German schools are mainly local teachers. The Shanghai International Department, Yaozhong, American School, and the International Department of Song Qingling Kindergarten have taught Chinese and foreign teachers with rich teaching experience and professional knowledge.
The Shanghai International Department has stipulated that Chinese and foreign teachers with rich teaching experience and professional skills and qualifications should come to teach at home and abroad. All appointments for teachers are subject to the appointment system. The employment period is based on one academic year and a certain rate of dismissal is maintained every year.
5. Modern teaching facilities and good service management The Shanghai International Department has experimental facilities such as laboratory building, computer room, electrification hall, video hall and library. There are also standard athletics fields, tennis courts, gymnasiums, swimming pools and ice rinks. At the same time, it also provides spacious and comfortable accommodation for some students, and is equipped with full-time counselor management to provide a full range of services for the healthy growth of students.
6. School-family cooperation, research and practice combined with Yaozhong to confirm the important role of the family in the growth of children, the school attaches great importance to the cooperation with the family. In order to establish a variety of communication channels, encourage teachers and parents to cooperate to achieve the purpose of simultaneous education between schools and families. Yaozhong has a teaching and research department, which is led by professionals with doctoral and master's degrees, and promotes educational research, curriculum development, teacher training, and publishing.
Fourth, questions and suggestions
1. Due to historical reasons, Shanghai American School and Shanghai Japanese School are still starting to be consulates in Shanghai. If the two schools are required to determine their own “positioning”, especially for children of foreigners, they will appear. Many problems that are currently unsolvable. The running and enrollment of these schools tend to be open, and the Chinese are happy to send their children to international schools. Is it possible to allow international schools to open to Chinese children in accordance with certain laws? This is a question worthy of further study and exploration.
2. Chinese faculty and staff in the school of children of foreign nationals, their people
With the development of Shanghai's economy and the improvement of the investment environment, foreign-invested enterprises coming to Shanghai have been increasing. By the end of 1992, there were 3,500 foreign-funded enterprises in Shanghai with more than 7,500 resident personnel. The above-mentioned transfer and small children of foreign nationals are far from meeting the needs. To this end, the Municipal Education Office and the relevant parties agreed to propose in 1988 the idea of foreigners coming to Shanghai to start an international school, and to inform the consulates, foreign-funded enterprises and foreign institutions in Shanghai. Less than a year after the US Consulate in Shanghai received the notice, on March 21, 1989, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Government proposed the opening of the school for the children of the consular staff, that is, the requirements of the Shanghai American School. With the approval of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Government, the Shanghai American School was officially registered with the Shanghai Municipal Education Bureau on March 31, 1989, becoming the first school for children of foreign nationals in Shanghai.
After Deng Xiaoping’s speech in the southern tour in 1992, with the determination of the position of “one leading and three centers” in Shanghai, Shanghai’s humanities education environment, economic investment environment, scientific and technological information, policies and regulations, etc., have sufficient conditions. Shanghai’s children’s school for foreigners has thus flourished. In 1993, three new children's schools for foreigners were added: Shanghai Japanese School, Shanghai Yaozhong International School, and Shanghai Middle School International Department.
Shanghai Japanese School is opened by the Shanghai Consulate in Shanghai. The school rents a new supporting small school in the Kangjian area of Xuhui District as a teaching point. The school is opened from the national level to the middle school, and the students are mainly Japanese students. Courses, textbooks, and school calendars are basically the same as those in Japanese schools. Teachers are all sent by the Ministry of Education. In order to solve the growing problem of enrollment, the Ministry of Education of the Ministry of Education provided partial funding, and through the company sponsorship and private fundraising, established independent school buildings and expanded the scale of schooling.
Shanghai Yaozhong International School is run by Hong Kong Yaozhong Education Institute. Rent a kindergarten and a new school in the Xinxia District of Changning District as a teaching place. The grades are from kindergarten to middle school. Students are mostly from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign Chinese. Bilingual teaching is one of the characteristics of the school. The teaching adopts the English school model in Hong Kong. The foreign and local recruiting teachers account for about 50% each. The school is currently the largest and largest foreign children's school in Shanghai.
The International Department of Shanghai Middle School was funded by Sino-US joint venture Daqian Food Forest Co., Ltd., and the Shanghai Middle School opened the venue and the teachers, and jointly launched. The teaching point is located in an independent teaching building in Shanghai Middle School. The grades are junior high school and high school. The teachings are based on the strengths of the countries. In combination with the Chinese excellent selection of foreign excellent editions, the teachers, in addition to hiring a small number of foreign teachers, others All of them are appointed or concurrently employed by Shanghai middle school teachers. School management is also mainly undertaken by Shangzhong.
In 1994, Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation, with the consent of the Shanghai Education Bureau, opened the Shanghai Song Qingling Kindergarten International Department. The school building utilizes some of the classrooms of Soong Ching Ling Kindergarten. In the teaching, the foreign advanced preschool teaching method is adopted. One foreign teacher in each class is equipped with a former kindergarten teacher with academic qualifications, experience and foreign language. In the kindergarten, teachers are regularly rotated to teach in the International Department. It promotes the language learning of teachers in the park, and also provides a good direct opportunity for teachers to learn foreign teaching methods.
By 1994, the scale of the four international schools that had been opened had developed considerably. According to statistics from September 1991, the number of students in Shanghai American School has grown to 334, with 53 faculty members, 176 students from Shanghai Japanese School, 34 faculty members, 254 students at Shanghai Yaozhong International School, and 79 faculty members. There are 67 students in the International Department of Shanghai Middle School and 14 faculty members. The four schools, the scale of running schools, the conditions for running schools, the form and management of schools, have all begun to bear fruit.
In 1995, the German School of Shanghai was founded by the German School Board. Take the temporary borrowing of a level of Building 2 of Longbai Hotel as a teaching point. The school has a grade from kindergarten to elementary school. The teaching is basically in accordance with the domestic requirements of Germany, and the teachers are all foreigners. The number of students enrolled for the first time was 50. At the same time, the enrollment scale of the five international schools previously opened was significantly higher than that of 1994. Among them, there are 473 students in Shanghai American School, 229 students in Shanghai Japanese School, 585 students in Shanghai Yaozhong International School, 108 middle school students in Shanghai International Middle School, and 60 children in Soong Ching Ling Kindergarten International Department of China Welfare Association. At the same time, the French school has submitted an application to the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.
It can be seen from the above that the development process of the children's school for overseas Chinese is: in the 1980s, it was in the stage of brewing and initial development, and in 1989, Shanghai American School was established. There was no major development in the early 1990s, and in the mid-1990s, 93, 94, and 95 years, there was a good momentum of development. In 1993, 3 new international schools were added, and in 1994, another one was added. The total number of students in the five schools has grown to more than 1,500. With the development of Shanghai's reform and opening up situation, international schools have also entered a period of vigorous development.
Second, management methods
In 1993, the Shanghai Municipal Education Bureau and the Municipal Foreign Affairs Office proposed "in Shanghai" based on the "Measures for the Administration of Shanghai Social Forces" and the State Education Commission's "Notice on the Issues of Foreign Institutions or Individuals Running Schools in China" Several opinions on the establishment of an international school." In the opinion, specific suggestions were put forward on the main issues such as the principles and norms of the establishment of international schools, the procedures for reviewing and the management methods, and then the “Administrative Measures for International Schools by Individuals or Individuals in Shanghai” was discussed and adopted. There are a total of 13 measures in this approach, which further regulate and supplement the main issues in the opinions.
Shanghai's practice and legislation have promoted the construction of international school-running practices and regulations across the country. On April 5, 1995, the State Education Commission formally approved and promulgated the Interim Measures for the Administration of the National Education Commission of the People's Republic of China on the Establishment of Schools for Children of Foreign Persons. This method has a total of 20 sections and 32 sections for the trial of international schools. The conditions, the approval process, the direction of running schools, the target of enrollment, the appointment of teachers, venues, funds and other issues have been detailed. It is an important policy basis and standardized archives for the management of international schools.
Third, the characteristics of running a school The characteristics of the six international schools have their own characteristics. American schools, Japanese schools, and German schools have strong domestic characteristics. The International Department of Yaozhong, Shangzhong International Department and Song Qingling Kindergarten are rich in Chinese and Western characteristics. The main types of schools in the future are introduced as examples to introduce the development characteristics of international schools.
1. The management system International School introduces the management system of enterprises and private schools, and implements the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the board of directors. The Municipal Education Commission is mainly responsible for the annual student list and the registration of faculty and staff, but generally does not ask the school for specific teaching and management. At the same time, the Municipal Education Commission will review the newly opened schools in accordance with the Interim Measures for the Administration of Schools for Children of Foreigners. When the school is in trouble with other government departments, the Municipal Education Commission is responsible for coordination.
2. School Policy and Training Objectives The guiding ideology for running an international school is that the school is not a profitable social undertaking, and pursues the social benefits of education rather than economic benefits. To this end, international schools have established an international and future-oriented development direction. The Ministry of International Affairs of China and the United States takes "the essence of advanced human education, absorbs the essence of the culture of the world, teaches the achievements of contemporary science and technology, and cultivates the talents of the 21st century" as the overall goal.
The policy of the Yaozhong Education Institute is: "Expanding the new direction of education, accepting the challenges of the times, pursuing high-quality services; developing self, returning to society, and creating the future." And on this basis, the phased objectives were determined:
1 Infants and young children: on the basis of their physical, spiritual, intelligent, linguistic, emotional and social development, to help them build self-confidence and develop their various abilities and interests, including the concern and trust of people and things. The pursuit of knowledge and mastery of skills.
2 Chinese and National Small: Strengthening the study of subject and knowledge, but at the same time, it is the main goal of cultivating students' creativity, independent thinking ability, communication ability, learning self-respect and self-love, and establishing responsibility.
3. Teaching and curriculum are designed to connect with the academic system of each country. International schools implement bilingual and dual textbook teaching to achieve complementary Chinese and Western courses and multicultural integration.
The Shanghai International Department has broken the original grade division and class-based teaching system, using a combination of group and individual teaching methods. Each student of the International Department has a curriculum of their own. The school is equipped with special teachers according to the different situations of each student and each subject, and teaches students according to their aptitude. In terms of teaching methods, the International Department borrows the essence of American education and integrates the strengths of Chinese education. The main subjects are mathematics, English, etc., and both Chinese and American textbooks are used to strive for better and better learning.
The courses of Yaozhong International School mainly include: English, Mathematics, Chinese, Nature, Geography, History, Fine Arts, Sports, Drama, Music and Dance, Sports, Community Service.
Courses in American schools: English, language arts, sociology, science, mathematics, fine arts, music, Chinese and Chinese culture, sports, etc.
Japanese school curriculum: Mandarin, social, mathematics, science, music, art, technology, home economics, health and sports, English, Chinese.
4. Teacher structure Japanese schools and German schools are mainly local teachers. The Shanghai International Department, Yaozhong, American School, and the International Department of Song Qingling Kindergarten have taught Chinese and foreign teachers with rich teaching experience and professional knowledge.
The Shanghai International Department has stipulated that Chinese and foreign teachers with rich teaching experience and professional skills and qualifications should come to teach at home and abroad. All appointments for teachers are subject to the appointment system. The employment period is based on one academic year and a certain rate of dismissal is maintained every year.
5. Modern teaching facilities and good service management The Shanghai International Department has experimental facilities such as laboratory building, computer room, electrification hall, video hall and library. There are also standard athletics fields, tennis courts, gymnasiums, swimming pools and ice rinks. At the same time, it also provides spacious and comfortable accommodation for some students, and is equipped with full-time counselor management to provide a full range of services for the healthy growth of students.
6. School-family cooperation, research and practice combined with Yaozhong to confirm the important role of the family in the growth of children, the school attaches great importance to the cooperation with the family. In order to establish a variety of communication channels, encourage teachers and parents to cooperate to achieve the purpose of simultaneous education between schools and families. Yaozhong has a teaching and research department, which is led by professionals with doctoral and master's degrees, and promotes educational research, curriculum development, teacher training, and publishing.
Fourth, questions and suggestions
1. Due to historical reasons, Shanghai American School and Shanghai Japanese School are still starting to be consulates in Shanghai. If the two schools are required to determine their own “positioning”, especially for children of foreigners, they will appear. Many problems that are currently unsolvable. The running and enrollment of these schools tend to be open, and the Chinese are happy to send their children to international schools. Is it possible to allow international schools to open to Chinese children in accordance with certain laws? This is a question worthy of further study and exploration.
2. Chinese faculty and staff in the school of children of foreign nationals, their people
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