Oh, have you ever heard the saying: "If education is prosperous, the country will be prosperous, and if education is strong, the country will be strong." This is true, our country attaches great importance to education. Recently, there was news from Peking University, Professor Qiao Xiaochun, do you know? In an interview, he said that our universities can't even compare with India and Bangladesh, why? Because they have the advantage that the language system is in English, and his teaching materials are all in English! As soon as these words came out, it was like frying the pan, and all kinds of voices came out. We have to think about this matter carefully to see what the mystery is inside.
Professor Qiao Xiaochun, who is a person, entered Peking University in 2005, and is now a professor at the Institute of Population, and also a doctoral student, holding the seal of the executive deputy editor of the journal "Market and Population Analysis", and has friendships with the American Population Association and the Gerontology Society. This guy, who majored in mathematics, later took a big leap forward, jumped to social sciences, read all the way to a doctorate, and then transferred from the National People's Congress to Peking University.
Professor Qiao has his own views on social sciences, and he always feels that our knowledge is too profound, while the Western ones are concise and clear. In this case, we laymen don't dare to mix it indiscriminately, after all, there is a specialization in the art industry. But this time, Professor Qiao's muzzle was aimed at the entire education system, saying that the reason why we can't build a world-class university is because the textbooks are not in English. This sounds like "the moon is a foreign circle", which is a bit confusing.
Having said that, Professor Qiao Xiaochun's remarks are like a cool breeze in summer, which makes people both sober and confused. He pointed out that to measure whether a university is world-class, there are only two hard bars: funding and the number of international students. These two points are really not lacking in our country. But when it comes to the quality of scientific research, we have to lower our heads and acknowledge the gap. Not to mention compared with those old education powers in Europe and the United States, even India and Bangladesh, we have to bow down. Why? Professor Qiao said that people use English textbooks, and they are on the right path from the starting point, and the methodology and principles are internationally accepted.
As soon as these words came out, some people nodded yes, thinking that English, as an international language, can indeed help students connect with the international academic frontier faster; But some people shook their heads and sighed, thinking that this is a kind of cultural inferiority, can't the mother tongue give birth to world-class intellectual achievements?
Professor Qiao Xiaochun's views touch on a sensitive topic: the relationship between language and education. In his view, the choice of language of teaching materials is directly related to the degree of internationalization of education. However, this view has also sparked widespread controversy. For example, Tsinghua University and other universities offer a large number of courses in English, not because of blind worship of English, but because of the scarcity of high-quality Chinese teaching materials. Behind this, it reflects the lack of attention paid by the academic community to the compilation of Chinese teaching materials.
The deeper issue is cultural self-confidence. If even the country's educational authorities do not believe that Chinese can carry advanced academic knowledge, how can the next generation of scholars and students be expected to have confidence in their mother tongue? This vicious circle, like an unsolvable labyrinth, has put education reform in a difficult situation.
However, the wheels of history are rolling forward, and the future of education will not stop at the debate over language. The real challenge is how to break the stereotype and build an inclusive education system. In this system, both Chinese and English can be a bridge to cultivate global citizens, rather than a shackle that restricts development.
Having said that, Professor Qiao Xiaochun's remarks are like a mirror in the education world, reflecting the doubts and uneasiness in our hearts. But as the ancients said: "Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy." "The essence of education is not to improve the language, but to stimulate students' curiosity and cultivate their innovative spirit. When our education is no longer bound by the shackles of language, when every child can fly freely under the nourishment of their mother tongue, and when our universities can embrace the world with an open mind, regardless of color or language, then it will be truly "world-class".
Therefore, let us take a broader view of the future of education. It is not necessary to stick to the form of language, but to cultivate a new generation with a global perspective and local feelings. When that day comes, whether it is Chinese or English, it will no longer be an educational barrier, but a link connecting the world and jointly writing a new chapter of human civilization.
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