Education isn’t simply about achieving a “higher state of knowledge”; it’s about equipping students with the tools they need to go out into the world and shape it for themselves. Here is a list of how education could improve the world.
Education brings up many environmental topics to students and encourages them to think about the ecosystems around them. Today it is becoming important to be aware of this and education allows us to consume more responsibly and take action for the care of our planet.
Education helps people develop skills.
Schools cover many topics, and as you continue through schools’ programs, more and more subjects open up to you.
Getting an education not only means learning skills like reading and writing, but also means knowing abstract concepts like teamwork, critical thinking and creativity.
Education is a step toward world peace.
Education is a pretty investment. If one extra year of school can produce such benefits, what will the world be like when universal education becomes a reality?
| A．Education lets people take on responsibility |
| B．When you combine these two knowledge areas |
| C．With all the possible topics available for students to learn |
| D．Education helps people keep up with our fast-moving world |
| E．Education’s role in promoting world peace is very important |
| F．Uneducated people, on the other hand, are more likely to be violent toward others |
| G．Students can do a lot to improve their environmental impact at their schools and in their lives |
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【推荐1】In Sweden, many teachers have been putting emphasis (强调) on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice, and devoting less time to tablets, independent online research and keyboarding skills.
The return to more traditional ways of learning is a response to experts questioning whether Sweden’s comprehensive (全面的) digitalised approach to education had led to a fall in basic skills.
Sweden’s minister for schools, Lotta Edholm, is one of the biggest critics (批评者) of the comprehensive acceptance of technology. “Sweden’s students need more textbooks,” he said, “Physical books are important for student learning.”
Although Sweden’s students score above the European average for reading ability, an international assessment of fourth-grade reading levels, the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), showed a drop among Sweden’s children between 2016 and 2021. In 2021, Swedish fourth graders averaged 544 points, a drop from the 555 average in 2016.
This may suggest a growing number of immigrant (移民) students who don’t speak Swedish as their first language, but overuse of screens during school lessons may cause youngsters to fall behind in subjects, education experts say.
The rapid adoption (采用) of digital learning tools also has drawn concern from UNESCO. In a report published in August, UNESCO issued a call for proper use of technology in education. The report calls countries to speed up Internet connections at schools, but at the same time warns that technology in education should be used in a way that never takes the place of in-person, teacher-led instruction.
In the Swedish capital, Stockholm, Liveon Palmer, a third grader at Djurgardsskolan elementary school, agreed with the idea of spending more school hours offline. “I like writing more in school, like on paper, because it just feels better,” he said.
1. According to many teachers in Sweden, how should technology be used?| A．It should be used less in education. |
| B．Digital devices should be better used. |
| C．Teaching equipment should be updated or replaced. |
| D．More importance of it should be attached to education. |
| A．It’s higher than in the past. |
| B．It’s above the world average. |
| C．It tends to fall in recent years. |
| D．It scores the highest in Europe. |
| A．Avoid online safety risks. |
| B．Improve school networking. |
| C．Focus on face-to-face communication. |
| D．Carry on teacher-centered instruction. |
| A．They demand to spend more time offline independently. |
| B．They would use physical books rather than digital tools. |
| C．They would like to study offline when they are at home. |
| D．They prefer to stay offline to maintain healthy relationships. |
【推荐2】We all agree, surely – memorizing poetry is a good thing, and children ought to do it. But people do object. At least, they object to the idea that children should be forced to learn poetry. They tend to be people like Michael Rosen. Rosen has more practical objections to children having to learn poetry by the government’s order. Actually, Rosen is all for learning poetry, “when it feels right”, which is, he says, “one of those vague phrases much hated by people in authority and yet it is at the heart of good teaching”.
He’s onto something about the timing, but that doesn’t mean policymakers are wrong to insist on pupils learning poetry. The problem is that some influential educationists have come to see learning by heart as a waste of time when tomorrow’s adults will want skills more than information.
Let’s come to the most important objectors–children. Their objection tends to come in the least offensive form. It comes in the question: “Why are we doing this?” It’s a worthwhile inquiry. I teach at Sherborne School, where boys do learn poetry; and luckily there’s time in our lessons to answer that question.
Here’s one of the answers I give. There’ll be one time when your good friend is going to introduce you to someone with whom he wants to spend the rest of his life. There’ll be a ceremony to honour this union, and words will be very important. You’re likely to be the one who has to stand up and say, “Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediment…” And when you do that, you’re going to be speaking for everyone in the room. Now, everybody breathes sigh of relief.
Learning poetry and reciting poetry forces us to think of it in this public way. However mysterious and intimate poetry seems, we need to remember it’s something we also share, and offer each other. So take some, and pass it on.
1. What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to?| A．The right timing. |
| B．The poetry with vague phrases. |
| C．The government’s order. |
| D．The natural way to learn poetry. |
| A．To guide children how to recite poetry. |
| B．To instruct children on how to get information. |
| C．To teach students real life skills for the future. |
| D．To force children to obey the government policy. |
| A．consider it offensive | B．take it seriously | C．dismiss it as worthless | D．discuss it after class |
| A．Objective. | B．Supportive. | C．Critical | D．Disapproving. |
【推荐3】Chinese are very generous(慷慨的) in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet (芭蕾) classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable(不合理的) money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents also can see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents fail to realize that today’s children lack(缺乏) self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing(缝纫) and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious(好奇心) and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
1. Parents in China, according to this passage, ____________.| A．are too strict with their children | B．are too rich to educate their children |
| C．are too poor to educate their children | D．have some problems in educating children correctly |
| A．Education is very important to children. |
| B．Today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence. |
| C．Today’s children lack of skills for tests. |
| D．Taking extra-courses is useful for children’s future. |
| A．come from their parents | B．have nothing to do with their education |
| C．may be different from child to child | D．have much to do with their marks in the exams |
| A．learn how to serve their parents | B．learn how to become strong and fat |
| C．learn to work hard and be full of confidence | D．make their parents believe that they are clever |
| A．the parents’ ideas of educating children | B．the country’s education system |
| C．the children’s skills | D．the children’s hobbies |
