Western education focuses more on critical thinking and creativity, while Chinese education builds a strong basic knowledge of math and science. In a typical Chinese school, students spend the majority of time doing problems and learning knowledges, and our education system is completely exam based. This also explains why Chinese students tend to do much better in international contests than westerners. On the other hand, western countries such as US, focus much on critical thinking and sports. Their homework consist of projects and presentations.
The culture differences between the East and West
As we know ,there are so many differences between culture of the East and West that I can not list all of their different aspects.I will focus on the differences of diet custom and teaching system.For your better understanding ,I will set examples of China and America.
It is no doubtthat it is a tradition to use chopsticks for Chinese.But people in America prefer to forks and knives.This different result is based on different food they like .Americans choose to eat beefsteak,bread,and salad,while Chinese people choose noodles ,pancakes and rice.What is more,the custom of drinking tea in China and drinking coffee in America are stand out particularly.However,there is a trend that the food in both countries has been mixture.For example,the coffee and bread have introduced to China.The famous KFC is very popular at children.