What to Learn from Chinese Pedagogy

After the excellent performance of Shanghai children in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an expert delegation led by British Education Minister Elizabeth Truss visited the city recently to learn from its experience in teaching – and teaching math, in particular.

The local press reported that the visiting delegation was utterly stunned by the Shanghai schools' demonstration. They were particularly impressed with the children's mastery of the multiplication tables, which made mental arithmetic easy for them. Now Britain has even asked to invite 60 Shanghai teachers to teach in Britain.