Academic Supports in Secondary Schools

The inquiry will involve observations of two Chinese classrooms of different grades (11, 12), research of articles examining stress levels and academic success, and observations of after-school programs in order to gauge the available academic support for students in high-stress positions. I will refer to the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results between Canada and China, especially in regards to testing as a reference point for my reflection. I will be focusing on testing such as the Higher Education entrance exam (the Gaokao exam) in China, and Canadian testing equivalents, such as the Education Quality and Accountability Office Assessments (EQAO), the Literacy Exam, the Canadian Achievement Tests (CAT), etc., in order to compare schools in Ontario with those in Chongqing China.

Faculty Supervisor:

Shi Jing Xu

Student:

Partner:

Southwest University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

Program: