[Explanation] At present, the new crown epidemic has not yet dissipated, and overseas Chinese education is still facing many difficulties.
Many heads of overseas Chinese schools told reporters from China News Agency that the epidemic has had a great impact on Chinese education and called for exploring new development paths and establishing a "cloud alliance" to keep warm.
[Explanation] Due to the impact of the epidemic, most Chinese schools in Europe have suspended classes since March 2020, and offline courses have still not started. Many Chinese schools are facing various difficulties such as shortage of site rents, large flow of students, and inconvenient transportation of teaching materials. Online education brings new opportunities to Chinese schools.
[Concurrent] Fu Wenwu, Principal of Italian Chinese-Italian School
Since the second week of the epidemic, we have started online classes. From 18 classes until later, we now have 26 classes online, which is more than before. Because of the use of online resources, we have added some foreign students. , We currently have about 550 students in school.
[Concurrent] Luo Jian, Principal of French Red Panda School
Some children live in the mountains, some live by the sea, and there are no Chinese schools in small cities. This Internet online course is a boon to these children, and they can continue to learn Chinese through online courses.
[Explanation] Many heads of Chinese schools said that online education puts forward new requirements for teachers' traditional teaching, which need to be overcome to enhance interest, attract students' attention, and prepare courseware.
Chinese online training institutions in China and other countries such as the United States have also formed a competitive situation with Chinese schools. In the post-epidemic era, overseas Chinese schools have established a "cloud alliance" to warm up groups.
[Concurrent] Pan Lili, Principal of Boss Language School in Spain
For example, to establish this regionalization is called alliance or community.
For example, from the perspective of informatization, to jointly build a cloud platform for Chinese education, establish a nationalized Chinese education research team, etc., to jointly deal with these problems, I think this should also be part of the innovation
[Concurrent] Luo Jian, Principal of French Red Panda School
Now it is the age of mutual sharing and mutual achievement. I think overseas Chinese schools especially need to unite together.
[Explanation] At present, there are about 20,000 Chinese schools of various types in the world, with more than 200,000 Chinese teachers and millions of students.
Pan Lili believes that Chinese schools should continuously improve the level of teacher education and informatization, explore the "online + offline" classroom model, and establish a regional Chinese school "cloud alliance", which can greatly improve the ability to deal with unforeseen risks.
[Explanation] Many heads of Chinese schools said that to meet the educational reform in the post-epidemic era, establish a "cloud alliance" to make up for the shortcomings, and the future is still broad.
Chinese schools should open their own minds, use various new technological means, and strive to serve Chinese education, no matter where it is, in any way, as long as students are learning Chinese, contacting and experiencing Chinese culture, it will be a good result.
Reporter Jean Baokui reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】