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Chinese school

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Education

教育

Education

释义

名词

以华语或方言为教学媒介的学校。

DEFINITION

Noun

Schools that used Mandarin or Chinese dialects as the teaching medium.

由来
  • 19 世纪末，新加坡已有不少私营的华人学校，主要以传统儒学的教学方式授课，并且以方言为授课媒介。
  • 1911 年，道南学校成为第一所将教学媒介从方言改成华语的华校。 随着新加坡和马来亚建立经济关系，以及 1905 年至 1911 年间清政府的支持，新式学堂得以建立。新式学堂的教育模式有别于传统儒学教育。新加坡最早响应这类新颖教育的学校是崇正学堂（最初称养正学堂）。
  • 1950 年代之后，会馆对于新加坡华校教育所扮演的角色有所减退，一部分的原因是华校的数量逐渐减少。
  • 1987 年，新加坡全国学校一律以英语为教学媒介，华校和英校之分也随之消失。
ETYMOLOGY

  • In the 19th century, Singapore had several private Chinese schools, which mainly adopted traditional Confucian teaching methods and used Chinese dialects as the medium of teaching. 

  • In 1911, Taonan School became the first Chinese school to convert their teaching language from dialect to Mandarin. 

  • A new-style school was established as a result of the economic ties built between Singapore and Malaya, as well as the support of the Qing government between 1905 and 1911. The teaching style of the new-style schools differed from traditional Confucian education. The first school in Singapore which followed this new method was Chongzheng School, which was originally named Yangzheng School.

  • After the 1950s, the role played by clan associations in Singapore’s Chinese schools’ education was reduced partly due to the decreasing number of Chinese schools in Singapore. 

  • In 1987, the teaching language for all the schools in Singapore was standardised to English. As a result, the differentiation between English and Chinese schools gradually disappeared.

例句
掌握双语，可助人们理解事物的两面，而不只是局限于一种视角。荣誉国务资政吴作栋说，他最遗憾的是未能在小学时期就读华校。（《联合早报》，7/7/2019）
SAMPLE SENTENCE
Being bilingual allows people to understand things from two perspectives instead of restricting themselves to only one point-of-view. Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said that his greatest regret in life is not being able to study at a Chinese school during his primary school days. (Lianhe Zaobao, 7/7/2019)
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