COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS AT THE CURRENT STAGE

Abstract. The article presents the identified general trends, characteristics, and comparative analysis of education systems in Russia and China on the basis of official educational programs and standards, as well as a set of principles, determining the education system functioning, and overview of theoretical background surveys. The differences in Russian and Chinese approaches are carefully analyzed regarding successful implementation of educational goals. Thus, the article aims to examine preschool, school and higher education in both countries considering the system’s structure, responsibilities of students and their attitude to education. The methods of descriptive and comparative analysis are used to evaluate the data over two systems.

The survey results have confirmed that within similar educational systems, the significant differences exist in higher education in contrast to the primary and secondary levels, where no significant discrepancies are revealed. Russia has focused its development within a personality- centered education system, while China has acknowledged its path of a collective learning system. The data may be crucial to avoid obstacles and develop mutual understanding in cooperation with China at the international level in the education field.

Keywords: Russian education, Chinese education, higher education, secondary education, preschool education

Alena Komleva1, Yue Yanfeng2

1, 2Institute of Foreign Languages Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia Moscow, Russia
1e-mail: 1302212594@pfur.ru 2e-mail: 1042218040@pfur.ru 2ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1877-4077

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