Shanghai Exchange
Since 2014, Each year around 70 teachers from English schools, two from each Maths Hub area, travel to Shanghai in the autumn term and, later in the school year (return leg), host their partner teachers from Shanghai for a two-week visit in their schools in England.
One of the purposes of the return leg of the exchange has been to provide first-hand experience of Chinese teaching techniques for many more English teachers. Classrooms have been opened up to small groups of teachers, for observation and lessons have been analysed afterwards. Each Maths Hub has also been holding two large showcase events where a lesson is staged in the school hall, observed by up to 100 people. This programme is not just something that only teachers can sign up too!
Due to the current circumstances the recent exchanges have been paused until we are safely able to run these again.
To get a view of Teachers’ observations watching a Shanghai teacher host a showcase event, watch the short video here.
Here are some photos taken by Nick Bunney (Secondary Specialist) trip to Shangahi in November 2019
