The Difference of Education System in Canada and Iran

Canada and Iran have some different education system in some ways. Each education system is a reflection of the culture’s country that it expresses some aspects of its economy. First, at universities in Canada, there are some types of university courses. Unlike universities in Iran, Canadian universities have lecture courses, and discussion section. Lecture course means that the professor talks and the students sit and take notes, and also discussion section is the place where they can ask some questions about lectures and go over their homework. Second, Universities in Canada have small size class. The numbers of the students that participate in class are about twenty. In Canada, while the numbers of students in discussion section are about 200-300, the numbers of students in regular class are about twenty. Next, at the universities in Canada, there are some course requirements such as, midterm (in the middle of the course), quizzes (small tests), final (a big exam at the end of the course), and term paper. Last, there are learning centers in the universities of Canada. It is the place where the students can solve their problems by graduate students that they called teaching assistant.
In contrast, at universities in Iran, there are not lecture course and discussion section. Lab classes in the universities in Iran are different from the lab classes in Canada. Students in Iran do not have enough good equipment in laboratory while students in Canada have good enough equipments. Second, whereas the class’s sizes in Canada are small, class’s sizes in Iran are large. Therefore, Iranian students have to work together and help each other on assignment in group, but Canadian students work by themselves. Next, the most important course requirement at the universities of Iran are attending in class and doing homework. Canadian students do their homework by themselves either in a library or on the internet by themselves, but the students in Iran do in group. Last, unlike Canadian universities, Iranian universities do not have learning centre for their students. Therefore, to ask some questions requires that they go teachers’ offices.

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