On the afternoon of December 24, 2017, and also on the eve of Christmas Day, the foreign teachers at Orange CountyAmerican High School of Beijing Foreign Studies University (" OCAmerica HSBFSU ") were not so busy with holiday preparations as they had been inprevious years, instead, they were "performing" an authentic experienceclass integrated with exploration and fun, which highlighted the teachingcharacteristics of OCAmerica HS BFSU.

”Adam,Vice President of the headquarter office of OCAmerica HS in China, firstaddressed the students and parents who attended the Open Class. Adam pointedout that studying abroad had now entered the 4.0 era: "In the 1.0 era, it wasmainly about language examination training and document application services. Inthe 2.0 era, based on the 1.0 service, international understanding was added tothe service, additionally some more cultural knowledge in history, geography,religion and cultural customs was also added, to help the kids understand theunknown world. In the 3.0 era, the content of academic courses, such as AP, A-leveland IB, were added on the basis of 2.0, which had begun to pave the way for thehigh school and university educations in the way of international courses,which was the mainstream mode of the first-line and some second-tierinternational schools. In the next 5 years, the coming internationalizededucation 4.0 era will be aiming at building a capacity framework system toface up with the goal of 21st century. By means of the advanced educationapproach of STEAM education, with the students' independent development as thecore of personalized education, we can realize the joint rail with the advancededucations in foreign countries of our domestic international education, so asto complete the seamless interconnection between the domestic high schooleducations and the higher educations in the United States.Thecurriculum of OCAmerica HS BFSU was designed based on the requirement of educationin the 4.0 era of studying abroad. Let's go to the American class at OCAmericaHS, and start a trip of fun learning.

Training of InnovativeThinking in the Experience of American Classroom at OCAmerica HS"Teacher-guided(distinguished from the teacher-dominated) -interactive learning (distinguishedfrom the teacher's pure teaching and the students' pure learning)- funmotivating (different from the boring traditional classroom teaching)- the students'active learning (different from the students'passive learning)" have all been represented in the unique classroom styleby Denys, a famous foreign teacher at OCAmerica HS BFSU. After experiencingDenys' training course in innovative thinking, Wang said: "it iscompletely different from traditional foreign language courses. There is nosingle word, phrase or sentence taught through rote memorization of thestudents. Instead, the students can acquire knowledge, memorize and strengthentheir memories of words through small classroom activities. This isunprecedented in traditional classrooms. (No word can describe how much fun inDenys' classroom teaching. Fortunately, a video of the class can be a proof,any students who are interested, please follow the WeChat public platform ofOCAmerica HS BFSU and ask for the fun video.) Initial Experience ofPBL Project Learning focusing on the Training of Interdisciplinary Learning Capabilities　　If Denis' classroomteaching has been good enough to arouse the students' enthusiasm aboutlearning, then the exploratory learning method of Nathan, another famousteacher from OCAmerica HS BFSU, has also greatly stimulated the interests andparticipation of the students.

 This course is based onthe STEAM featured curriculum of OCAmerica HS BFSU, Nathan adopted four primarySTEAM projects:Hands & Paper, Theimpending “Arch Bridge”, Water Wheel, andPaper flowers Blooming in the Water. In the one and a half hours'experience class, the students divided into groups, the teacher guided and theparents observed, the whole thing was a lot of fun. (The same with Denys'teaching, we have videos in this section. Students who feel interested, pleasefollow the WeChat public platform number of OCAmerica HS BFSU, and ask for thevideo.)

STEAM education is not only an advanced education concept, but also an in-depth learning method based on learning progression. In the final conclusion, Ken (Senior Education Expert, Senior Certified Teacher of American public school, Senior Principal Assistant of OCAmerica HS) introduced the practical situation of STEAM education in American classrooms, and made a deep comparison of the differences between Chinese and American classroom teachings, and pointed out that STEAM education would be the main direction of education development in the future.