Our courses come in three varieties:
- long-term Above and Beyond courses (online via Zoom and Canvas);
- winter and summer study camps (online via Zoom and Canvas);
- camps abroad with face-to-face teaching to explore the culture, history, politics, and economy of a particular country (the UK, the US, major European countries).
我們的課程有三種:
- 1. 長期課程(通過Zoom和Canvas在線教的);
- 冬季和夏季學習營(通過Zoom和Canvas在線教的);
- 國外夏令營,面對面課,探索特定國家(英國、美國、主要歐洲國家:德國、法國、意大利、荷蘭)的文化、歷史、政治和經濟。
1. reach a level of profiency and fluency in English (C2) that allows one to enter a UK Russel Group or a comparable US university on a competitive basis;
1. 達到英語流利程度(C2),使人能夠在競爭的基礎上進入英國羅素集團或類似的美國大學;
2. acquire academic vocabulary, critical analysis, and efficient Oxbridge-style research and essay writing skills that would benefit students in their high school independent projects and allow to succeed at university level, aiming for a high 2:1 or a first-class degree qualification essential for Masters/PhD applications and work placement;
2. 掌握學術詞彙、批判性分析、有效的牛津劍橋式研究和論文寫作技能,這些技能將有助於學生在高中獨立項目中取得成功,並能在大學取得成功,目標是獲得碩士/博士申請和工作安置所必需的高2:1或一級學位資格;
3. develop data literacy, data analysis, and data science skills, along with computaitional thinking, programming, and statistics—all invaluable components in competitive university applications and working life;
3. 培養數據素養、數據分析和數據科學技能,以及計算思維、編程和統計,所有這些都是競爭性大學應用和工作生活中的寶貴組成部分;
4. instill a culture of intellectual curiosity and independence, buttress the importance of critically assessing any information one encounters.
4. 灌輸一種求知慾和獨立性的思考文化,支持批判性地評估所遇到的信息的重要性。
The kind of education we provide is not for everyone.
我們提供的教育不是每個人都能接受的。
We focus on priming students for success in an international high school setting (iGCSE, A-level, IB) and a UK or UK-style university (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland). The skills we teach, however, wouldn't go amiss in other settings like Chinese/US high schools or universities, so if you are considering applying to universities in multiple countries, do get in touch and explain your situation—we might be able to advise you on your options.
我們專注於爲學生在國際高中環境(iGCSE,A-level,IB)和英國或英國式大學(澳大利亞、新西蘭、加拿大、愛爾蘭)的成功做好準備。然而,我們教授的技能在中國/美國的高中或大學等其他環境中不會出錯,因此如果您正在考慮申請多個國家的大學,請務必聯繫並解釋您的情況,我們可能會就您的選擇向您提供建議。
We do not do hand-holding and spoonfeeding. If you are used to getting information given to you on a silver plate, this kind of education may not be for you. We require students to spend at least as much time as they do in class on doing independent work and homework, ie. for our Above and Beyond class this would mean 6 hours of face-to-face teaching and 4.5-6 hours of individual work and revision per week, not including lighter interest-focused materials like YouTube documentaries/vlogs and films/music. This means one whole day per week dedicated solely to English, science/economics/politics/history, and data literacy. If you cannot guarantee this time commitment, this class is not for you.
我們不填鴨式灌輸。如果你習慣於從銀盤上獲得信息,這種教育可能不適合你。我們要求學生在獨立作業和家庭作業上花費至少與課堂上相同的時間,也就是說,對於我們的課上和課外,這意味着每週6小時的面對面教學和4.5-6小時的個人作業和複習,不包括像YouTube紀錄片/視頻博客和電影/音樂這樣的興趣較淺的材料。這意味着每週一整天專門學習英語、科學/經濟/政治/歷史和數據素養。如果你不能保證這個時間承諾,這個班不是爲你。
This class is for peope who can organise their time and successfully juggle their commitments. If you happen to miss a class, it is your responsibility to catch up, watch the recording of the class, and submit your homework on time. If you expect the teacher to cover the same material for you at the expense of others who have covered it before, this class is not for you.
這門課是爲那些能夠安排時間併成功完成任務的人而開設的。如果你碰巧錯過了一節課,你的責任就是趕時間,看錄音,按時交作業。如果你希望老師爲你提供同樣的材料,而其他人卻要爲此付出代價,那麼這門課就不適合你了。
This class is for you if you like to be in a challenging academic environment and feel a sense of progress and achievement when you discover something new, when you suddenly come up with a nice turn of phrase, when you rejoyce at having found the missing link. It is for you if you feel the school-level knowledge to be inadequate and lacking in depth.
如果你喜歡一個充滿挑戰的學術環境,當你發現新的東西時,當你突然想出一個好的詞組時,當你爲找到缺失的環節而高興時,你會感到一種進步和成就感,那麼這門課就是爲你而設的。如果你覺得學校水平的知識不充分,缺乏深度,這門課適合你。
This class is not for you if you expect us to cover school-level material at the pace of a school. If you are missing some important school-level context, the teacher will assign some lectures to watch and summarise, some exercises to complete, and a presentation to give—all in the space of a week or two. However, generally we would expect students to possess the basic knowledge of school subjects. This is why this course is called Above and Beyond: we are about supercurricular knowledge and not the basics.
如果你希望我們以學校的速度覆蓋學校層面的材料,那麼這門課就不適合你了。如果你錯過了一些重要的學校層面的背景知識,老師會在一兩週的時間裏安排一些講座來觀看和總結,安排一些練習來完成,並安排一個報告。然而,一般來說,我們希望學生掌握學校科目的基本知識。這就是爲什麼這門課被稱爲超越:我們集中超課程的知識,而不是基礎知識。