Canadian teacher Bryan: I have never experienced the changes of China in my Canadian hometown

Here is also a symbol of Shanghai’s educational opening. Not only is the student body internationalized, with almost 400 international students, the teaching group, curriculum and student activities are also internationalized. Since the 1980s, with the teacher improvement program supported by UNESCO, the school has sent a number of key teachers to the United States, Britain, Japan and other countries for advanced education and long-term study, and to learn superior skills in international education.

In terms of courses, the computer elective course was piloted in the 1980s. The English group took the lead in using the New Concept English 2 series as its teaching book. In the 1990s, the mathematics team selected a high school mathematics textbook edited by professor Xiang Wuyi of the California Institute of Technology; a physical group pilot in the early 21st century using German high school textbooks; and the English group has introduced a Cambridge English course in recent years. The school has been more committed to the integration of Chinese and Western courses in recent years. The international course class approved in 2014 has piloted more than 10 US AP (Advanced Placement) courses – where Universities work in partnership with secondary schools - and has striven to integrate Chinese pre-requisite courses and AP courses, as well as realize the Sino-US curriculum integration in the field of high school mathematics and physics.

In terms of overseas students activities, when focusing on Chinese language education and Chinese culture courses, the school promotes mutual visits between teachers and students from sister schools overseas to achieve international cultural exchanges. As for Chinese students, the school encourages participation in a variety of internationally influential events, such as the International Middle School Students' Olympic Olympiad, the Intel International Science and Engineering Competition, the Iran International Mathematical Invitational Tournament, and the American High School Students Mathematical Modeling Competition.