uk-education 英美文化课件.ppt

Education in Britain Education made us what we are. Helvetius [French philosopher] Education begins a gentleman; conversation completes him. English proverb Content Change Reform in Schools The 1870 reform The tripartite system for secondary education Basic structure for the system Schools Today Higher Education, Further Education Training Freedom as the feature of British education as a whole Change Reform in Schools The 1870 reform Development from a limited and voluntary schooling to an expanded and compulsory education system The tripartite system A system of secondary education streaming 11 year-old children at the end of their primary education into secondary modern, technical and grammar schools respectively. Schools Today Primary schools Compulsory schooling starts at 5 Co-educational and a class-teacher system Three-term school year Secondary schools Compulsory schooling extends up to 16 The selective system, comprehensive system and independent schools Sixth form colleges/ tertiary colleges Other schools County schools Voluntary schools The Selective System A system for secondary schooling in Britain, under which children take an examination, the “11 plus”, in their last year of primary education. The results of the examination determine the kind of secondary schooling each child will receive. Those with the highest marks go to grammar schools; others may go to technical schools, and the rest – by far majority – go to secondary modern schools. The Comprehensive System A system for secondary schooling in Britain, under which all children, regardless of ability, can mix together. In comprehensive schools, students study a wide variety of subjects at first until 2 or 3 years later, when they may study only those they like best. Many new ideas in education are being tried out at present, and comprehensive schools vary widely throughout Britain. Independent Schools Public scho