AmericanEducation美国教育讲解.ppt

American Education Two factors made the education of America start. This immigration of higher education background made them attach great importance to education. And the early immigrants from England needed a kind of culture to help them understand The Bible by themselves because of their devotion to religion. Education in the U.S. --- History The Puritans set up schools as instinctively as they set up churches: (1). The Boston Latin School in 1635, (2). Harvard College in 1636, (3). They took their first step toward establishing a system of public schools. (4). In 1647, Massachusetts passed a radical law, which required every town to provide its children with schools and schoolmasters. In June 1753, Benjamin Franklin decided the new-model college would focus on the professions, with classes taught in English instead of Latin, have subject matter experts as professors instead of one tutor leading a class for four years, and there would be no religious test for admission Education in the U.S. --- History The Founding Fathers of the United States, who themselves were educators, laid down the principles and institutions of education which still flourish. Of all the Founding Fathers, it was Thomas Jefferson who contributed most to American educational philosophy and practice. It was Jefferson who, in his old age, built almost single-handed, the first great state university in America--- the University of Virginia. Education in American can be tracked back to the puritans in the early 17th century, they think every person should be able to read the Bible In 1634 they opened a Lain grammerschool for those who wanted to preper for college; In 1636,Haryd was founded for the training of religious ministers . During 1630s -1640s,Laws were passed for compulsory education for all children and public taxation for schools. In 1647, Massachusetts passed a radical law, which required every town to provide its children with schools and schoolmasters. 《E