【2017年整理】Unit与5Education.pptVIP

Unit 5 Education Very often certain values, attitudes, and behavioral patterns of the general culture are directly reflected in and reinforced by the educational setting. Cultural values, the role of the teacher, modes of learning, teacher-student interaction patterns, and norms of interaction must all be considered in cross-cultural analysis. –P. R. Furey Passage 1 The Education System in the UK Compulsory for everyone between five and sixteen; Two kinds of schools: state-funded and independent (fee-charging); Two distinct systems of courses and qualifications: one for England, Wales and Northern Ireland; one for Scotland; each compatible with the other. Recent Changes in Structure Successive government’s aims to Improve quality Increase diversity Make institutions more accountable to students, parents, employers and taxpayers Pre-school Education Available in both the independent and the state systems Many start at 3 or 4 at a nursery school or in the nursery class at a primary school Emphasis: group work, creative activity, guided play No teaching of special subjects School Age State education system: primary school at 5 and secondary school at 11 (12 in Scotland) Independent system: preparatory education available from 5 to 13. International students: enter at 7 as boarders and transfer to a secondary school at 11 or 13 Compulsory Education Compulsory education ends at 16 90% of state secondary school pupils go to district-based comprehensive schools, which provide a wide range of secondary education for most children of all abilities in the eleven to eighteen age range (12 to 18 in Scotland. What is A-level? Most pupils study A-levels or equivalent qualifications as sixth-form students in a school, or attend a sixth-form college or college of further education. Six-formers usually finish their secondary education at the age of 18 with A-levels or equivalent qualifications, then go on to study at either further or higher education level. Further Edu