uk-education 英美文化的课件.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 diagram on Page 57 details on Page 63 details on Page 61 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. return 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 note on Page 74 return Independent Schools Public schools: secondary private boarding schools that prepare students chiefly for universities. They laid the foundations of English education, but now are generally restricted to a comparatively small section of the population, mainly the rich and conservative in politics. Eton, Harrow and Rugby are the 3 most famous public schools. Prep schools: small private boarding schools for children up to 7 or 8 years old, which help to prepare the children for the “common entrance” examination at the age of 13 for admission to a public school, and where Latin, French and mathematics are all started early. back Other Schools County schools: state-run secondary schools, most of which are administered by the county or county borough. About h