UnitFiveEducation

Lesson10EnducationintheUKandtheUSALearningObjectivesStarterTextsLessonReviewCaseStudySupplementaryReading

01Makeacomparisonoftheeducationsystemsinthetwocountries.AcquireageneralideaabouttheeducationsystemsintheUKandtheUSA.LeaningObjectivesLearnabouttheworld-famousschoolsanduniversitiesofthetwocountries.AnalyzetheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftheeducationsystemsintheUKandtheUSAandthatofChina.

02StarterQ.1Talkaboutthethefollowingpicturesandsayasmuchasyoucan.@$#*

03EtonCollege:Apublicschool(privately-fundedandindependent)forboys,foundedin1440byKingHenryVI.ItislocatedinEton,nearWindsorinEngland,northofWindsorCastle,andisoneoftheoriginalnineEnglishpublicschoolsasdefinedbythePublicSchoolsAct1868.EtonCollege

04TheUniversityofOxford(informally“OxfordUniversity”,orsimply“Oxford”),locatedinthecityofOxford,Oxfordshire,England,istheoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworld.ItisalsoregardedasoneoftheworldsleadingacademicinstitutionUniversityofOxfordInEnglish:TheLordismylightInChinese:主照亮我

05LocatedbetweenSanFranciscoandSanJoseintheheartofSiliconValley,StanfordUniversityisrecognizedasoneoftheworldsleadingresearchandteachinginstitutions.LelandandJaneStanfordfoundedtheUniversitytopromotethepublicwelfarebyexercisinganinfluenceonbehalfofhumanityandcivilization.StanfordUniversity

09TextsEducationintheUKAEducationintheUSAB

EnducationintheUKAbrieflookateducationintheUKDifferenttypesofschoolsTestsandexamsintheUKA7

8Nursery(age3to4)Compulsoryeducation(age11to16)Highereducation(age16orolder)Secondaryschool(age11to16)primaryschool(age5to11)A

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10HigherEducationTheOpenUniversityisanon-residentialuniversityofferingdegreeandothercoursesforadultstudentsofallagesinBritain