ASurveyofMajorEnglish-speakingCountries:Unit9Education;DoYouKnow?;Warm-up;SchoolToday;Pre-PrimarySchools;1.StateSchools(公立学校):

11-yearCompulsoryEducation(5-16)

StatePrimarySchool→ComprehensiveSchool(84%),GrammarSchool(3%)orSecondaryModernSchool(7%)

2.PublicSchools/IndependentSchools(独立学校/公学):

PrepSchool→Public(Independent)School(7%);PrimaryPhase;SecondarySchools;TheNationalCurriculum;TheAcademicYear;Exams;Tertiaryeducation;SomemoreambitiousandhardworkingstudentswilltakeGCEO-level(一般水平普通教育证书)exams.Iftheypass,theymaytransfertoaSixthFormschool(六年级学校)ortertiarycollege(三级学校)tolearnA-levelclassesfor2years.

At18,theytakeGCEA-levelexaminations(AdvancedGeneralCertificateofEducation高级水平普通教育证书＝大学入学考试),usuallyinnotmorethan3subjects.It’snecessarytohaveA-levelsinordertogotoauniversityorotherinstitutionsofhighereducation.;WidelyHeldBeliefs;Individualschoolsenjoygreatfreedomandspace!

Althoughtheultimateresponsibilityfortheeducationalsystemlieswiththeparliament,itdoesn’tlaydownwhatsubjectsshallbetaught;nordoesitgiveanydirectionsaboutteachingmethods,orprescribe(规定、指定、开处方)anytextbooks.

TheQueenoncesaid,“AheadmasteroncetoldmethatinhisopinionthefreedomwhichteachershaveisthemostvaluablethinginBritisheducation”.;CaseStudy;PublicSchools;Thestudentsarelargelyfromaristocratic(贵族)andupperclassfamilies.

Despitethehighfeestheyaccountforaround7%ofthetotalschoolpopulation.

BUTopponentsvoicedoubts:

It’ssociallydivisiveandbreedselitism;theyareofferingmorepromisingopportunitiesto7%ofBritishchildren,butit’sunfairfortheremaining93%!;TheMostWell-knownPublicSchools:;EtonCollege;EtonCollege;Question:Whatarethemaindifferences?;ChineseBritishEducationSystems;HigherEducation;HistoryofUniversity;GlasgowUniversityNottinghamUniversity;Bucki