BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM,英国的教育系统 主讲人：吕峰,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,What is school?,When we talk about the education system, the first word come into my mind is “school”. But what is school and what can we learn from there? Those question mentioned above stuck me for a while, although I have been study there for nearly 15 years. So before we talk about education, it is highly necessary to know the definition of school!,School: School is a place where children are taught.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,What are we taught in school?,Just like the defetion i look up in dictionary, school is a place where children are taught. The second question becames, what can we learn from school?,Many people think school is just about teaching children: reading writing reciting. In fact, the purpose of school is to provide children with literacy and the other basic skills they will need to become active members of society.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,The purpose of the education system is also to socialize children. Children are taught practical skills and learn the rules and values they need to become good citizens, to participate in the community, and to contribute to the economic prosperity of the country. No wonder people often say the school is a mini-size society.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,In china, we are trying hard to find a balance between ability and marks, it is no surprise that British also have there own problems, such as: Should naughty pupils be punished physically? or What sort of English should children learn to speak?,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,If you think such controversies are just about education, meybe you are not right. They reflect the deeper divisions in British scoiety as a whole.If you understand a great deal about British culture and society, you can understand the importance of the relationship between education and social class.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,What factors can identify your social class?,As a student, the school or college tie is a clear marker of social class.,Do you want to have a successful career?,Do you want to have a successful career?,To have attended the “right schools”-particularly the famous boys public schools like Eton and Winchesterand the right universitiesOxford and Cambridgeis still the single best way to guarantee a successful career.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Oxbridge Graduates (1994),英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Do you want to have a successful career?,At those school you can recognize the people who would become the elite of the society. Not only do they dominate government, but they are also very influential in banking, the media, the arts and education.In a word, in Britain, where you are educated is still very important to your future.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,The Present Education System in British,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Nursery School,A Private Primary School Campus,A comprehensive school is a kind of secondary school or state school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. Such schools provided a general education. Pupils can study everything from academic subjects like literature and sciences, to more practical subjects like cooking and carpentry.,Comprehensive School (State schools),英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Grammar School (State schools),The oldest schools in the UK (Shakespeare) Reserved for students who got high marks in the Eleven Plus examination or selected by other means. Those who show academic potential are admitted to the grammar schools where the emphasis is on advanced academic work rather than the more general subjects of the comprehensive schools.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Manchester Grammar School, the most famous of the direct grant grammar schools,Distribution of grammar schools in the UK.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Secondary Modern School (State schools),Designed for the majority of pupils-those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination. Teachers are free to develop their own ideas, depending on the equipment and the qualifications.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Wetherby High School, a typical secondary modern school in Wetherby, West Yorkshire,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Eton College,Eton College is a private secondary school in Berkshire County in southern England. The preparatory school was founded by King Henry VI in 1440. A statue of Henry VI stands in the courtyard of the college.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Harrow School,Harrow School, institution of secondary and higher education, in Harrow on the Hill, now a part of greater London. The late medieval school was re-endowed in 1572 by John Lyon.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Winchester College is a well-known boys independent school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire and is commonly considered to be amongst the most academic of all schools in the United Kingdom.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the co-educational boarding schools in the country.,英语国家社会与文化入门考试资料,General Certificate of Education-Advanced,Pupils who hope to attend university carry on their academic study in the sixth form for a further two years and then sit A-levels exams. (General Certificate of Education-Advanced). Most pupils try to achieve 3 or 4 A-Levels in the subjects they are most good at. Since admittance to universities depends largely on A-levels results, the two years spent in the sixth form are very important and often very stressful for British pupils. Among first year university students getting to know each other, the most common question after “whats your name?” and “where are you from ?” is “What A-level did you take?”,