Otázka: Education
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): krejx
THE GREAT BRITAIN
– compulsory school attendance: 5 to 16
– grades of education
- pre-school
- nursery
- under 5 years
- primary school
- infant
- 5-7 years
- junior
- 7-11 years
- interesting thing – streaming
- kids are divided into 3 groups
- A stream – the quickest children
- B stream – average pupils
- C stream – slower children
- kids are divided into 3 groups
- infant
- secondary school
- senior
- 11-16 years
- 2 types
- comprehensive schools
- for all children
- not selective schools
- grammar schools
- academic education up to 18
- comprehensive schools
- subjects
- 3 core: English, maths, science
- 7 foundation subjects: technology, history, geography, music, art, PE, foreign language)
- at the age of 16
- examination in 8-10 subjects
- GCSE – to find a job
- GCE – to continue studies
- O level (ordinary level) – at 16 à preparation for A levels
- A level (advanced level) – at 18 = entrance to a university
- further education – 16+
- higher education
- universities and colleges
- Oxbridge – oldest universities in the gb
- St. Andrews – oldest university in scotland
- after 3 or 4 years: Bachelor degree
- after 2 more years: Master degree
– paying for education
- state and private schools
- state for free, private paid (Eton)
- universities very expensive
- interesting fact: you don´t have to pay for studying university in Scotland for few years (until you get the bachelor´s degree)
– boys and girls usually together at schools
– in most schools – school uniforms
– marking: A to F
THE UNITED STATES
– each state – its own systém of education
– school years = grades
– marking – marks from A to F
– pre-school
- nursery schools, kindergarten
- up to 5 or 6
- most of them: private, expensive
– 6-3-3 plan
- 6 years of elementary school (6-12)
- 3 years of junior high school (12-15)
- 3 years of senior high school (15-18)
- free charge
- finished by high school diploma
- ACT – english, maths, science
- SAT – verbal and mathemathical skills, national college entrance examination (something like our SCIO tests)
– higher education
- universities and technical training institutions
- community colleges
- 2 years
- after the students may enter many profesions
- or after 4 years – bachelor´s degree, than Master´s, than doctoral
- very expensive
- the most prestigious schools which are considered as the best are private schools (opposite than in the czech republic)
- Harvard, Yale, Princeton
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
– compulsory school attendance: from 6 to 15
– school year – start: 1.9, end: 30.6.
– grades of education
- pre-school
- primary
- secondary
- higher
– lessons
- duration of lesson: 45 minutes + small breaks inbetween
- average school week: 35 lessons
- marking systém marks from 1 to 5
– pre-school
- nursery schools, kindergartens
- from age 3 to 6
- at the age of six (or 7) they start to attend primary school
– primary school
- pupils learn basic maths, czech, english, history, geography and biology
- at the age of 11 some of them can pass entrance exams to a grammar school – gymnasium
- 6 to 15
- end of compulsory education
– secondary school
- types
- grammar schools – gymnasium – general academic education
- technical schools – focus on technic, building, chemistry, music, art,…
- vocational schools – prepare students for practical professions
- 4 years
- ends with an exam called Maturita
– higher education
- duration: 3 to 6 years
- oldest university: Charles University in Prague
- economy, arcitecture, law, journalism, foreign languages, medicine, art, …
- after 3 years of studying: bachelor´s degree
- after 4 or 5 years: master´s degree
– paying for education
- education at state schools (up to 18): free
- also private schools (some of them offer education in foreign language)
- secondary students and undergraduates have to pay for their textbooks
- interesting fact: private universities in the czech republic are considered as less good than the state ones à difference to the GB and the USA, where the most expensive schools are also the most prestigious
DIFFERENCES
– the beginning of school attendance
– uniforms
– parts of school year
– holidays
– marks
