Презентация, доклад на тему Systems of education

Lyceum 110
Tutor:Gileva E.V.

2011

each system.

been taught.” Lord Halifax (1633-95)

Education in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another.

sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Child education is compulsory.
90% of schools are free state schools.

Education system in Russia is federal and centralized.
Education is compulsory
for all children.
Most of schools are
state ones.

in rare cases - from 2 months to a year. Children attend kindergarten from three to seven years. Most kindergartens funded by the state, municipalities or agencies.

At 5 years American children go to primary school, in the zero class. This zero-class is not mandatory. About 60% of young Americans visit it. Kindergartens exist separately in the U.S. and are called "pre-school“.

Kindergarten

elementary school (1th – 4th grade); basic general education (5th – 9th grade); secondary (complete) general education (10th -11th grade).

The education is from five to sixteen. There are twelve “grades”;
elementary school (1th - 8th grade);
high school (9th – 12th grade).
Some states have ‘junior high’ schools (7th – 9th grade).

hours;
Students are taught 180 days;
Summer break period from June to August.

Difference:
In the U.S. academic year begins on the first Tuesday in September;
September 1 - the traditional Day of Knowledge in Russia.

and music;
The class has one of its own room, where all classes are taught, except those that require special room or equipment;
Minimum core set of knowledge and skills necessary for life and any work: reading, literate, elementary mathematics, writing. In addition to this general developmental classes are held: music, physical education, sometimes dancing, art and science.

discipline, which is enshrined in his own cabinet, and the class during the school day goes from class to class;
Each class has its own form-master;
Separation of pupils into ordinary and advanced levels

Student receives a certificate of general secondary education;
All subjects are compulsory;

At 16 students do exams called GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education);
Students can choose options or ‘electives’;

only need to fulfill the minimum criteria for obtaining a diploma, which sets the school board. Typical minimum requirements are:
natural sciences (the year of chemistry, biology and year of Physics), mathematics, literature,
social sciences, usually includes the history and polity of the USA, and PE.
Other subjects, students must choose for themselves.

Students take ‘A’ or ‘A/S’ level exams in their specialized subjects as a part of the university entrance procedure.

entrancing a college. The course includes further studing of subjects previously studied in junior school and a small number of new disciplines.
Students pass the Unified State Examination in the end of studing at school. Students must pass Math and Russian. The other subjects student should choose himself, as a rule, these subjects are needed for admission to the chosen university.
"School Certificate" is a document certifying the acquisition of knowledge in the amount of the state standard.

High school

schools, there is no single form, although some schools have introduced a dress code.

There is no single school uniform but many high schools and grammar schools, especially the most prestigious, have their own form, emphasizing the students belonging to a particular institution.

higher learning. There are 4,352 colleges, universities, and junior colleges in the country. The vast majority of students (up to 70%) lack the financial resources to pay tuition up front and must rely on student loans and scholarships from their university, the federal government, or a private lender. Depending upon the type of school and program, annual graduate program tuition can vary from $15,000 to as high as $50,000.

qualification "bachelor" the student should study four years. For an excellent training students receive scholarships, but the amount is not large. There is a small number of budget places in the institutes

University 1754
Cornell University 1865
University of Pennsylvania 1751
Princeton University 1746

University
Moscow Physico-Technical Institute (National Research University)
Peoples' Friendship University
Novosibirsk State University

U.S. education systems have much in common today. But the U.S. education is considered more elite, because of famous universities, than Russian one, although Russia is ahead of the U.S. in the level of education.