COMENIUS PROJECT

COMPARISON SPAIN, ITALY

OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS IN LITHUANIA, TURKEY, POLAND,

LITHUANIA TURKEY POLAND " EUROPEANS: IDENTICAL AIMS, DIFFERENT WAYS, IDENTICAL HEARTS, DIFFERENT FEELINGS" 1. At what age do children start going to school? At 6 or 7 At 6 (72 months) Children at the age of 4 and 5 start kindergarten education(it is not compulsary) 8 From 9:00 a.m. to 15:00 p.m.(full time education), Biletaral training(two turns) 07:30 a.m-12:15p.m and in the afternoon 12:35 p.m-17:30 p.m. At 6 or 7

SPAIN

ITALY

At 6 compulsory At 3- not compulsary

At 5 or 6, Children attend kindergarten from the age of 3 till the age of 5. 5 From 8:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.-the first and second grades, From 8:15 a.m. to 13:15 p.m-the third, fourth, fifth grades from Monday to Saturday. There are some classes with a different school timetable. For these students school starts 8:15 a,m. and finishes 4:15 p.m for 5 days a week. They have

2. How many years do students have to study in primary school? 3. At what time does the school start and finish? Is it the same time every week?

4 From 8:00 a.m. to 13: 40 p.m. It depends on different classes. First grade finish school at 12:00a.m.. The second, third and fourth grades can work up to 12:45 p.m. The same time and the same lessons every week

6 The lessons usually start at 8:00 a.m, but they can start at any other fixed time for that class.

6 It depends on school In the partners school the lessons start at 9:00 a.m. and finish at 2 :00 p m

4. How many lessons do students have every day? 5. What are the subjects students have to study in primary school? How many subjects?

From 4 to 5, it depends on the timetable, 12 subjects: Lithuanian, Maths, Art, PE, Science, Music, Handicrafts, Religion, Ethics, Different classes have different number of lessons.

It depends on the timetable. It can be 4,5 or even more. Polish, Maths, Art, Handicrafts, PE, religion, Music, Science

lunch at school. Minimum 3, maximum 5. 12 subjects. Italian, maths, English, Art, Music, PE, Science, History, Geography, Technology, Catholic religion

6. How many teachers teach primary school students? If more than one give the explanation.

The class teacher teaches all the subjects except Foreign languages, Ethics, Religion, PE, sometimes Music is taught by the specialist.

Turkish, English, Religious culture and moral lnowledge, Maths, Social studies, Science and technologies, Art of visual, Traffic safety, First Aid training, Music, PE, IT. Different classes have different number of lessons according to the timetable The class teacher teaches all the subjects from Ist to IIId grades. Either the class teacher or subject teachers teach from IVth to Vth class.

8 subjects: Spanish, Maths, Science, Geography, History, English, PE, Handicrafts, Music, Religious or Ethics

The class teacher teaches all the subjects from Ist to IIId grade and an English teacher. In IVth, Vth and VIth grades there are different teachers for different subjects. Max.-30, Min.-25. Integrated school: Max.-20, Min.-16.

From 1st to 3rd grade there are no more than 3 teachers. From 4th to 6th class there are different teachers

The class teacher teaches most of the subjects in grades Ist, IId and IIId. IVth and Vth graders have three teachers every two sections, different teachers teach different subjects. Max. -27, Min.-18.

7. How many students can be in one class(maximum number and minimum)

Max.-24, Min.-

Max.-35, Min.-10.

Max.-30, Min.-16

8. Do sudents have to wear special uniforms?

It depends on the school. In most

Students have to wear uniforms in state

Students dont have to Usually in private wear uniforms. schools students wear

Students have to wear uniforms

schools students have to wear special uniforms. 9. How are students assessed? Are they given marks or in any other way assessed? Students are assessed as following: A-excellent P-good, Pt- satisfactory, N- negative, bad. Parents are informed by the reports after every assessment

schools, In private schools they dont have to wear uniforms

uniforms. In state schools students usually dont wear uniforms. In grades Ist, IId and Observing the IIId students are students, assessed by Doing tests, description.The Correcting teacher writes about homework. the students progress. Each term teachers In grades IV, V and write reports. VI the students are given marks. Books,(the books are not free in some Spanish communities) exercise books, lap tops(at the age of 10) are provided by the government They leave their classes and they go to work with special teachers. The disabled students have adapted programmes. The teachers havent got helpers. In our school theres a classroom for 4 or 5 autistic students.

Students are assessed with marks written on the assessement paper, divided into two periods of 4 months.

10. Are students provided with The students are books, exercise books, computers,,? provided with textbooks, Parents buy exercise books, they can use computers at school. 11. Are disabled students and students with special needs integrated in classes? (If yes, so how are they taught? Have they got different programmes, has the teacher got a helper who helps to work with such students) The students with special needs are integrated in classes. It depends on the disability of the student. Physically disabled students have the same programmes, Mentally disabled students have modified or adapted programmes. Usually the teacher hasnt got helpers, only with exception

Books and exercise Parents buy books, books are provided by exercise books. the government They use computers at school.

The students are provided with books.

In Turkey heavily disabled students are trained in different schools, but slightly disabled students are accepted to schools, but they have special programmes and the help of the teacher. Recently primary school teachers have been taught how to work with such students

In Poland students with special needs are integrated in classes. The teachers have got a helper who helps such students to do the tasks. Students with special needs have different programmes.

Yes, such students are integrated in classes. They have different programmes and there is a teacher who helps them for 2and1/2 hour a day. If the student has serious problems the helper helps them all the time.

12. When do students start learning a foreign language? How many foreign language lessons do they have in a week? Does an English teacher teach them?

for heavily disabled student they have. In the IId grade and have two lessons per week. An English teacher teaches the subject.

In the IVth grade and have 3 lessons per week.

In the Ist grade. In the IVth grade they start learning the second foreign language, usually German. An English teacher teaches.

Mostly at the age of 5. The number of the lessons depends on the studentsage, from to 3 lessons per week. An English teacher teaches

13. How much time does one lesson last? 14. Do students have intervals between the lessons? Please write the timetable of the lessons.

45 min, but in the Ist grade 35 min. The lessons start 8:00-8:45 8:55-9:40 9:50-10:35 10:55-11:40 12:00-12:45 12:55-13:40

40min Students have intervals between the lessons. 12:35-13:15 13:25-14:05 14:20-15:00 15:10-15:50 16:00-16:40 16:50-17:30

45min. Yes, students have intervals between the lessons. Different classes have different timetables. But the lessons and the time are the same every week.

1 hour or hour The lessons start 9;00-10;00 10:00-11:00 11:00-12:00 They have no breaks, only some minutes, while the teachers change, but the students dont leave the classroom. The break they have from 12:00 p.m to 12:30p.m. 12:30-13:30 On the 10th of

In the Ist grade. The number of the lessons is different in different grades. The Ist graders have 1 hour per week, The IId -2 hours, The IIId, IVth, Vth grades have 3 hours per week. An English teacher or the class teacher with certified language competence teaches English. 1 hour The lessons start 8:15-9:15 9:15-10:15 10:15-11:15 11:15-12:15 12:15-12:45(13:15 for 3d,4th,5th classes)

15. When does the school year start

On the Ist of

The second week of

On the Ist of

On the 15th of

and finish?

16. How many holidays do students have in a year? What holidays? How long are they?

September and is over on 31st of May (only for primary school students) Autumn-1 week, Winter or Christmas2 weeks; Spring-1 week; Summer: June 1st September 1st

September and is over September and is over September and is over September and is over on the second week of on the 24th of June on the 25th of June. on the 8th of June June In February-a twoweek holiday; Summer holidays; Formal and religious holidays Christmas-10 days Winter holidays-14 days, Easter holidays-6 days, Summer holidays-2 months Christmas-2 weeks February 28thAndalucias day; 1 week, only in Malaga; Holly week-1 week; Summer holidaysfrom 25th June to 10th September; Yes, they can. Mostly all the students come to school on foot. Only a few students have to be taken by their parents. On 1st November, On 8th December, Christmas-23d. December--6th January(15 days), Easter -21st April 26th April, 1st May, 2nd June (National Republic Day) Parents pick them up, but the older students living not far from the school go on foot.

17. Can students come to school on Yes, they can. Mostly their own or do parents have to take all the students come them to and from ? on foot because they live not far from the school.

Yes, they can. Some students come on foot, some students come by school bus and some are taken by their parents

Small children cant come to school on their own (I-III classes ). Older children cant leave school without their parents written permission.

Survey was made by the coordinator Dale Burokiene, Lithuania 2011-04-28