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Education in the United States of America United States of America
Gao Guangyan, Daniel Lo, Ong Woo Han4L July 2005
Raffles Institution
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Motto E Pluribus Unum (1789present) (Latin "Out of Many, One") In God We
Trust (1956present) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner
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Introduction
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Education In the USA
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Goals and Purposes
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Investment
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School Grades
Pre-School, Nursery School Under 5 Elementary
School Kindergarten 56 1st Grade 67 2nd
Grade 78 3rd Grade 89 4th Grade 910 5th
Grade 1011 Middle school (also Junior High)
6th Grade 1112 7th Grade 1213 8th Grade
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High school 9th Grade (Freshman) 1415 10th
Grade (Sophomore) 1516 11th Grade (Junior)
1617 12th Grade (Senior) 1718 College or
University (usually four years) Freshman 1819
Sophomore 1920 Junior 2021 Senior 2122
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Elementary School
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High School
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Elective Courses
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Gifted Programmes
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Tertiary Education
College or university.
Public schools more lenient Private schools rigorous
ECAs considered for admission
Community college (2 yr) AA degree
Undergraduate study for 4 yrs bachelors degree
Postgraduate study 1-3 yrs masters degree.
3 or more yrs after the completion of a masters degree, students may earn
a doctoral degree.
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Changes / Reforms
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No Child Left Behind Act
President Bush
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No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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CASE STUDY
Case study (example) of an individual from
Arcadia, California USA Student is in 9th
Grade Arcadia, California ? One of the best
districts in USA School system Split into
districts that cover the city
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CASE STUDY
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CASE STUDY
Middle School
Schedule with 6 periods
20 mins of free reading after lunch
Some interesting lessons
Robotics (played with lego mindstorms for 1 semester)
Exploratory choose 2 classes, like art/music/video production/ industrial
tech (make stuff out of wood) / journalism/etc
English More writing, Reading Romeo and Juliet, Do an act from a scene,
read To Kill a Mockingbird
Run 1 mile for every PE lesson
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CASE STUDY
School Life
School days and holidays
6 hr long days
Slowly get longer as the years passed
5 days a week, few Mondays off, 2 weeks for Xmas and New Year
1 Week spring break
2.5 month summer break
Starts at 8am
Students love holidays (esp. summer break)
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Singapore Education
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Singapore Education
STRESS
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Similarities and Differences
Similarities
Emphasis on Education for Economy
Semestral Assessments of students
Fitness and Health emphasised
Meritocracy IB, AP, Honours classes v.s GEP
Differences
US has K-12 system, different
Mandatory education 16-18 vs. 12
Singapore is more centralised (MOE)
Free education in USA
Os and As in Singapore, SAT and ACT in USA
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Good Points
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Bad Points
STRESS
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Learning Areas
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The EndThank you for your attention.
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The EndThank you for your attention What is my pentagon doing in your flag?!