Chapter 14:

Education

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 Objectives
After this lesson, students will be able to

understand more about

- British education system

- British exam system

idea strategy

Production distribution

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 BRISTISH
SCHOOL
State school Private school
= Public school
Funded by the
Private Education
government
Including:
State education
- boarding single sex

schools

- non-boarding single

sex schools

~92% students ~8% students

 Stages

PRIMARY
5-11
SECONDARY
At the age of 11 or 12
TERTIARY
further education at

-> 16 university or college

full-time education is compulsory up to the middle teenage years

compulsory education is free of charge

No Nursery in Britain

TRUE FALSE
No Nursery in Britain

NOT
COMPULSOR
Y

TRUE FALSE
Start school =>Compulsory

Reception Year 1 Year 2

At the age of 4 Turning 6 Continuing
Turning 5
 The public school system
Historical background
The emphasis was on
Schools and other educational
institutions (such as 'character-building' and
universities) existed in Britain
long before the government the development of
began to take an interest in
education.
Public 'team spirit' rather than
school on academic
The government left alone the
small group of schools which achievement
had been used in the nineteenth
century (and in some cases
before then) to educate the sons
of the upper and upper-middle
classes

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Stereotypical public schools
are for boys only from the age of thirteen
onwards, most of whom
attended a private 'prep'
(= preparatory) school beforehand;
take fee-paying pupils (and some
scholarship pupils who have won a place
in a competitive entrance exam)
re boarding schools (the boys live there
during term-rime)
are not at all luxurious or comfortable.
Are divided into'houses’, each 'house'
being looked after by a “housemaster”
make some of the senior boys ‘prefects'
Place great emphasis on team sports
enforce their rules with the use of
physical punishment
Have a reputation for arelatively great
amount of homosexual activity
Stereotypical public schools
are for boys only from the age of thirteen Are divided into'houses’, each 'house'
onwards, most of whom being looked after by a “housemaster”
attended a private 'prep'
(= preparatory) school beforehand; LO NO make some of the senior boys ‘prefects'
R NG
FI E
take fee-paying pupils (and some
F TH TS Place great emphasis on team sports
AC E
scholarship pupils who have won a place
in a competitive entrance exam) TS
enforce their rules with the use of
re boarding schools (the boys live there physical punishment
during term-rime)
Have a reputation for arelatively great
are not at all luxurious or comfortable. amount of homosexual activity
 Nowadays
Many schools admit day
Life for the
pupils as well as boarders,
pupils is more
and some are day-schools only
physically
comfortable than
it used to be

Boys + Girls Public

school
There is less
emphasis on
team sport and
Prefects no longer have more on
so much power or have academic
been abolished altogether achievement
Girls’ public school

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 Style
Learning for its own sake

- Read and tell what ”learning for its own sake” means

in your own language.

- Give some examples

Textbook p.134
 The school year
Schools usually divide their year into three 'terms', starting at the beginning of September.

All schools have a’ half-term' (= half-term holiday), lasting a few days or a week in the middle of each term.
Public exam
 These exams are not set by the government, but rather

by independent examining boards

 The boards publish a separate syllabus for each

subject

 The exam are divorced from the school system.

 Exams and qualifications
GCSE
= General Certificate o f Secondary Education

Taken by most fifteen - sixteen- year-olds

To pass => have to pass five subjects including English and Math

Having a uniform system of marks : all being graded from A to G. Grades

A, B and C are regarded as ‘good' grades.

SCE
= Scottish Certificate of Education

The Scottish equivalent of GCSE.

Set by the Scottish Examination Board.

Grades are awarded in numbers ( I = the best).

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 Exams and qualifications
A Level
= Advanced Levels.

Higher-level academic exams set by the same examining boards that set GCSE exams.

Taken mostly by people around the age of eighteen who wish to go on to higher education.

SCE'Highers’
=The Scottish equivalent of A-levels.

GNVQ
= General Nation al Vocational Qualification .

Courses and exams in job-related subjects.

divided into five levels, the lowest level being equivalent to GCSEs/ SCEs and the third

level to A levels.

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 Exams and qualifications
Degree
A qualification from a university.
Honours degrees:

Class I (known as .a first’)

Class II,I ('a 2 ,1' or 'an upper second')

Class II,II ('a 2 ,2 ' or 'a lower second')

Class III ('a third’)

Below one of these gets a pass degree

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 Exams and qualifications
Bachelor's Degree:
= first degree

BA(= Bachelor of Arts)

BSc(= Bachelor of Science).

Master's Degree:
= a second (postgraduate) degree, most commonly an MA or MSc

Doctorate
= The highest academic qualification .

This usually (but not everywhere) carries the title PhD (=Doctor of Philosophy)

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 QUIZ
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 TRUE or FALSE?
 The GCSE course starts in Year 10.

TRUE FALSE
 TRUE or FALSE?
 Teachers tell the students which GCSE exams they can study
for.

TRUE FALSE
 TRUE or FALSE?
 You need A-levels to go to university.

TRUE FALSE
 TRUE or FALSE?
 Children at public schools only go home in the holidays.

TRUE FALSE
What does ‘compulsory’
mean?
Necessary; something that you
must do

Not part of the normal course

of studies

difficult to understand or deal with.

What’s the English for ‘a
grade’?
Final mark for an exam

A short holiday in the middle

of a school term.

Part of the school year.

What are ‘boarders’?
School laboratories

Foreign students who came to

study from other countries

Children who eat and sleep at a school

and go home for the holidays
What does ‘a term’ mean?
Part of the school year

Spring holiday

Final examination
 Thank you
For Attention!

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