文档介绍：Chapter 7: British Education System
British Education System
Purpose of Education:
Teach “the three R’s”
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
(Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic)
Teach children the rules and values they need to e good citizens
British Education System
Spending on Education:
Education is state run
Between 1989 and 1990
24 Billion British Pounds (333,000,000,000 RMB)
% of the UK’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
British Education System: History
Separated by Class:
Education was mainly for the rich
Best schools were only for the upper class
Eton and Winchester
Oxford and Cambridge (Oxbridge)
Old work: an elite group of men who went to school and university together
British Education System: Oxford (12th Century)
British Education System: Cambridge (13th Century)
British Education System: History
Many of the first schools were set up by the Church
Attendance was voluntary
Effects can still be seen today:
Religious education still part of school
Daily prayer and singing hymns
British Education System: History
The 1944 Education Act
Gave all children the right to receive secondary education
“Meritocratic” admittance system
Based on students’ academic ability
Not class or ability to pay
British Education System: History
National Curriculum
Introduced in 1989
Goal: To raise the quality of education in the UK
Subjects: English, Mathematics, science, religious education, history, geography, technology, music, art, physical education, and a modern foreign language
National tests
British Education System: Current Structure
Students must attend school from the age of 5 until they are 16 years old.
Two types of schools
State-sponsored schools (State Schools)
Privately-funded schools (Public Schools)
Private (Independent) schools get funding from the private sector and tuition fees
League Tables: Comparative rank of schools for parents to use to decide where to send their children