Презентация для урока английского языка Two Systems of Education

Two Systems of Education

Russia

Great Britain

2012

Education in

?

Great Britain

Russia

Which is better?

Purposes of my search

• to compare the systems of education in Russia and in GB

• to reveal differences and similarities of the systems

• to find out advantages and disadvantages

• to systematise the results of my work

Education in

Great Britain

Basic features of

public education

• wide variations between one part of the country and another

• it is class-divided and selective

• variety of opportunities offered to schoolchildren

Science

Arts

• English Language

• Chemistry

• English Literature

• Physics

• Mathematics

• History

• Economics

• Foreign Languages

• Technical Drawing

• Music

• Biology

• Art

• Geography

• Drama

Physical Education, Home Economics, Technical Subjects, General Science

The National Curriculum sets up

• the subjects that children should study

• the levels of achievement they should reach

Nursery Schools

children 3-4 years old

Primary Schools

infant schools

junior schools

(5-7 years old)

(8-11 years old)

children from 5 to 11 years old

Secondary School

is compulsory in Great Britain

Comprehensive Schools

• schools which take pupils from 11 to 18

• schools which take middle school-leavers from 12, 13 or 14 to 18

• schools which take the age group from 11 to 16

School clubs & field trips

School year

• lasts from September till July

• is divided into:

• Autumn trimester (from September till the middle of December)

• Spring trimester (from the beginning of January till the middle or the end of March)

• Summer trimester (from the beginning or the middle of April till the middle of July)

“ Bell Times”

8.40 a.m. – School begins

8.45 a.m. – Registration

8.50 a.m. – Assembly bell

9.00 a.m. – Pupils move to lessons

9.05 a.m. – Lesson 1

9.45 a.m. – Lesson 2

10.25 a.m. – Lesson 3

11.25 a.m. – Lesson 4

11.05 a.m. – Break

11.25 a.m. – Pupils move to lessons

11.30 a.m. – Lesson 5

12.10 p.m. – Lesson 6

12.50 p.m. – Lunch time

1.40 p.m. – Afternoon school begins

1.45 p.m. – Registration

1.50 p.m. – Lesson 7

2.30 p.m. Lesson 8

3.10 p.m. – End of normal lessons

3.10 p.m. – Start of additional lessons, clubs, societies, team practice, detentions

16 is a school-leaving age

schoolchildren take the first public exam for

General Certificate of Secondary Education

(GCSE)

17-18 “A” Level exams (Advanced)

necessary to get a place at one of the British Universities

Higher education

Universities

Assisted Colleges

Polytechnics

Degrees:

• BA Bachelor of Arts

BSc Bachelor of Science

• MA Master of Arts

MSc Master of Science

• Ph.D Doctor of Philosophy

Universities

• there are 46 universities in the UK

• all British universities are private institutions

• British universities can be divided roughly into 3 main groups:

• the Old universities

• the RedBrick universities

• the New universities

• most famous universities in Britain are Cambridge and Oxford

Education in

Russia

System of Education in Russia

22

21

20

19

18

17

16

15

13-14

11-12

9-10

7-8

6

3-5

Every school has a «core curriculum» of

academic subjects

Russian Language

Mathematics

Literature

Chemistry

Physics

Biology

Geography

School in Russia

• lasts from September, 1 ( The Day of Knowledge ) till May (June)

• is composed of 4 terms with vacations in between :

• one week in November

• two weeks in January

• one week in the end of March

• almost three months in Summer

• most schools run with a six-day program

Study program in schools is fixed

Schoolchildren have no choice of subjects

Exams in Russia

• the nine-year pupils have to take two compulsory exams in Russia (Math and Russian) and two exams according to their choice

• the school-leavers have to pass Unified State Examination (USE)

Higher Education

• Russia has four types of institutions:

• There are two types of diploma (degrees):

• universities

• diploma of specialist

• academies

• diploma of a Master level

• institutes

• private institutions

Common Features

• primary, secondary and higher education

• wide choice of the establishments

• 16-17 is a school-leaving age

• state examinations

Differences

• different school-entering age

• the number of private schools

• the school year organisation

The Best Features

of both systems

in Great Britain

• wide variety of schools and higher establishments

• children in GB practically don’t have home-task

• GB diploma gives a person more opportunities

in Russia

• deep knowledge of all subjects

• to get a secondary education in Russia you have to study less than in Great Britain

• better organised school year

Conclusion

Both Russian and British system of education have their own benefits.

If we take the advantages of both systems we’ll get the ideal model of system of education

Education is not received

it is achieved

Thank you for attention!