英美概况 教学配套课件 齐智英 unit 6.pdfVIP

LOGO Unit Six British and American Education 《英美概况》 主编：齐智英 Contents 1 The Present Education System of the UK and the USA 2 Elementary and Secondary Education of the UK and the USA 3 Higher Education 《英美概况》 主编：齐智英 Unit Six  6.1. The Present Education System of the UK and the USA  6.1.1 The British Educational System  The British educational system is a complicated one, compared with the Chinese educational system. Generally speaking, there are two systems of primary and secondary education in Britain – –– the state school and “public school”1. The former is in the majority, the latter is few in number but of great influence. Unit Six  State laws provide a general framework within which the state schools operate and the central government provides a large part of the money, but there is only a fairly loose state control over the schools throughout the country. The Department of Education and Science establishes standards to schools which ought to conform and from time to time it sends out one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors to visit and make thorough reports on the work of every school. They give advice to the teachers and suggest new ideas, but their function is above all advisory. In every state school the head teacher has plenty of autonomy in deciding what is to be taught and how the teaching is to be carried out. Public schools are quite independent. Each has a board of governors separately constituted. They control the