英语国家概况课件.ppt

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1、英语国家概况TheUnitedStatesofAmericaChapter12Education,MediaandHolidaysContentsⅠEducationⅡMediaⅢHolidaysandFestivalsⅠEducation1.IdealsofAmericanEducation2.EducationalSystemAsmanypeopleaspossibleshouldhaveaccesstoasmucheducationastheywantanoutcomeoftheAmerican’sassertions(主张、断言、声明)abo

2、utequalityequalityineducationdoesnotmeanthateveryonereceivesthesameeducationTheChildplacedinalower-abilitygroupdoesnotreceivethesameeducationasoneplacedinahigher-abilitygroup1.IdealsofAmericanEducationProducingasocietyofliteracyandlocalcontroleducationgovernedbystateandlocalgov

3、ernments,notbythenationalgovernment;nonationalministryofeducationeachstatehasitsownlawsregulatingeducation1.IdealsofAmericanEducationEFA(EducationalFoundationofAmerica)educationforallEmphasisonthebasicnatureofknowledgeandlearningScholarsandstudentsshouldworktodiscovernewinforma

4、tionorconceive(构思、设计)newwaystounderstandwhatisalreadyknown;Learningisanenterpriseofexploration,experimentation,analysis,andsynthesis;Thegoalofeducationistoteachchildrenhowtolearnandhelpthemreachtheirmaximumpotential.1.IdealsofAmericanEducationEducationisbothanindividualbenefita

5、ndasocialnecessity.EveryAmericanhastherightandobligationtobecomeeducated.1.IdealsofAmericanEducationEducationisbothanindividualbenefitandasocialnecessity.EveryAmericanhastherightandobligationtobecomeeducated.Quotationsconcerningeducation:Betterbeunbornthanuntaught,forignorancei

6、stherootofmisfortune.与其不受教育,不如不生,无知是不幸的根源(Plato柏拉图,AncientGreekphilosopher)Educationisaprogressivediscoveryofourignorance.教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程(Durant,Americanhistorian)Thepurposeofeducationistoreplaceanemptymindwithanopenone.教育的目的是用能接受新思想的头脑去取代一个空虚的灵魂。((MalcolmForbes,Americaneducat

7、or)2.EducationalSystem2.1ElementaryandSecondaryEducation2.2HigherEducation2.3FamousUniversities2.4MulticulturalEducationElementaryandsecondaryeducation—thebasisofpubliceducation,freeandcompulsory,12gradesDifferentdivisionsofschoolsystems:elementaryschool—onethrougheighthighscho

8、ol—nextfouryearselementaryschool—onethroughsixjuniorhi