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1、PartThreeCultureChapterI EducationI.EducationPoliciesAsadevelopednationthathaslimitednaturalresources,Britaingreatlydependsuponprofessionalsandaskilledworkforce.1.Britainpaysmoreattentiontoeducationandthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology.2.TheBritishvalueisbasedonindivi
2、dualismandBritain’seducationaimstodeveloptheabilitiesofindividualsfortheirownbenefitsandthatofsocietyasawhole.3.Britisheducationalsystemtendstosegregatepupilsonthebasisoftheiracademicabilityandhavedifferentteachingplanstocaterforthem.4.Educationauthoritiesattachgreatimpo
3、rtancetothequalityofteachers.5.Thestatecontroloftheschoolisloose,andthefunctionoftheDepartmentofEducationandScienceisadvisory.6.Childrencangeteducationathome.II.TypesofSchools— Primary&SecondaryGenerallyspeaking,therearetwosystemsofprimaryandsecondaryeducationinBritain--
4、-thestateschoolandpublicschool.Theformerisinthemajority;thelatterisfewinnumberbutofgreatinfluence.1.PrimarySchools:primaryuptotheageofeleven.AllchildrenintheU.K.mustreceiveafulltimeeducationfromtheageoffivetosixteen.Educationatthisstageiscompulsory.A.Inthestateprimarysch
5、ools,therearetwosections--infantsectionandjuniorsection.a.Compulsoryeducationbeginsattheageoffivewhenchildrenattend“infants”schoolor“FirstSchool”,whichareco-educational.Attheageofseven,theyenterjuniorschools.b.Twothirdsprimaryschoolsarewhollymaintainedbythelocalauthoriti
6、es.Onethirdbelongtochurches,whichprovidegeneraleducationandreligiousinstruction.c.ParallelclassesaredescribedwithA,BandC,aclassiscalledaform,nevergrade,andthetopclassshouldbecalledtheSixth.d.Religion,English,Maths,History,Geography,NatureStudies,Hygiene,Arthandicraft,Mus
7、icandPhysicalEducationaretaught.B.Intheprivateprimaryschool,thepreparatoryschoolsarepopularlyknownasprepschools.a.Theindependentschoolsareforchildrenfromsevenoreightuptothirteen.b.Themainpurposeisthe“commonentrance”examinationforadmissiontoapublicschool.c.Beforeprepschoo
8、l,theycometoasmallprivateschool.2.SecondarySchools:A.Differentpatternsofsecondaryschools:two-tierpatter
