英美概况论文

经典word整理文档，仅参考，转Word此处可删除页眉页脚。本资料属于网络整理，如有侵权，请联系删除，谢谢！宁波大学答题纸1课号：067Y02C00学号：096070145课程名称英语国家概况姓名：陶梦雅改卷教师：林立红得分：A(Dec,2010)ThoughtsoftheBritishEducationSystemAbstract:BritainisatypicalwesterncountrywhileChinaiseastern.Bothcountrieshavequitedifferentnationalconditionsandideologies,soaretheireducationsystems.However,asforsomeaspectsofeducation,theyalsosharesomesimilarities.nomatterwhatkindofeducation,thebesteducationsystemistheonethatsuitsthesituationofaAndlikeinChina,BritisheducationsystemalsohasitsimportantvalueinBritain.Keywords:educationsystem;difference;similarity;valueNowadays,educationisregardedasaveryimportantfactortosuccessinlife.Nomatterhowdifferentoursocialandculturalenvironmentsare,mostofusapproveofeducationspositiveeffectsonsociety.However,asforthespecificeducationsystem,differentcountrieshavedifferentopinions.Afterall,thereareindeeddifferencesinnationalconditionsandideologies,whichinfluencethedevelopmentofeducation.SoitdoesinBritainandChina.Onthesurfaceatleast,BritishandChineseeducationsystemsseemquitedifferent.FirstIwanttomentionthetypesofeducationsystemsintwocountries.ComparedwiththeuniqueeducationsysteminChinesemainland,theeducationsysteminBritaingenerallycanbeclassifiedintotwotypes:theeducationsysteminEngland,WalesandNorthernIrelandandtheeducationsysteminScotland.ThereasonisthateducationintheUnitedKingdomisadevolvedmatterwitheachofthecountriesoftheUnitedKingdomhavingseparatesystemsunderseparategovernments.ButasforChina,theunifiededucationsystemisestablishedbytheChinesecentralgovernment.Sothecompareandcontrastarebasedonthegeneralsituationabouttheeducationsysteminbothcountries.2.DifferencesOneobviousdifferenceisthelawprotectionforeducation.InBritain,ifachildfailstoattendschool,aSchoolAttendanceOfficewillcometohishousetofindoutandifthereisnogoodreasontheparentsmaybeprosecuted.Fromsuchacase,wecanfigureouttheharshlawprotectionforBritisheducationtosomeextent.Incontrast,althoughChinahasalsoadoptedanine-yearcompulsoryschoolingsystem,whichmeansallchildrenarerequiredtoattendschoolforatleastnineyears.However,asamatteroffact,theChinesegovernmentdoesn’tcarryoutthislaweffectivelyowingtovariousreasons,suchasthelargepopulation,theeconomicstrengthandsoon.Everyyeartherearecountlessstudentswhocannotgotoschoolorleaveschoolwithoutcompletingthenine-yearbasiceducating.ItisreallyanurgentproblemweChineseshouldsolve.anotherdifferencereferstothereligion.Britishschoolsarerequiredtoprovidereligiouseducationanddailycollectiveworshipforallpupils,providedparentsdonotthinkotherwise.Whatsmore,toprotectfreedomofbelief,thegovernmentallowslocaleducationauthoritiesandschoolstodeterminethecontentoftheirreligiousinstructionaccordingtothedemandofthelocalAstheyclaimthatthepurposeofreligiouseducationistocultivatepupils’moralsense.However,thingsaretotallydifferentinChina.Chineseeducationpayslittleattentiontothereligion.Theresnosuchclassesrelatedwithreligioninstudents’curriculumsexceptonlyafewinuniversitystudents.ThereforemostChinesestudentsdonthavereligionbelief.ActuallytheyarerequiredtoabandonanyreligionbeliefiftheywanttojointheThemethodforcultivatingthemoralsenseinChinaistooffercoursesrelatedwithwhichalsoworkswell.Otherareasofdifferenceinvolveissuesofeducationalideasandmethods.Asweallknow,Britisheducationisfamousfor，standardandTheypursuetheeffectivenessoftheireducationandplacetheirstudentatthecentralposition.Forexample,inaBritishclass,itisthestageofallthestudents.Everystudenthasthechancetoperformthemselves,toshowtheirownopinions,tomakeexperimentsbythemselves.Inthemeanwhile,theteacheronlyplaysaroleofaguiderandanorganizer.Inaword,thestudentsarethestarsinclass.IthinksuchaneducationalideaiswhatweChineseshouldlearnfrom.InChina,themostcommonsituationisthattheclassisalmosttheshowoftheteacherhimself.Theteacherteacheswhatheissupposedtoteachandthestudentslistentowhattheteachertellsthemaccuratelyandreciteitagainandagainafterclass.Fewwhysandwondersareputupwithinoroutoftheclass.Inthiscase,studentsarejustlikeasortofanimatesausagecasingandintotheemptycasing,theteachersaresupposedtostuffeducation.Fortunately,nowadaystheChinesegovernmenthasattachedmoreattentiontothisproblemandtakensomeactions.ButRomeisnotbuiltinoneday.Soitisstillalongwayforustogo.Inspiteofthesedifferences,thesetwoeducationsystemsshareseveralimportantsimilarities.Both,forexample,fallintosuchcategories:pre-schooleducation,primaryschool,secondaryschoolandAndexceptsomesmalldetails,primaryschoolandsecondaryschoolarebothcompulsoryeducationinbothsystems.The1996EducationActoftheUKstates:theparentofeverychildofcompulsoryschoolageshallcausehimtoreceiveefficientfull-timeeducationsuitabletohisage,abilityandaptitudeandtoanyspecialeducationalneedshemayhaveeitherbyregularattendanceatschoolorotherwise.AndinChinatheresalsoanine-yearcompulsoryschoolingsystem.What’more,studentsarefreetoacceptthecompulsoryeducationinsomerichareasinChina,whichreallymakesgreatprogress.Bothsystem,moreover,havethestandardizedtestpreparedforstudentswhowanttoreceivehighereducation.InBritain,theGCSE;whileinChinatheCollegeEnt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