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Comparing and Contrasting the Schooling System in the United Kingdom and Denmark

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This essay will compare and contrast the education system in the United Kingdom and Denmark. It will focus on primary education and lower secondary, focusing on the Folkeskole, aims of this, how each country goes about doing examinations and grading, the curriculum content and how each country differs and also the teaching and learning of each country.
There are three different ideologies behind the education system; these include classical humanism, encyclopaedism and pragmatism. The United Kingdoms education system is based around classical humanism and promotes morality that when children leave school they know what good behaviour is and have good knowledge on subjects like Religious Education and faith. In fact in …show more content…

Denmark do this to improve behaviour and ensure they are socially fragmentised, they also look at the way students learn, and focus on which way they learn best.
In Denmark, they call there primary education the Folkeskole, which for pupils between the age 6-7 and 16. The Folkeskole works (The Ministry of Education, 2014) ‘In cooperation with the parents to provide student with the knowledge and skills that will prepare them for further education and training.’ The fact the parents have input to the education at this level is motivational for the parents because they feel like they have a say in what their child learns, and also helpful for the school because they know, what the parents want to see, and how they are able to improve on this. Also because the student stays with the teacher throughout their time in the Folkeskole, ‘Parents and teachers become well-acquainted during the course of the students education.’ Which means the teacher would be able to give more accurate reports on the child and give constructive advice on what’s the best way for them to improve.
In the UK, there is the same process with the parent to teacher meetings, they would meet at least once a year for progress reviews on their child, however, (The Alberta Teachers Association, 2014) ‘In England, parents are not represented at the local or national levels.’ Which means parents have less input into the curriculum compared to Denmark.
The teaching and learning in Denmark is much more

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