The British Educational System

School governors- work with the school, they work in partnership with the headteacher and staff. Governors do not intervene with the day to day running of the school, unless there is a serious problem. The governing body is also responsible for making sure that the schools

The current American education system has its flaws. Public schools struggle, private schools charge exorbitant prices, and the status quo dictates that a college degree acts a golden ticket to success in today’s workplace. This ideal contrasts from history’s viewpoint. During previous centuries, only upper-class men received education, as classrooms barred their doors to women and the poor. Renaissance men, who dabbled in numerous arts and sciences, gained their fame and glory more from the monetary power backing them than their intellectual prowess and knowledge. Straying from the past, elementary education is now a fundamental right, available to those with and without money, and a large— but not complete— population continues their

Primary schools cater for children aged 4-11. While at primary school, children start with the Early Years (Foundation) curriculum, followed by Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum.

Is America’s public education system benefiting in helping students succeed or is it taking part in students lacking crucial information? In “The Problem with American Education” Zastrow Marvin C. states that “our country grew and flourished as it developed the most extensive, the most elaborate, and the most expensive educational system the world has ever known” (233). There are other systems around the world that maybe more effective, use a smaller budget, and are less time consuming. Students in American schools are beginning to score lower and lower on state wide standardized tests. Also more and more students are beginning to walk out of public education schools lacking crucial life knowledge. One different education system around the world that is more efficient and cost less money is Finland. Also this education system is less time consuming than America’s system. In America it is important for students

Education plays important role in society. It determines the final development of an adult’s personality. In today’s society most jobs require a University degree. To receive a University degree students need to rely on a good education system. Does America provide this? The American education system has relied on the grade point average system for a long time. The problem with this is there is not a universal GPA grade point system varying from course to course. This creates an inaccurate way to determine ones overall achievements. Teachers have different standards than others, grade inflation can occur and students can be exposed to different learning environments. Does the education system need to change to create fairness?

A study conducted in 2003 by Ofsted that involved England, Denmark and Finland, showed England’s national curriculum compared to the other two countries was:

After the welfare state was introduce in Britain in 1942, William Beveridge, introduced free education for all. It took a few years for the Labour government to bring this into action. In 1944 free education for all was instated. The Education Act (1944) came into action. In this act ‘Butler’ introduced free secondary school education and set the age to leave school at 15. There were 3 different types of school available to children, these were, grammar school, secondary modern school or technical school. To determine which school’s children went to they would have to sit the ’11-plus’ IQ test. The advantages of the Free Education for All, is that it gave all children the opportunity for a further education based on exam results and this would let on to better opportunity for jobs and a better lifestyle.

Education both influences and reflects the values and aspirations of a society. It is therefore important to recognise a set of common aims, values and purposes that underpin a school curriculum and the work of schools in a range of countries (DfE, 2008). This comparative study will explore the curricula of England and Finland - discussing the history, structure and contents; and consider which of the above are more useful in preparing young adults for life in the modern society. With reference to the modern society, it is important to understand that what makes a society modern is entirely a subjective ideology. This takes into consideration that the views and expectations of one modern society may differ from the views and expectations

The Education system of England and Wales underwent a number of important changes since 1944. This essay seeks to concentrate on these major changes describing the rationale and impact they had on the British education system.

London carved out in stone the hard cold truth on how the school system works. The educational system has created an illusion of this perfect place for kids to learn, make life-long friends, and be prepared to enter the world as individuals. London, however, proves that this perfect system is actually flawed and unjust. Students walk into school afraid because "social lines are barbed wire," and where they stand in the social hierarchy. They also learn lessons that will not help them when they "swim" in the big world as an adult. Girls are afraid of their own looks, care only about their status, and who is dating whom. While the guys, hide their insecurities through the sports the play, or trying to be the class clown. Nobody wants to be called

Education in Great Britain has always been a hot topic for discussion and over the years the education system has undergone many changes. This has been down to the political party in power at the time, pressures of a changing society and the subsequent rise and fall of the national economy. The purpose of this essay is to look at how these factors have affected and developed secondary education in Great Britain starting with a brief overview of the pre-1900’s. Moving through the years in chronological order, the essay will consider various Education Acts and reports, the effect of two World Wars and the controversial Butler Education Act of 1944 when the tripartite system was introduced.

Between the U.K. and the United States, there are major differences in the cost of schooling and how it varies. The cost of schooling in America is usually thousands of

In 1891 primary education became free and compulsory for all children between the ages 5 and 13. Although some may see this as a great step towards equality, many found this an inconvenience as their children could no longer work for them; this in some cases meant families lost out on money and business. A Marxist would explain this as the Bourgeoisie transmitting the ideology to the Proletariat that capitalism is just and reasonable. Marx (1848) considers this ‘exploitation of the many by the few’. This can be seen in the schooling environment as it teaches you to compete with your fellow pupils by trying to achieve higher than them for a grade or position, similar to that society. They would also see it as training

Efforts to reach this are the provision of schools, with entry on a meritocratic basis. Following the 1944 Education Act in Britain, the removal of fees from secondary schools and the provision of student grants, certain financial barriers to educational attainment were minimised. Whether we measure equality of access fairly is a debateable topic, however there is overwhelming evidence which confirms that social class origins are strongly and clearly implicated in educational success or failure. Halsey, Heath and Ridge (1981), in a study of 8529 males educated in England and Wales, found that a boy who was considered middle class, compared to a boy in working class had fourth more times of attending a public school, eighteen times more chance of attending a minor independent school and twelve times more chance of attending a direct grant school and three times more chance of attending a grammar school (Journal of Social Policy, 1981). So this study heavily implies that the pattern of unequal access to the more prestigious secondary schools remained, despite the post war education reforms ‘the probability of a working-class boy receiving a fair education in the mid-fifties and sixties were very little different from that of his parents’ generation thirty years earlier’ (Halsey,

The Scottish Educational system has many key components which make it so successful, for example; The Curriculum for Excellence, also known as the CfE is providing children aged from 3 years to 18 years old the chance to develop new skills that they can carry with them through their life. The CfE is built up of four capacities; Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors and through providing the correct and challenging experiences for each child as an individual you will be helping them to work towards developing aspects of all four of the capacities. Another key component is the recent introduction of the National Qualifications. The new National Qualifications offer more flexibility, with a