is the British educational system ancient?
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i don't know how it is really, but if it's like france's, i think it's rather sophisticated.
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the normal answer would be that, the ancient egyptians are the oldest civilisation on earth older than chritianity. So these eras were the begining of philosphy and researching religion. Religion is almost a science these days , just watch the Di Vinci Code by Dan Brown, and compare this with what our ancestors had to work with. Very primitive, but very impressive if you think about it. \n\nThey had gods for most events, like hunting, death, farming, birth, etc, etc.
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I am currently teaching 12th grade English which is British literature. There is a lot of religion thrown into the old Anglo-Saxon stories such as Beowulf. It helps the students to know the history of the period and how religion was involved. When you move on to the middle ages, religion is also involved. In reading The Canterbury Tales, you have to have some understanding of nuns, monks, priests, etc. Otherwise you miss out on something in the story. I believe that you can speak about religion in a historical context, but you should not put your religious beliefs or nonbeliefs on the students at any time.
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In the UK we don't do the SATs that you sit in the USA. In year 9 (age 13/14), 6(age 10/11) and more recently 2 (age 6/7) we have something called SATs (pronouced as a word rather than the individual letters) but they test the general level in Maths, English and Science, usually to see how far the child is in line with the national average. \nThe real education begins in years 10-11 (age 14-16) where you study for your GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education previously known as O Levels). Depending on your institute you generally get to choose which subjects you wish to study and schools tend to make English, Maths and Science compulsary, others may include P.E or a language. The grades are from A* - G (pass) and U (ungraded meaning fail), though the accepted pass grades will be grades A* - C.\nPrior to age 16, education is compulsary but post-16 education is optional and can go into various branches depending on the individual. One route is A(dvanced) Levels (or GCE) where you can do a maximum of 5 they say but if its for applying to university for a undergraduate degree (BA/BSc) they won't ask for more than 3 A level grades, where the grades range from A - E. Now however some university asked for Ucas points rather than grades which can make it easier to some extend as its the minimum points they require for entry which can be made up of a really low grade in one subject but high in another. So previously grades BBB was required but the new points sytem requires 300 which can be achieved by attaining grades ABC. These take 2 years to complete and made up of 6 units or can be taken as Intensive A Level whereby its completed in 1 year. \nA Level tends to be considered more academic as its more exam based. If someone prefers a more vocational route they could do GNVQ(General National Vocational Qualification) / AVCE (Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education) instead as its more coursework based rather than exam. This is a little complicating. \nFirst you have Part One Award GNVQ made up 3 units, and equivalent to an AS Level or 1 GCSE. Then you have the Full Award GNVQ made up 6 units equivalent to an A Level or 2 GCSEs. Both can be taken at a foundation or intermediate level. Finally you have AVCE which is 12 units, usually taken over 2 years, and equivalent to 2 A Levels. I actually did the full-award GNVQ in ICT alongside my GCSEs because my school offered it in replacement of the half GCSE it had the previous years. It was grade on the scale of, Distinction (A), Merit (B), Pass (C) and Fail (U). Some universities accept these as qualifying grades for entry onto the degree. Other universities prefer the academic route but it really depends on your chosen path. \nBoth A Levels and AVCEs are generally undertaken the two years after completing secondary education. Of course if someone wasn't following the traditional route they may of course take it after a gap or after doing something completly different. Of course ifsomeone wasn't going to university they may for example do some work-related study such as a Modern Apprenticeship or simply go straight into work. Others follow whatis best for their chosen career, for example, someone wanting to do childcare may do a CACHE Diploma (Council for Award in Childcare and Education) instead or do a BTEC National Diploma in Business/Science, again both more vocational. \nIf I'm correct, high school in the USA is the equivalent for education up to 18 in the UK, which is secondary education pre-16 and further education (College/6th Form) pre-18.\nAfter which we have university (is it college for you?) degrees such as BSc (Bachelor of Science) and BA (Bachelor of Arts) known as the First Degree/Graduate. This usually takes 3 years full-time, 4 years sandwich (inc. 1 year work) or part-time. These are graded 1st Class, 2:1 (Upper 2nd), 2:2 (Lower 2nd), 3rd, Pass and Fail respectively.\nAfter that you can do a Postgraduate (second degree) followed by the Ph
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Oxford has a longer history of teaching excellence I think
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Woah!  Now THAT is a good question!  Having been on an exchange to the UK, I learned that there are muliple grading systems out there.  We also have multiple educational paradigms that likewise impact grading: German, British, and American.\n\nIn the German system, research is key.  Part ancient and part very new, research projects with verification might be a grading system.  Grades may be on percentages or pass rates.\n\nThe British system is about leadership and being well-rounded, hence the liberal arts requirements.  The grading system tends to reflect the idea that it is impossible to satisfy everyone, hence there may be a % system, but 100% is virtually impossible to achieve.\n\nThe American system is vocational.  The assumption is that you are preparing to work and be good at doing what you're told.  You can easily get 100% on your tests and some people feel bad if they get less than an A.  Course results are graded like produce - with letter grades that are relatively meaningless outside of the person GIVING the grade.  Despite being one of the better educational systems in the world, the grading system is actually somewhat intellectually insulting.\n\nSO WHY?\n\nOk, at some point (I'm not sure exactly when) education started to standardize.  The percentage and letter grade systems exist to get quantitative data on student work - averages, means, variance, etc.  This then gives the institutions feedback on their own performance and that of their students and instructors, evaluate, make changes, and compare themselves to other institutions.  Very likely this happened in the early 1900s when more people started attending college and things like IQ tests were just starting to be created - always at first as a form of exclusion... come to think of it, they are still used as a form of exclusion... at any rate, that would make a lot of sense.  I would expect that before the masses started taking an interest in education, let alone higher education, detailed written feedback and more personalized attention could have been afforded to a more affluent elite class that formed the limits of college enrollments...\n\nIs this a well-studied area?  I would expect so, but if you don't find much about it on "google scholar," then you might have yourself a book to write!  I'd like to read something like that myself!
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What was once known as GREAT BRITAIN
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I have had a look and it appears to mean from Sussex university - check the attached link and you will see other universities shown also BSc Lond (London etc).\n\nSeems a bit pretentious to me bearing in mind they should all be the same standard - I have never seen this in Scotland so it may be peculiar to England (as if the English weren't peculiar enough hehe).\n\nHope that helps
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I am not sure but I think you can get info on DFES website.\nthat is a govt. of England website and has loads of information from primary to post graduate education.
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Yes i have lost faith in the American education system by reading some of these questions. When i went to school during the mid 70s Thur the 80s they taught you how to spell and proper grammar.I do not know how some of these young kids make it through college, because they must write reports with proper spelling and grammar. Sigh, they are going to be our future leaders.
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I can't really say much for the education and family system, as that is not my subject, but I can tell you to be careful... British people don't seem to like people immigrating into their country... good luck.
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What exactly do you need to know? I'm a history teacher - People stopped being regarded as children at 14 years old. Between 6-12, children that worked in factories and mills went to school for 2 hours a day. Rich children went to grammar school and boys and girls were kept seperate throughout al stages of schooling. Only the elite went on to university - men only of course! \nIt wasn't considered feminine to be educated so if a woman was for example a teacher, she would not be able to marry and continue her profession.
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I feel very suspicious about it. Everyone of my age can see that standards of education are lower than they were forty years ago: children can barely read, write or do arithmetic, let alone read a map, name a handful of British heroes or whistle a few bars of a piece of classical music. Yet the results of all the tests, from the ones that five year olds have to do right up to the A levels, go up and up and up,  rising relentlessly. I believe that the tests are falsified.
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American schools keep all students from kindergarten through grade 12. Special education students may be kept in school until age 21. Education is compulsary until age 16. (However in practice students do drop out before.) \n\nBritish System\nPrimary Education\nInfant School or Primary School\nReception, age 4 to 5\nYear 1, age 5 to 6\nYear 2, age 6 to 7 (KS1 National Curriculum Tests - England only)\nJunior School or Primary School\nYear 3, age 7 to 8\nYear 4, age 8 to 9\nYear 5, age 9 to 10\nYear 6, age 10 to 11 (Eleven plus exams in some areas of England, Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Tests)\nSecondary Education\nMiddle School, High School or Secondary School\nYear 7, old First Form, age 11 to 12\nYear 8, old Second Form, age 12 to 13\nYear 9, old Third Form, age 13 to 14 (Key Stage 3 National Curriculum Tests, known as SATs (Standard Assessment Tests))\nUpper School or Secondary School\nYear 10, old Fourth Form, age 14 to 15\nYear 11, old Fifth Form, age 15 to 16 (old O Level examinations, modern GCSE examinations)\nUpper School, Secondary School, or Sixth Form College\nYear 12 or Lower Sixth, age 16 to 17 (AS-level examinations)\nYear 13 or Upper Sixth, age 17 to 18 (A2-level examinations. Both AS-levels and A2-levels count towards A-levels .)
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Britain used to have Britannia - a rather sexy warrior woman - but I'm not sure if we still use her or if she's a relic of the Empire.
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Actually in America colleges teach "British Literature."  We just clump all writing from Great Britain (and sometimes from British author's who live in other parts of the world) into a category and study the author's by time period.\nNow what is your question?  Do you want a suggested topic?  An outline on a set topic?  Either way you'll need to give more info and tell which period of Brit. Lit. you are studying.
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calculations or math actually started way back ,no reference to an exact time but the indians during the 3rd century B.C were well advanced in maths , and so were the greeks,egyptians and chinese.