中英基础教育对比

Sino-British Basic Education Contrast

Class: 11103 Number: 201100592 Name: Justin Abstract:After the appearance of culture, an important public service came into being, that is education. However, different countries have different forms of educations. According to the internet, it is found that there are many differences between the baisc education system in China’s and Britain’s basic education system.Britain’s basic education attaches much importance to the development of students’interests, personality, practical abilities and creativity. It combines theory with reality to create

a comfortable and joyful learning enviroment for British students so that

their comprehensive abilities can be improved. But China’s basic education stress that students should have a good knowledge of theoretic knowledge. Also, Chinese students bear much more pressure from basic education than British students. Ignoring the importance of practical abilities and interests cultivation, teachers assess students on the basis of exam grades, which makes them study negatively. This article aims to contrast Sino-British basic education in different periods.

Key Words: cultivation; interests; practical abilities

1.Preschool Education

<1> Structure and Scale(reference 1)

China’s preschool education institutions are mainly nursery, kindergarten and preschool. Nurseries recruiting children under the age of

3 mainly provide convenience and guardianship for them; kindergartens, recruiting children aged 3-6, are the basic step of the school education system; preschools recruit those children aged 6-7 who are preparing for going to elementary schools.

However, Britain’s preschool education institutions are mainly nursery school, nursery class, playgroup and day-care center. Nursery schools are independent institutions of early childhood education which recruit children aged 2-5; nursery classes recruiting children aged 3-5 are attached to the elementary school. The main purpose of nursery schools and nursery classes is to provide children with healthcare and education. Playgroups, recruiting children aged 2-5, let them get all-round cultivation with games; day-care center is divided in two categories: day nursery and boarding nursery. They recruit children aged 2-5, mainly giving priority to their healthcare and education.

With respect to the number, there is a trend that the number of the China’s kindergartens, especially the children in the nursery schools is declining year by year. Even so, the number is still much larger than in other countries. Some classes in the kindergarten have up to 40 children. The class-divided form is mainly according to children’s age.

The number of Britain’s preschool education institutions is generally small. They are able to strictly control the certain proportion of the class size and the number of people. Their class-divided form is on the basis of