Chapter5EducationPartTwoAmericanEducationIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureLearningFocusElementaryEducationSecondaryEducationHomeSchoolingUndergraduateStudyGraduateStudyFamousUniversitiesIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBeforeYouReadWarm-upWhatcoursesaretaughtinAmericanelementaryschools?_______________________________________Whenastudentis16yearsold,towhatkindofschoolmayheorshego?_______________________________________WhatqualitiesdoyouthinkAmericanuniversitiesarelookingforwhentheydecidewhowillbeadmitted?______________________________________CanyoulistsomenamesoffamousAmericanuniversities?__________________________________________IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureAmericansregardeducationasthemeansbywhichtheinequalitiesamongindividualsaretobeerasedandbywhicheverydesirableendistobeachieved.--GeorgeS.Counts(1889-1974)IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureElementaryEducationMoststudentsusuallystartelementaryschoolattheageofsix.ThefirstacademicinstitutionthatachildattendsCurriculuminelementaryschoolAcademicyearIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureSecondaryEducationJuniorhighschool--theintermediatebetweenelementaryschoolandseniorhighschoolSeniorhighschoolIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureSecondaryEducationThereisnoentranceexamtogotohighschool.Inhighschools,subjectsbecomemorespecialized.Americaneducationputsmoreemphasisondevelopingcritical-thinkingskills.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureHomeSchoolingParentsteachtheirchildrenathome.DuetomoralandreligiousreasonsIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureHigherEducationUniversityhistoryandtypesUndergraduatestudyGraduatestudyFamousuniversitiesIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureHigherEducationBeganwiththefoundingofHarvardCollegein1636Choosethestudentsbasedonthefollowingaspects:◆highschoolrecords◆recommendationsfromtheirhighschoolteachers◆theimpressionduringtheinterview◆thescoresinSATIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureFunctionsofHigherEducationTeachingResearchPublicserviceIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTypesofHigherEducationUniversityCollegeTechnicaltraininginstitutionTwo-yearcommunitycollegeIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureUndergraduateStudyPost-secondaryeducationuptothelevelofabachelor’sdegreefFouryearsofstudy:freshman;sophomore;junior;seniorStudentscangainabachelor’sdegreeafterfouryearsofstudy.CreditIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureGraduateStudyMaster’sdegreeandDoctoraldegreeItaimstopreparestudentsforprofessionalwork.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureFamousUniversitiesHarvardUniversityYaleUniversityPrincetonUniversityMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureHarvardUniversityTheoldestinstitutionofhighereducationintheUnitedStates,itwasestablishedin1636.ItwasnamedforitsfirstbenefactorJohnHarvard.Itisknownaroundtheworldforitsoutstandingacademicachievements.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureYaleUniversityItwasfoundedin1701,andisthethirdoldestinstitution.TheSkull&Bones:asecretstudentsocietycomposedofupandcomingpoliticalelites.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCulturePrincetonUniversityItwasknownastheCollegeofNewJerseyfrom1746to1896.ThefourtholdestuniversityintheUnitedStatesIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyItwasfoundedin1861.Itiswellknownfromitsscientificandtechnologicaltrainingandresearch.Itconsistsoffiveschools.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureSummaryElementaryEducationSecondaryEducationHomeSchoolingFunctionsofHigherEducationUndergraduateandGraduateStudyTypesofHigherEducationFamousUniversities