Реалии системы образования СК

I. Educational system

1) Stages of education (Preschool education, Primary education, Secondary education, Further education, Higher education, University Postgraduate);

2) Types of schools

- by age:

a. Preschool education (nursery school, reception);

b. Primary education (preparatory school, elementary school, grade school, infant school, first school);

c. Secondary education (grammar school, upper school, senior school, college preparatory school);

-   by funding source (state schools; public schools: private school/independent school);

-   by gender (co-educational school/mixed school; single-sex school, girls’ school, boys' school);

-   by living arrangements (boarding school, day school, night school, summer school);

-   by exclusivity (selective schools, partially selective schools, non-selective schools);

-       by purpose (military school, Christian school, art school, alternative school);

3) Types of colleges (sixth form: agricultural college, city technology college, open college)

4) Types of universities

- by organisation (collegiate universities):

a. Oxford University colleges (Lincoln College, Merton College, Balliol College);

b. Cambridge University colleges (Corpus Christie College, Emmanuel College, Pembroke College);

c.     London University colleges (Bedford College, Birkbeck College, King’s College);

                 - by informal terminology:

a. Redbrick universities (University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield);

b. Plateglass universities (University of East Anglia, University of Essex, University of Kent, University of Lancaster, University of Sussex, University of Warwick, University of York);

c.     Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge universities);

                 - by location:

a. Universities of England: (Open University, University of Birmingham, University of Buckingham);

b. Universities of Scotland (University of Aberdeen, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow);

c. Universities of Wales (Cardiff University, University of Wales, Swansea University);

d.    Universities of Northern Ireland (Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, University of Ulster);

II. Features of educational institutions:

       1) Features of schools

                 - school life:

a. in school (dormitory, pigeonhole, playing field, to play truant);

b. meals (school lunch, school meal programs, school puddings);

c. clothes and appearance (cappa clausa, gym slip, Eton crop);

d.    schedule (academic year, double period, Michaelmas term);

                 - people in school:

a.    school and service staff (assistant teacher, headmaster, lollipop lady);

b. students (dropout, monitor, swot);

                 - rating (cock house, school league table);

       2) Features of colleges

-   in college (campus, “double-loaded” corridors, student rooms);

-       mottos (“No End to Learning” (Linacre College, Oxford), “Not for yourselves” (Van Mildert College, Durham));

       3) Features of universities

                 - university life:

a.             in university (hall of residence, senior combination room, town and gown);

b.             clothes (cap and gown, academic dress);

c.             schedule (lent term, prospectus, summer session);

d.             events (Meal Monday, Scarlet day);

- structure (governance, faculty, mergers);

- university people:

a. university staff (Chancellor, Chichele Professor, Dean, Matron);

b. students (graduate, magistrand, room-mates);

c. students’ unions (University Pitt Club, Vincent's Club);

- mottos (“Thought the harder, heart the keener” (University of Essex), “Through efforts to high things” (University of Birmingham));

       III. Organization of the educational process

1) Educational process (practicals, Romanes lecture, seminars);

2) Access to education (equality, SEN – special educational needs, scholarship, to skive);

3) Teaching and learning (EdTech – educational technology, flipped classroom, VLE – virtual learning environment);

4) Education acts (the 1870 Education Act – Forster Act; Higher Education and Research Act 2017; Learning and Skills Act 2000);

       IV. Subjects and courses

1) School subjects (DT, Home economics, PSHEE);

2) Higher and further education courses (Correspondence course, Extension course, Sandwich course);

3)    University and college subjects (Gender studies, Literae Humaniores, Human geography, Humanity);

       V. Exams and assessment

1) School exams and tests (A-level (Advanced level), Eleven-Plus, HiSET (High School Equivalency Test));

2) University exams and tests (Preliminary Examination, Second Public Examination, Tripos);

3) Degree examination (Viva Voce Examination);

4) Assessment (coursework, invigilation, to mark down);

5)    English language tests (International English Language Testing System (IELTS));

       VI. Degrees and qualifications

       1) Degrees

-   Bachelor’s degree (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), Bachelor of Engineering (Benge);

-   Master’s degree (Master in Mathematics degree (MMath), Master in Science (MSci), Master of Liberal Arts (MLibArts));

-   Doctoral degree (Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Doctor of Education (EdD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD));  

-       Honours degree (First/Upper Second/Lower Second/Third Class Honours);

       2) Qualifications

-   of secondary education (secondary school leaving) (A-level, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC), General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs));

-   of vocational education (General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) Vocationally Recognised Qualifications (VRQs));

-       of higher education (Higher National Certificates (HNCs), Higher National Diplomas (HNDs), Undergraduate Advanced Diploma (UGAdvDip or UGAD));

       VIII. Organizations

1) associations (Scout Association, parent–teacher association (PTA), Workers' Educational Association);

2)    authorities (Local Education Authorities);

3) charitable organizations (British And Foreign School Society);

4)    committees (Appointments Committee, University Grants Committee);

5) councils (British Council, Universities’ Central Council On Admissions, Hebdomadal Council);

6) departments (Department for Education (DfE), Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted), Oxford University Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE));

7) services (Universities And Colleges Admissions Service (UUCAS));

8)    societies (Cambridge Union Society, Debating Society);

9)    unions (Parents’ National Educational Union);

       IX. Famous educators (Andrea Zafirakou, Anna Leonowens, Charles Freer Andrews, Mary Beard, Mary Whitehouse, Peter Higgs);

       X. Education of the UK in the creativity of the nation

1) Biographical films about education (“Chariots of Fire” (1981), “Shadowlands” (1993), “The Professor and the Madman” (2019));

2) Paintings about education (“A Dame’s School” (Thomas Webster, 1845));

3)    English proverbs about education (“Better unborn than untaught”, “То teach the dog to bark”, “Soon learnt, soon forgotten”).