Educational systems

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Education systems around the world

Elise, Maxime and Annelot

03-06-2021

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What are we going to talk about?

• How do we compare the systems?
• Scandinavia: Finland
• USA 
• UK 
• China 
• Education (support) in poorer countries
• Politics and their educational systems

Learning objectives

1. Students can combine the main characteristics with the system that it belongs to.
2.  Students can use these main characteristics to describe the pros and cons of the school system.

What is an educational
system?

Definition educational system= everything that goes into educating public school at different levels. 

However..... 

The comparison of schools

PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) compares maths, reading, and science.

And.....

The UNDP's Human Development calculates the

education index.  

The education index is a no. between 0-1

No.1 

No. 2

No.3

No.4

No.5

No.6

No.7

The Netherlands

USA

Argentinia

Mexico

Egypt

Ghana

Niger

The right order was...

The Netherlands, US, Argentina, Mexico, Egypt, Ghana, Niger.

US: 0.9; Niger: 0.249; the Netherlands: 0.914; Mexico: 0.703; Ghana: 0.563; Egypt: 0.618; Argentina: 0.855

Which country is the highest
on the EI list?
(he wasn't listed on the previous question)

1. Congo
2. Belgium
3. Germany
4. United Kingdom

Finnish system.

• Free school, obligatory from  7-16.
• They split up after high school.
• No standardized testing (like CITO)
• Shorter schooldays
• Free meals for all students
• Hardly any homework
• Students use first names for teachers
• Classes with 20+ are big classes
• UNDP’s education index: 0.927.

Schedule 

• School starts 8.15 am and ends 2.45 am.
• 15 min between classes
• 1h lunch break

USA system

The American 

High school 

Dream

• 87% follow public school. 
• School is compulsory from 5-8 until 16-18.
• Students will be measured on their GPA (average grade).
• Besides, they take 2 standardized testings: SAT/ ACT and AS-levels/AP-levels. 

The AP-levels are subjects on uni-level. 

• Subjects like: politics, US history, psychology, and philosophy. 
• Students take 3,4,5 AP subjects on average. 

University in the US is expensive.  

Total depth is 1.57 trillion dollar.

What is the average depth of student loan borrowers?

1. 20.000
2. 33.000
3. 58.000
4. 72.000

China

• Run by state. 
• Obligatory for 9 years. 
• Senior middle schoolers take Gao Kao.
• The day starts at 7.30/8.00 am and ends 17.00

Very big inequality!

Ei Beijing= 0.854 

EI Tibet= 0.451

(National= 0.761)

United Kingdom

5 until 11- primary school

11-16- secondary school

Year 10 and 11: GSCE 

The EI= 0.928

UK schools are from 8.30 am- 3.30pm

2 breaks: lunch and morning break

In most schools, students wear uniforms.

Which school system would you like to experience for a day?

China

Finland

UK

USA

Politics and school

China: socialism is emphasized.

Finland: state-based

UK/USA: market-based

Which area has the highest rate of education exclusion?

1. East-Azia
2. the moon
3. Mediterran-Europe
4. sub-Saharan Africa

In sub-Saharan Africa....

Age 6-11: 1/5

Age 12-14: 1/3

Age 14- 16: 60%

How many children are not in school in sub-Saharan Africa?

1. 30 million
2. 256 million
3. 12 million
4. 89 million

If you thought 256 million children missing school was a lot...

It is the total amount of children missing school worldwide.

Association for Childhood Education International

Education International

Why do we work to give everyone access to education?

“Lack of education, old age, bad health or discrimination – these are causes of poverty, and the way to attack it is to go to the root.” 

-Robbert Kennedy

''Books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first.”

-Malala Yousafzai

Or...

• With secondary education: 420 million will be lifted out of poverty.
•  A child with a literate mom has a 50% higher chance of living past the age of 5.
• Gives opportunities to students all over the world.

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