Compare the Similarities and Differences of Education SystemAmong the UK, the USA and ChinaThesis statement Education is a big topic in every as every country has its own characteristics, education in each country is not the same as others. In China, UK,and USA,In this essay, I will illustrate American family values.At first, the purpose of education in the UK, the USA and China is not quite similar with each other.In the UK, the purpose of school is to provide children with literacy and the other basic skills they will need to become active members of society, and also to socialize children.In the USA, the goal is to achieve universal literacy and to provide individuals with knowledge and skills necessary to promote both their own individual welfare as well as that of the general public.And in China, it’s to let everyone accepts education, have knowledge and skills to make life.Certainly, each nation has his own way and problems.In Britain, one’s classes decided his future. Where you are educated is still very important to your life. And practical decision—making was carried out by local Education Authorities, located at regional or city levels, which based their policies on local condition while the central government only set broad education policy guidelines and provided funds. Some children go to independent schools run by private organizations, for which their parents have to pay fees. A few go to public schools, such Eton and Harrow. Younger children may attend a private preparatory school (or pre school) until the age of 13. Some parents may send their children to private schools, even if this is against their principles, because they think that their children will receive a better education. All children must study English, mathematics, science, religious education, history, geography, technology, music art, PE and modern language. Now education in the UK is compulsory. Children are required to be in full-time education between the ages of 5 and 16. Different areas of Britain have different school systems. In some areas children receive their primary education at an infant school and them a junior school, or at a primary school that combines the two. At about 11 they begin their secondary education at a comprehensive school, a grammar school or a high school. In other areas children go to a first school at age5, a middle school at 8 and an upper school from 13 onwards. Some pupils, especially those hoping to go to university, stay at school for the sixth form or go to a sixth-form college. Up to age may have some pre—primary schooling in nursery schools, daycare, or play groups. Between the age of 5 to 11, pupils mainly attend state sectorprimary schools. From the age of 11 up to around the age of 19, students attend secondary schools. And then, after 5 years of secondary education, students sit their exams, based on these results, pupils then decide to enter a university or take vocational training for further vocational or find a job. In the UK, the amount of funding each university receives is based on its size, the number of students it teaches, and the research it conducts.In America, there are two kind of school for students to choose, public school and private school which equaled with state school and public school in Britain .It’s sure that the differences between these two schools are their fees and courses. American schools both public and private consist of 12 years of grades-----basically 8 years of elementary school and 4 years of secondary or high school, although grades 7 and 8, or 7, 8 and 9 may be housed together in a middle school or junior high school. In addition, the elementary school offers five-year-olds a year of kindergarten, usually half-day sessions, before they have formal instruction in reading and writing in the first grade. In a few states two years of junior college (the first two years of higher education) or a vocational school are part of the public school system. Schooling is compulsory in most states to the age of 16. Like in Britain, religious teaching is a part of the curriculum in private school. Students also study reading, math, history, geography and science as their basic curricula. Because there are 50 states in the US, and each state has its own laws regulating education ,so most of the instruction material and curricula are decided by local state committees or school officials .For more knowledge was developed, schools were asked not only to teach this new information ,but to help students ask their own questions about it. When graduates from secondary school, more and more students choose to enter university or college to accepts education by many ways .More and more Americans viewed the more desirable institutions as the doorway to social mobility within the society. Before they select a college or university, they will think about many problems, about their degrees, curricula, and the school self and so on.In China, education is always an important part of people’s life. The education is divided into three categories: basic education, higher education, and adult education. The Compulsory Education Law of stipulates that each child have nine years of formal education. Students enter a primary school, secondary school, college and university and then get degrees. Although, China has a great civilization from old to now, its education system is not as perfect as we expect .Students study English, Chinese, math as their major courses, and then study biology, geography, history, politic, physical, chemistry and PE. Pupils curricula is not as interesting as t he UK’s and the USA’s, because during school , they are taught music ,art and so on .As a Chinese students ,they have too much stress, study , study , and study .They must study hard ,otherwise there is no ways to a splendid future.In Britain, America and China, schools enrolling all kind of people to equalize educational opportunities. And after graduated from university, degree titles, which school provided, is called Bachelor’s Degree, while a secondary degree is called Master’s Degree, and Doctorate De gree.All of these are my paper about the Similarities and Differences of Education System among the UK, the USA and China.。
