大学英语之美国教育.pptxVIP

Education in AmericaA Brief EducationIn the early colonial times,Americans have shown a great interest in education.For example:the founding of Harvard University,Yale University…..From the 1640s,Massachusetts required all towns with more than 50 families to provide a schoolmate at public expense.And the movement for free public education gained its greastest momentum.For example:the many “land-grant colleges”were established A Brief EducationThere can be no doubt that Amecican education in its aim to provide equality if oppounity as well as excellence has raised the overall level of education of Americans. Even in tough economic times,Americans are still willing to give more money to education. AmericanizationIt means that education has also traditionally served the goal of bringing people together.Americans always aimed for equal opportunity in education,regardless of social class,national oringin ,or racial or ethnic group.A Brief EducationHowever,American education has been seen as a way of “bettering oneself”,or “rising in the world”,as a fundamental part of the American Dream.Guiding IdealsThe idea that as many people as possible should have as much education as possible is ,of course, an outcome of American assumption about equality among people .A second ideal underlying the American educational system is that of producing a society that is 100 percent literate.The third ideal that the American educational system should be based on the ideal of local control.Guiding IdealsThe fourth is many primary and secondary schools idealize “parental involvement”in children’s education.A fifth ideal has to do with the assumptions Americans make about the basic nature of knowledge and learning.Social Forces,Issues and Merits/DemeritsIssues:1.Many teachers are not well-educated ,having been trained in teaching methods rather than in an academic field.Teachers are often not well treated inside as well as outside the schools.2.In most colleges and universities,people wh