Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónFacultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica

British Culture

Education

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Jose Rogelio Perales Núñez Adrian Omar Lozano Guerra

Education in United Kingdom

What’s Education?

In the UK there are four parallel education systems. While the subjects and degrees offered in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are essentially similar, the Scottish have important differences.

School education is compulsory from the age of five (in Northern Ireland from four) and until he was sixteen. However, to access higher education, are generally expected to remain in high school until he was eighteen. The stages are typically:

Preschool Ages 2-5 (pre-school)

Age 5-11 Primary education (primary education)

Age 11-16/18 secondary education (secondary education).

In some cases there is an intermediate stage (middle school) between primary and secondary.

What are the bodies which regulate education system?

Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments:The UK Government is responsible for England, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively. Country Institution

England Department for Education and Skills

Scotlad Scottish Executive Education Department

Wales Learning Wales

Northern Ireland Department for Education Northern Ireland

Differences between the content of the programs in basic education in these countries?

England, Wales, North Ireland Scotland

• The system has emphasized depth of education

• English, Welsh and Northern Irish students tend to sit a small number of more advanced examinations.

• In Primary the students stay in them from 5 to 11 years old.

• The Scottish system has emphasized breadth.

• Scottish students tend to sit a larger number of less advanced examinations.

• The Scotland students stay until 12 years old.

Students enter secondary school at age 11 and is compulsory for five years. In the year 10, they begin to prepare for the presentation of a series of exams - General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). Students normally are evaluated in nine or ten subjects.

Differences between Universities, Colleges, Polytechnics

Universities Colleges Polytechnics These institutions have great autonomy in spite of which they are public funded.

They are supported by the University Grants Committee.

They consist of nature centers and extensive options.

They are not universities and have several names.

These are centers of high education that usually specialize in applied science.

For commercial and industrial sectors.

Offer some humanistic disciplines.

Were created to extend higher education to respond economically to the social and economics needs.

University of Cambridge

Imperial College London

Birmingham City University

Postgraduates

Involves learning and studying for degrees, professional or academic certificates, or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and it is normally considered to be part of higher education.

Admission to undertake a research degree in the UK typically requires a good bachelor's degree. Funding for postgraduate study in the UK is awarded competitively, and usually is disseminated by institution rather than directly to individuals.

Curiosities

The size of classes in state primary schools averages 26 students, whereas private schools ranges between 15 and 20.

About 94% of pupils in England, and the rest of the UK, receive free education from public funds, 6% from independent fee paying schools.

School holidays are: Christmas- 2 weeks, Spring - 2 weeks, Summer - 6 weeks.

There are also one week holidays: end of October, mid February, end of May.

Education in Mexico

What’s Education?

Formal education in Mexico is based on the Mexican educational system whose levels are: Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education-Higher and Higher Education.

The Mexican educational system as in any other country is the set of rules, institutions, and technological resources designed to provide educational services to the Mexican population is not a static but constantly changing.

How scholar education could be completed??

In Mexico there are different levels of education: primary, secondary, higher and higher, which include studies in: Preschool, Primary, Secondary, Bachelor, Bachelor, Master, PhD, as well as diplomas and other forms of higher education. Basic education (consisting of primary, secondary and high school) is mandatory and provided by the government (federal, state, Federal District and municipalities) across the Mexican territory, under the terms of Article III of the Constitution of the United States Mexicanos. Autonomous schools but equally there are individuals who offer these educational levels.

What are the bodies which regulate education system?

The Mexican Secretariat of Public Education is a federal government authority with Cabinet representation and responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of national educational policy and school standards in Mexico.

Responsibilities: Creation and maintenance of state public schools in the Mexican Federal District.Ensuring all requirements related to preschool, primary, secondary, technical and normal education as established by the Constitution. To organize, administer and enrich the general or specialized libraries that are sustained by the Secretariat or that form part of its dependencies.

Differences between Universities, Colleges.

A technical college or polytechnic college is a type as such has to offer a wide variety of subjects and specialties but with a focus on technical matters.Basic training includes subjects such as mathematics, physics or chemistry, supplemented with more specific such as biology, mineralogy, and engineering with all specialties (computer, electrical, mechanical).

The difference between traditional universities and technical colleges are missing, and the first offer a wide range of technical studies.

Postgraduates

The graduate college are post graduate degree and master's degree covers (also called Master or Masters) and PhD. In addition to the studies themselves, can include postdoctoral research and / or university post in this academic field.It is an educational level that is part of the higher rate or second and third cycle. Its background mandatory undergraduate titration.With graduate programs is narrowing the field of study but will be majoring in a field that refers to being more competitive.

Education in United States of America

What’s Education?

Education in the United States is provided mainly by the public sector, with control and funding from the three levels of government, federal, state and local. Child education is compulsory.

How scholar education could be completed??

Elementary schoolPreschool 4–5Kindergarten 5–61st Grade 6–72nd Grade 7–83rd Grade 8–94th Grade 9–105th Grade 10–11Middle School6th Grade 11–127th Grade 12–138th Grade 13–14Escuela Superior9th Grade(Freshman) 14–15-1610th Grade (Sophomore) 15–1611th Grade (Junior) 16–1712th Grade (Senior) 17–18Educacion Post-Secundaria

Tertiary Education (College or University The age varies, but often 18 to 22(Freshman, Sophomore, Junior y Senior)

Vocational education Age variesGraduate education Age variesAdult education Age varies

What are the bodies which regulate education system?

There is in America a national system of education. The federal government runs schools. Each of the 50 states has its own Department of Education, which sets the rules for the schools of that state.

Most of the control lies with American schools in each school district. The School Board of Directors, a small committee of people elected by the community, sets general policies for each school in the district concerned. Students who attend public schools do not pay tariffs from 1st to 12th grade.

United States Department of Education

The primary functions of the Department of Education are to "establish policy for, administer and coordinate most federal assistance to education, collect data on US schools, and to enforce federal educational laws regarding privacy and civil rights.“ The Department of Education does not establish schools or colleges.

Differences between Universities, Colleges.

The difference between a college and a university is that a college just offers a collection of degrees in one specific area while a university is a collection of colleges. When you go to a university you are going to be graduating from one of their colleges, such as the business college. As to which is better, it depends on what you want. Single colleges tend to be smaller while universities are bigger, but universities are better known.

Postgraduates

Graduate Students (Graduate)

Being a graduate student (graduate students) in the U.S. is a totally different experience to be a graduate student. The demands of work and study are significantly higher. Interpersonal relationships with other students and teachers, particularly with the mentor (faculty adviser) will be narrower.

Postgraduates

Graduate seminars (Graduate Seminars)

A typical graduate curriculum (graduate) includes not only regular classes, but also seminars in which a small number of students meets with a teacher for two or three hours once a week to discuss certain topics in greater depth. Students are expected to take an active role in these seminars.

Curiosities

Universities are usually larger and often contain multiple "colleges" within them. However, some of the top-ranked schools in the US have a name including "college" . In other parts of the English-speaking world, the term "university" equates to the US use of "college" and the term "college" refers more to a trade or vocational school.

Almost all of the American population studied only up to high school and from there enters the labor market.

The costs of a university is too expensive in comparation to another countries.

What’s ARWU?

Is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. ARWU is the first global ranking of universities to be published.

The ranking compares 1200 higher education institutions worldwide according to a formula that took into Nobel Prizes, articles published, etc.

What’s a sorority? (And a fraternity)

Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. The term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities.

The term fraternity refers to an all-male group, while the term "sorority" refers to an all-female group.