chapter 5 education, media and holiday(2).ppt

Essentials of British and American Cultures
英美文化基础教程
Chapter 5 Education, Media and Holiday
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Holidays and Festivals
Education
Media
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II
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CONTENT
Education
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I
Introduction
History
The present education system
Higher education
Introduction
The purpose of the British education system
Not only to provide children with literacy and other basic skills they will need to e active members of society, but also to socialize children.
Introduction
Children are taught practical skills, but they also learn the rules and values they need to e good citizens, to participate in munity, and to contribute to the economic prosperity of an advanced industrial economy.
Introduction
II. The relationship between education and social class
1. Class inequality can be erased or continued according to educational policy.
Introduction
2. Educational opportunities for working-class and middle-class people can be very different.
3. In Britain, the accent you speak with, the clothes you wear, and the schools you attend are all markers that identify your social class.
Introduction
4. To attend the “right” schools (the famous boys’ public schools like Eton and Winchester) and the “right” universities (Oxford and Cambridge) is still the single best way to guarantee a essful career.
The royal family thinks the school is just the place for Wills. In this self-contained world, titles confer no privileges, and the prince is probably not the only boy with a bodyguard. Foreign leaders’ children and scions (子孙) of Greek shipping magnates bring them along too. "William is as near to normal at Eton as someone in his position wont to be. Many people there are richer than he is. There are many people whose family relationships are even plex than his."
Prince William
Eton
Eton