EDT 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Programme For International Student Assessment, Matura, Hagwon
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12 Mar 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
The Pressure Cooker
● Issues with American schools
○ Middle schools: new approach to education for children aged between 11-
13
○ Team structure
■ Small groups, move with the same teachers
○ Work on sense of self-worth
○ Work on social well-being
○ Graduation tests: OGT is a joke
■ SAT and ACT determine college aptitude
■ Lawmakers are afraid if they make graduation tests too hard that
their students won't pass them
○ Parental involvement: they are involved when it comes to sports and less
when it comes to academics
○ College loans and cost of college
Korean Schools
● Many kids spend almost all day in school: a public school or a hagwon
○ Hagwon are after-school study programs
● Many kids fall asleep in their public school classes because they are up all night
at the cram schools
● Cleaning the schools---> used to teach kids respect, responsibility, and team
building
● Rankings in Korean schools are public: everyone knows who the top student was
● Change to the school system: look at more than just academics and undermine
public schools
● 35% of education funding comes from the parents
Polish Schools
● Success is failure after failure without losing enthusiasm
● Problem centered learning
○ Give students problems and allow them to solve it
■ Didn’t matter how they solved it, but that they did solve it
● Problems v. Exercises
○ Problems are real life issues and solutions
○ Exercises are things you can apply a skill too
4 reforms
● New core curriculum
● Stricter testing regiment
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