american education timeline ages 3-4 (2 years): preschool age 5 (1 year): kindergarten (part of...
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Education
American Education Timeline
Ages 3-4 (2 years): Preschool
Age 5 (1 year): Kindergarten (part of elementary school)
Ages 6-10 (6 years): Elementary school (also called grammar school or primary school)
Ages 11-13 (3 years): Middle school (also called junior high school)
Ages 14-18 (4 years): High school
American Education Timeline continued
Ages 18-21 (4 years): college Bachelor’s degree (BA)
After college: Master’s degree (MA) – 2 years Law degree (JD) – 3 years Doctorate (PhD) – 5-7 years Medical doctorate (MD) – 4 + 4-6 years
Fancy Education Words!
Pedagogy (n): the function or work of a teacher; the art or science of teaching
Methodology (n): a set or systems of methods, principles, and rules
Theory (n): an idea about how or why something happens that has been tested and is believed to be tru
Important Education Ideas
Student centered learning
Class size
Group work
Self generated knowledge
Classroom management
Speaking
Please discuss in groups the changes you have seen in the Mongolian education system, either since you were a student, or in your time as a teacher? Are these changes positive or negative?
Reading questions
What is the average number of years Mongolian children attend school? What was that number ten years ago?
The gap in school attendance between rich and poor students used to be ___. Now it is ____.
What percent of Mongolian students attend university?
What factors have led to an improvement in Mongolia’s education system?
What do teachers do?
Teach
Educate
Inspire
Act as role models
Act as “parents outside the home”
Writing
Please write about the best teacher you ever had. What
made him or her so inspiring?