[彭蒙惠英语] 新西兰教育面面观(1/3)
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New Zealand Education
During, my six weeks in New Zealand, I only visited three schools (one very briefly), so the following are differences I observed based on my visit and previous experiences. I do not want to make generalizations of schools in New Zealand.
Basic differences
Streaming - Schools do streaming for subjects like English, math and science. Students are assigned to different classes based on their and abilities.
Compulsory education – Compulsory education starts at age 5 and ends at age 16. The day children turn 5, they are expected to start school. They can leave school as soon as they reach 16.
Class size – The maximum number of students in a class is 30 students.
Classrooms – Students from year 0-8 stay in the same classroom for most subjects and move to other classrooms only for specific subjects. Even when they move from one classroom to another, they mostly stay together as a class. In year 9, students take some courses with their homeroom class and some optional classes with students from different classes. Starting from year 10, students no longer stay in the same classroom most of the time nor do they move around with their classes. They go to different classes based on their own .
Term dates – A school year starts in January and ends in December. There are four terms in a year. Each term is about 10 weeks.
Class schedule – School starts at around 8:30 and ends at 15:15. There are only five periods a day and a period is about an hour long. In the morning, around 10:30, there will be a 20-30 minute when students and staff have morning tea. Students usually have some snacks during this time, and staff gathers in the staff room to drink coffee and eat some snacks. There is a lunch period at around 12:40 for about an hour.
Houses - Almost all the schools in New Zealand have houses. Students are into houses. In each house, there are students of different years. The purpose of houses is to give students the opportunity to interact with and learn from students of different ages.
Vocabulary Focus
generalization (n) ---something that is based on limited facts that could be partly or sometimes true, but not always
streaming (n) ---the process of grouping school students with similar intelligence and teaching them together
compulsory (adj) ---referring to something that must be done because of a rule or law
based on (phr. v) ---to have a reason or basis for
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