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?