warm-up 热身
Education Secretary Michael Gove has declared GCSEs will be "more challenging, more ambitious and more rigorous" after a radical shake-up. The reforms will see pupils in England study whole Shakespeare plays, learn more complex maths and science and complete an in-depth study in history. The new qualifications in English, maths, the sciences, geography and history are set to be introduced in September 2015, with the first exams in summer 2017. Mr Gove told MPs about the changes in GCSE content as England's exams regulator, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), set out proposals to overhaul their structure.
Learning Objectives 学习目标
1. To know the importance of education and the role of the British government in education and have an understanding of the relationship between education and social class;
2. To know the basic facts of education in the past, the impact of the Industrial Revolution and WWII on education in the UK, the 1944 Education Act and the 1989 National Curriculum;
3. To know about the compulsory education system and how students can go to universities;
4. To know that universities in the UK are public institutions, the history of British universities and academic degrees;
5. To know something about the current educational reforms in the UK.
Focal Points 知识点
