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The Development of American Education after World War II
# Mo Xuesen "Tuka Learning Notes"

# History of Foreign Education 35

After World War II, the United States carried out educational reform and found that the effect was not bad, and continued to change.

/kloc-in the 1960s, the Law on Primary and Secondary Education was promulgated.

In the 1970s, it was found that primary and secondary schools lacked social adaptability and basic training in general education, so livelihood education and the movement of returning to basic education were launched.

In 1980s, in order to further improve the quality of education, the country was in crisis: education reform was imperative.

In the1990s, it was also reformed. ...

Every bill or movement has different concerns, but they all have one thing in common-the quality of education.

Primary schools: strengthening general scientific and cultural knowledge.

Middle school: send students to college

Black and white mixed school

Policies to help disadvantaged children

It not only promotes the improvement of education quality, but also promotes education equity.

Malan put forward livelihood education, with vocational education and labor education as the core, to guide students to learn more knowledge and skills.

1-6 grade to understand and choose a career →7- 10 grade to explore and learn → 1 1- 12 grade career decision-making stage.

Weak basic knowledge and skills, return to the basics!

The main content of returning to basic movements

Primary school: Pay attention to reading, writing and arithmetic, and learn basic knowledge and skills.

Middle school: English, math, science, history.

Teachers: Teacher-led, reducing independent activities.

Methods: Contact, recite, memorize, do homework and test.

Examination: Examination decides admission and graduation.

Courses: add compulsory courses and cancel elective courses.

Discipline: strict

Judging from the name of this bill, the United States still has a strong sense of crisis.

main content

Change courses: English, math, science, social science, computer.

Changing standards: raising educational standards and requirements

Change teachers: improve teacher training, pay attention to professional ability and teaching ability, and improve teachers' treatment.

Reform management: leading the implementation of educational reform

Evaluation:

① The quality of education has been improved.

(2) Strengthen the unity of courses and restore the status of academic courses.

③ Improve the requirements and standards for students.

(4) A programmatic document leading the educational reform in the United States, strengthening the federal government's management of education, and strengthening the color of centralization.

⑤ Restore public confidence in American education.

But it also brings some negative effects: emphasizing standardized testing ignores students' personality, and pursuing unified teaching standards lacks flexibility. Improving the education level will increase the number of potential dropouts.

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