Could anyone give me a brief rundown of the differences between the educational systems of England and Spain?
This may seem like an odd question, but...
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I'd imagine the main difference is that the Spanish educational system is taught almost entirely in Spanish, wheres the English one is taught in English. I could be wrong though.
This sounds suspiciously like someone is trying to get The Escapist to write their school report for them.Valkyrie101 said:
Ironic for a certain "El Poncho".El Poncho said:
But same here. I don't know the education systems of either country.
Well, for one thing the British have a much greater ability to fund their educational system. So, newer textbooks, smaller class sizes, better percentage of population covered by the system.
Also, the British use English, unquestionably the most richly literatured language in the world. So expect a better reading list, more and more recent textbooks available, and a greater motivation for literacy.
And, and this is mostly my personal opinion, the British have a much more interesting history. Instead of just that one really long war with the moors, Isabella and Ferdinand, and several civil wars, the British have the Hundred Years war, the Napoleanic war, the bloodless revolution, Elizabeth(both of them), Victoria, and the industrial age. Admittedly Spain had better painters, but otherwise the artistic history of Britain is much more rich(see above, literary wealth of the English language).
Now go write your report and start your research before the last minute next time.
Also, the British use English, unquestionably the most richly literatured language in the world. So expect a better reading list, more and more recent textbooks available, and a greater motivation for literacy.
And, and this is mostly my personal opinion, the British have a much more interesting history. Instead of just that one really long war with the moors, Isabella and Ferdinand, and several civil wars, the British have the Hundred Years war, the Napoleanic war, the bloodless revolution, Elizabeth(both of them), Victoria, and the industrial age. Admittedly Spain had better painters, but otherwise the artistic history of Britain is much more rich(see above, literary wealth of the English language).
Now go write your report and start your research before the last minute next time.
I have no experience of the Spanish education system, but generally southern-European universities tend to be very top down. You show up, your lecturers tell you their stuff and then you all go home, there's generally much less focus on seminars and student engagement than in the British university system, certainly at undergraduate level.
Also, Spain isn't exactly a third world country, and British education funding is being cut to the absolute bare minimum as we speak. I'm not even so sure on the funding issue.
A little unfair perhaps.. Stuff was happening in Spain during all of those events, and Spanish literature is pretty broad, it's just that us English speakers don't generally read any of it. If you take into account the art, scientific achievement and literature of the Islamic period then Spain was a cultural superpower back when the British isles were a bunch of warring nations hitting each other with swords.stonethered said:
Also, Spain isn't exactly a third world country, and British education funding is being cut to the absolute bare minimum as we speak. I'm not even so sure on the funding issue.