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 (3 years): Middle school (also called junior high school)  Ages (4 years): High school

American Education Timeline continued  Ages (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) – 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?