1. Comparison of the Education Systems in UK, US and SL
GROUP MEMBERS:
2013/MIT/ – MS. P.H.G. PERERA
MPHIL/PT/2015/048 – MS. S.H.D. SENANAYAKE

2. Comparison of the Education systemsUS UK SL
Learning is based on
Constructivism, cognitive theory
Behaviorism , cognitive theory
The educational approach
Cooperative, collaborative and competitive
Stages
Age 3 – 5 years: Nursery school
Age 5 – 11 years: Primary school
Age 11 – 16 years: secondary school
Age 16 – 19 years: Further education
Age 19+ years: Higher education
Age 5-11 years: Elementary school
Age years: Middle school
Age years: High School
Age 18+ years: College
Age 5-10 years: Primary
Age years: Junior secondary
Age years: Senior secondary
Age years: Collegiate
Age 19+ years: Tertiary
Tertiary Education
BA: 3 years MA: 1 year PhD: 3 years
BA: 4 years MA: 2 years PhD: 5-7 years or longer
Certificate - 1 year or less
Diploma - 1–2 years
Bachelor's degree
General degree - 3 years
Honors/Special degree - 4 years
Master's degree years
Doctorate - 3+ years

3. Comparison of the Education systems cont.US UK SL
Home schooling
Around 2.5 million
20,000–100,000
Virtually no homeschooling
Approximate Age ranges of students
5-70 years , 28% over 50 years.
5 years – 60 years
6 years – 60 years
Type of classrooms
Mostly Student centered
Mostly Teacher centered
Learning responsibility
Faculty and students share responsibility for learning
Learning responsibility primarily lies on the students
School Learning is aimed towards developing main areas
Cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains
Cognitive, affective domains mainly, psychomotor domain to a lesser extent
Cognitive
Practicality / application of knowledge
Homework makes up a large portion of the grade, and final exams are worth approximately 30%
Homework is rarely assigned, and the final exam is worth 80%+ of the final grade
Homework is assigned however final exam is worth 100%
Use of technology for teaching
High
Medium
Low
Cost
Moderate
Very low/Free education

4. Advantages and DisadvantagesUS UK SL
Advantages
- Many job opportunities are available
- Students guidance is high in their chosen field
- Financial assistance is available for most of the courses - scholarships and assistantships
- Parents have the choice to select a private school or state school for the child.
- Formal and strict educational system and focuses deep on the subject
- Quality education
Offers a huge range of academic and vocational opportunities available at all levels, from further to higher education.
- Students can have free education until Advanced level and tertiary education is also free for government
- Universities and less cost for private universities compared with other countries.
- Student can follow tertiary education based on their academic qualifications.
Disadvantages
- The cost of education is slowly rising every year.
- Each state follows a different curriculum of courses creating students of varying standards of education.
- In job sectors, the student may be rejected by employers due to an over-qualified profile
- Stressful
- Tertiary education takes more time
- Takes more time to complete tertiary education in some degrees

5. Characteristics of proposed Best teaching method (This method is based on Finnish, Japanese and German education systems)
Age
6 – 10
Comprehensive school for which school attendance is mandatory.
11 – 13
16-18
Science stream
Art stream
Commerce stream
Vocational training / work experience 19
Pre-course at uni / work experience
University
20 -21 22

6. Characteristics of proposed Best teaching method (This method is based on Finnish, Japanese and German education systems)
The basic compulsory educational system is the nine -year comprehensive school for which school attendance is mandatory. Home schooling is allowed for students who are unable to come to school.
Schools up to university level are state funded, therefore free for students.
Classes are small, seldom more than twenty pupils.
Pupils are expected to learn two languages in addition to the language of the school.
Students in lower grades (from year 6 - one through nine needs to be taught art, music, cooking, carpentry, metalwork, and textiles.
Inside the school, the atmosphere is relaxed and informal. A healthy teacher student relationship is encouraged.
Outdoor activities are stressed. Homework is minimal to leave room for extra-curricular activities
Reading for pleasure is actively encouraged. In school at least 2 hours per week needs to be allocated.
There are no high-stakes tests. Grading students is based on their actual skills, not on the marks they gain at a special test where they might not perform due to fear, panic, etc…