The passage and the lecture are about the school organization. The article states that schools in the United States follow the graded system similar to European system of school organization. In the contrary, the professor points out the disadvantages of graded school system in the United States.
The passage says that children start the elementary school in the age of 5 or 6 years of age. According to the lecture, many children have individual differences in maturity and readiness in the age of 5 or 6 years to begin the school. Some children are ready but some are not socially, mentally and physically matured to attend a school at this age. Even if children have significant differences in teen age, still the graded system group them together to learn in the same grade.
Secondly, the lecture further explains about the problems resulted from the whole issue. He opines that the differences in maturity and readiness create boredom in the part of some students, which result in drop outs. In addition, their performances are evaluated by many kind of standardized tests, those neglect the individual differences among students. Thus they measure only partial achievements of the students.
The final point is that the graded system provide similar materials for all the students. So the faster learners have to wait for the new materials, even though they already have learned the old materials. Hence, the professor concludes that graded system is not ideal for the schools in United States.
The passage and the lecture are about the
school
organization. The article states that
schools
in the United States follow the graded
system
similar to European
system
of
school
organization. In the contrary, the professor points out the disadvantages of graded
school
system
in the United States.
The passage says that
children
start
the elementary
school
in the
age
of 5 or 6 years of
age
. According to the lecture,
many
children
have individual
differences
in maturity and readiness in the
age
of 5 or 6 years to
begin
the
school
.
Some
children
are ready
but
some
are not
socially
, mentally and
physically
matured to attend a
school
at this
age
. Even if
children
have significant
differences
in teen
age
,
still
the graded
system
group them together to learn in the same grade.
Secondly
, the lecture
further
explains
about the problems resulted from the whole issue. He opines that the
differences
in maturity and readiness create boredom in the part of
some
students, which result in
drop outs
.
In addition
, their performances
are evaluated
by
many kind
of standardized
tests
, those neglect the individual
differences
among students.
Thus
they measure
only
partial achievements of the students.
The final point is that the graded
system
provide similar materials for all the students.
So
the faster learners
have to
wait for the new materials,
even though
they already have learned the
old
materials.
Hence
, the professor concludes that graded
system
is not ideal for the
schools
in United States
.