Dear all,
I am interested in getting my card game available in the American market but I need to understand how the education system works there.
For example here in England 11-14 year olds are at Key Stage 3 at secondary schools.
What is the equivalent for the american side? And is there a national syllabus that they base their studies on if so what is it and where can I get further information about this?
I hope you can help.
Americans don't go to school. Simply look at their President! It's obvious they don't have an education.
Rob
Gee, it seems no web forum is free of this kind of crap.
AAnnyways,
faith27: what kind of info are you looking for? I guess at first I'll give you a brief overview based on my experience was:
At Age 5-6, you have one year of 'basics' in Kindergarten.
After that you have 8 years of elementary school.
Then you have 4 years of high school.
Some parts of the country have 'Junior High' or 'Middle School' which eat the last few years of elementary and the first few years of high school, but it usually always comes out to a total of 13 years.
Need something more specific?
11-14 year olds would be in "5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade" there-abouts.
There is no national syllabus here in the US, only a "Department of Education" that trickles down cirriculum 'guidance' to state governments who actually decide on what to teach and when to teach it. Courses for 7th graders for example can very greatly from one side of one state to another. This can sometimes make moving tricky for kids =)
Thanks for the info. I am specifically after what objectives would kids aged 11-14 need to know in science. I am a Physics teacher and for exampled my card games are based on Forces, Energy, Light and Sound, Electricity, Magnetism and Space. So I would use the national curriculum to create cards games that include the relevant aims/objectives pupils are expected to understand once they have completed the syllabus.
I am after a link to a website where I can find this....any ideas?
That's generally Middle School (6th, 7th and 8th) Grades around here, so the following link might get you into the right ballpark:
http://www.middleschoolscience.com/mssteachers.htm
TrekNoid
Just to add the the glabal culture of this forum.
Here is the school process in quebec(canada). I think it is a bit different in the rest of canada.
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1 year : Kittergarten
6 Years : Primary School
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3 Years : High School, General
2 Years : High School, General continued
OR
1-2 Year : High School, Technical
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2 Year : College, General ( required for university )
OR
3 Year : College, Technical
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1-2 Year : University, certificate ( Requires College or HS + Age > 23 )
OR
3 Year : University, Baccalaureat ( Requires College or HS + Age > 23 )
2 Year : University, Master's Degree
3 Year : University, Doctorate
This is the public school process. Generally private school follows the same process.
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Thanks for the info. I am specifically after what objectives would kids aged 11-14 need to know in science. I am a Physics teacher and for exampled my card games are based on Forces, Energy, Light and Sound, Electricity, Magnetism and Space. So I would use the national curriculum to create cards games that include the relevant aims/objectives pupils are expected to understand once they have completed the syllabus.
I am after a link to a website where I can find this....any ideas?