what is your opinion on ' american education Vs european education '. which is better and why?

Answer 1

Well that depends on what level you are talking about.

Our Universities in the USA are good but our High schools and middle schools have a lot to catch up on compared to Europe.

I remember being a guest at a gymnasium in Weimar and they had me teach US History to a class of Germans in an English class. It was a lot of fun. I noted that the structure of the classes were so more effective than ours and the kids are more interactive and a part of the learning process not just sitting back and listening to someone talk and take notes.

thats what we need in the USA, more interaction!

Answer 2

European Education Vs American

Answer 3

Doesn't seem very fair to compare a nation's education system with a continent's education system, but anywho.

Compared to America, English schools teach material at almost a full grade level above the American Standard. That is, a "4th Grader" in England knows about as much as a "5th Grader" in America.

German schools are so utterly different in fundamental construction as to make a comparison nearly nonsensical. The German system certainly is far better in training individuals for vocational work (after all, not everyone needs a College Education to do their job), but American Schools far exceed the German system in training all children to a similar standard. Thus, while German children will surpass American children in any specific field of knowledge, American children easily surpass German children in terms of breadth of knowledge.

French Schools are currently fairly good, however their system is so Lovecraftian that it is actually incredibly amazing that they are able to KEEP teachers, let alone have those teachers be effective.

The American University system is also quite different than in Europe. There is no concept of “General Education” requirements across most the continent; people go directly into their majors and never really get exposed to what one might call the modern “Humanities” (those subjects that a decent human should be well familiar with). This allows most European Colleges to grant the equivalent of a Master’s Degree (at least, it is closer to a Master’s Degree than a Bachelor’s) during the same time as an American individual would get a Bachelor’s Degree, however their versatility is far less.

America’s currently problem with education is that a lot of “ideas” have been implemented into schools without any evidence that they are useful. Homework is a big one; there is the idea that assigning hours and hours of homework every night is a good thing, but all evidence suggests that more than 15 minutes of exercises has no significant impact on the student. Thus, the more homework American schools give students in an attempt to improve them, the less effective that homework is, the less time children have to develop their own interests, and the more children dislike learning.

Another problem is that the American school systems themselves are ****-backwards. The highest paid individual in a given education system is the Superintendent. The person who helps educates the students the least is the Superintendent. On the other hand, teachers get paid the least yet they are the ones carrying out the entire goal of the education system: educating our children!

Indeed, all indications show that the more administrative staff a school system has, the less effective it is. Get rid of anyone over Principle, except for basic clerical staff, and the system would improve.

Answer 4

They should not be eliminated by any means. For some students athletics are their only chance of getting into college because of the money scholarships provide not being available to them to go otherwise and it is the biggest way to draw up school spirit and appeal. However, there should be higher standards to prove that student-athletes can properly balance academics and athletics. I believe athletes should be suspended from playing if they have a grade below a C overall at any time until the grade is brought up, there should be weekly evaluations by teachers that show the students are doing well, and athletic scholarships and school acceptances should not be based only on athletics. I do agree that some schools focus on athletics too much which gives the student athletes too much freedom and takes away from the non-athletes, but they shouldn't be made insignificant.

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what is your opinion on ' american education Vs european education '. which is better and why?

Answer 6

I have had both. I even had a really good Parochial education... Sisters of Loretto for Grade School and the Jesuits for High School.

When I started at University in England, I was quickly aware that I needed some remedial classes just to come up to the level of the other students who had gone through the English system.

IT IS EVEN WORSE NOW... AmeriKa is ranked 17th IN THE WORLD... and that is BEHIND NORTH KOREA for the knowledge and ability of it's College Freshmen.

AmeriKa has been dumbing down the school system since the 1960's because the Government wants a legion of stupid, poorly educated people rather than an educated population because stupid and poorly educated people don't want to change the government.

Answer 7

I say European education.

America has it right: in order to have a functioning democracy we must have a citizenry that is well-educated and prepared to take on the duties of citizens. The U.S. (especially the northern states) was educating children from the lower and middle classes at the same time that the powers of Europe were still in thrall to the old classist system. But because America transitioned to a "public education for all" system so long ago, the education system in the United States clings to many antiquated vestiges that keep it from functioning optimally.

Answer 8

I see this as a question on EDUCATION and not HISTORY.

That is unless you care to elaborate whether it is the teaching of History in the American education systems or the teaching of History in the European education systems?

Answer 9

American High Schools and below are under performing and fail to produce adequate results.

American Universities are still among the best in terms of final result.

Answer 10

for elementary n high school education i prefer european education n for higher education n university it's a tie.