Educational System in France
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The Reforms in the French Education System
DALY Peter
Dealing with the topic : "The French education System is elitist and in serious need of reform"
Thinking about learning as a repeated task along our lives does not necessarily means that it is an easy one. As well as with any another cultural construction, it is frequent to be imbued with the common sense and to think about education as a static and crystallized method among the passing years. It is a trend to consider teaching as if it has always been there and even, as if it has been sustaining certain continuity through the passing decades. Maybe this is the main reason that leads us to notice the most recognizable symptoms of its decay and to believe that "it was better before ". Therefore, it is a labor of the specialists and of the intellectual ones to build a thought that places education as a phenomenon in space and in time.
As well as education, elitism has also been seen through the years as a word meaning a privileged minority from the society. But there are also some close words that may describe it, such as inequality.
What is really important is to recognize that an educational system goes hand to hand with pedagogical and economical matters, both the means needed in order to improve or weaken it.
Summary of the Reforms needed in order to improve the Educational System in France.
The French Educational System has been regarded as elitist throughout the years since it has marked strong differences between the types of schooling there are. Although those having a Baccalaureat Pro are able to have a well paid job because of their specialized training, students finishing the Baccalaureat General and leading to the best Universities are pretty sure (and those going to the Grandes Ècoles more) of entering the competitive employment market and to earn a better living. While students finishing a Baccalaureat Technologique deal with a
The Reforms in the French Education System
DALY Peter
Dealing with the topic : "The French education System is elitist and in serious need of reform"
Thinking about learning as a repeated task along our lives does not necessarily means that it is an easy one. As well as with any another cultural construction, it is frequent to be imbued with the common sense and to think about education as a static and crystallized method among the passing years. It is a trend to consider teaching as if it has always been there and even, as if it has been sustaining certain continuity through the passing decades. Maybe this is the main reason that leads us to notice the most recognizable symptoms of its decay and to believe that "it was better before ". Therefore, it is a labor of the specialists and of the intellectual ones to build a thought that places education as a phenomenon in space and in time.
As well as education, elitism has also been seen through the years as a word meaning a privileged minority from the society. But there are also some close words that may describe it, such as inequality.
What is really important is to recognize that an educational system goes hand to hand with pedagogical and economical matters, both the means needed in order to improve or weaken it.
Summary of the Reforms needed in order to improve the Educational System in France.
The French Educational System has been regarded as elitist throughout the years since it has marked strong differences between the types of schooling there are. Although those having a Baccalaureat Pro are able to have a well paid job because of their specialized training, students finishing the Baccalaureat General and leading to the best Universities are pretty sure (and those going to the Grandes Ècoles more) of entering the competitive employment market and to earn a better living. While students finishing a Baccalaureat Technologique deal with a
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