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Mind Map by angelageorgiouu, updated more than 1 year ago
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Switzerland's approaches to school
readiness
- "Kindergarten"
- Children usually start between 5 and 6 and attend for two years.
- The general principle is that children in early years
settings should not learn to read and write, but to
develop their social skills and get used to
sitting quietly and paying attention to a
teacher.
- https://www.nfer.ac.uk/research/centre-for-information-and-reviews/inca/TP%20Early%20Years%20Education%202001.pdf
- The general principle is that children in early years
settings should not learn to read and write, but to
develop their social skills and get used to
sitting quietly and paying attention to a
teacher.
- pre-school establishments
usually take children for
between two and
two-and-a-half hours in the
mornings and for two hours
in the afternoons.
- On average, classes have
between 17 and 19 children.
- On average, classes have
between 17 and 19 children.
- there is no national early
years curriculum
- a new general curriculum for early years education
came into force in the French-speaking cantons during
the 1994/95 academic year.
- the curriculum followed by
Kindergarten teachers in
German-speaking cantons, include
aims which refer to the development of
the child's personality, the acquisition
of elementary skills, and social
behaviour.
- The recommendation is that the child
should be offered a rich and stimulating
environment with games, handicraft
materials and everyday objects, picture
books.
- The recommendation is that the child
should be offered a rich and stimulating
environment with games, handicraft
materials and everyday objects, picture
books.
- a new general curriculum for early years education
came into force in the French-speaking cantons during
the 1994/95 academic year.
- Children usually start between 5 and 6 and attend for two years.
- "Volksschule" - Primary School
- Attendance at the Volksschule is mandatory for all
children in Switzerland
- Children must either attend the public school or must go to a private school. The
curriculum at a private school is almost identical to the public school.
- School begins at the age of seven and lasts at least eight, but
usually nine years.
- The average class size is 19.9 pupils
- In 2013 Switzerland came 17th in the League Tables of Education and came above
average on the overall reading score with 501 points only 55 away from the top leaders:
China
- Primary schools are coeducational but schools
usually only teach in one language (German,
French or Italian).
- All subjects are taught by one teacher
- All subjects are taught by one teacher
- In 2013 Switzerland came 17th in the League Tables of Education and came above
average on the overall reading score with 501 points only 55 away from the top leaders:
China
- Children must either attend the public school or must go to a private school. The
curriculum at a private school is almost identical to the public school.
- 98% of Swiss
children attend
publicly-funded
schools.
- there is no national curriculum for this
level of education.
- Attendance at the Volksschule is mandatory for all
children in Switzerland
- There are cantons (sectors) of primary
school in Switzerland, one for each language
they teach in, French, German and Italian
- Mathematics performance (PISA):
- Switzerland are 3rd in the table, just behind Japan and
Korea
- Reading Performance (PISA)
- Switzerland are 12th in the table for
reading just behind Norway and
Australia
- Science Performance (PISA)
- Switzerland came 14th behind
Slovenia and New Zealand
- Switzerland came 14th behind
Slovenia and New Zealand
- Switzerland are 12th in the table for
reading just behind Norway and
Australia
- Switzerland are 3rd in the table, just behind Japan and
Korea
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