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Recently someone from Israel told me there are essential two models of education.
One is the German model, adopted by most European countries, Russia, East Asia and so on.
The other is the British model, adopted by North America and some ex British colonies.
In the German model, for example, one only needs an undergraduate degree to be a lawyer, and 6 years or less training to be a doctor. It is because the education is more specialized and more intensive.
In the British model, the goal is (or was) to produce confident "gentlemen". So students learn many things a little bit and they need post-graduate training to be professionals.
The British follow more of what you described as the German model.
Agreed. That business of a British education producing gentlemen is more of that clap-trap based on stereotypes and a semi-imagined past.
In Britain, university educations are more specialized. In England, students typically spend 3 years at university. The first is spent with a broader focus, while the next 2 years are more concentrated. Scotland adds a second early "broad" year.
Agreed. That business of a British education producing gentlemen is more of that clap-trap based on stereotypes and a semi-imagined past.
In Britain, university educations are more specialized. In England, students typically spend 3 years at university. The first is spent with a broader focus, while the next 2 years are more concentrated. Scotland adds a second early "broad" year.
Probably the "British model" only refers to the origin.
In Britain, medical school is an undergraduate degree FYI.
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