LES "MODÈLES"
ANGLO-SAXONS :
(libertés, justice,
système scolaire, éducatif, marché de l'éducation,
homeschooling...aux USA et en Angleterre)
AMERICAN
WAY OF LIFE
BRITISH
WAY OF LIFE
BRITISH
WAY OF LIFE
Le "modèle"
anglo-saxon, libéral ... et blairo-socialiste...
Beuark.
AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE... |
Royaume-Uni
:
Les étudiants paient plus mais reçoivent moins Les étudiants britanniques paient toujours plus cher leur inscription à la faculté et disposent pourtant d’un nombre restreint de cours. Telle est la conclusion d’un rapport publié par l’University and College Union (UCU, syndicat qui représente les universitaires). Le rapport souligne notamment le faible nombre de professeurs face au nombre d’étudiants et par conséquent, la dégradation de la qualité de l’éducation proposée aux jeunes Britanniques. Le rapport met en exergue les plaintes des étudiants de premier cycle. Ainsi, les étudiants en histoire de l’université de Bristol qui ont payé leur année 1200 livres (1800 euros) se sont-ils récemment plaints de voir leurs heures de cours réduites de deux-tiers. De façon générale, les étudiants réclament davantage de "contact hours" avec leurs enseignants, c’est-à-dire des moments où les profs sont accessibles et à leur écoute. Pour l’UCU, l’université britannique se doit de proposer un meilleur service à des étudiants désormais plus exigeants face à l’augmentation du coût des études. The Guardian, 11 février
2007
Students 'pay more but receive less' Report condemns 'compromised' academic standards and reduction of access to lecturers Anushka Asthana and Liz Biggs - Sunday February 11,
2007 - The
Observer
Students are paying more than ever for attending university and will soon be offered less time with lecturers, a damning report has alleged. Evidence from the University and College Union (UCU), which represents academics, claimed that the quality of the student experience was falling rapidly, driven in part by the falling ratio of staff to students. 'The government says education, education, education,' said Sally Hunt, joint general secretary of the UCU. 'What I am saying is quality, quality, quality. It is not credible for students to have the same access to staff as 10 years ago.' Pressure to compete for applicants had led some institutions to 'compromise over academic standards', according to the report, which has been submitted to the education and skills select committee as part of its inquiry into higher education. It follows accusations that Bangor university in north Wales agreed to let more students gain first-class degrees in an effort to move up the league tables. The report comes as students prepare to give their own evidence to the committee, demanding more 'contact hours' with lecturers and better facilities to ensure that universities are worth the increasing price tag. 'Fees have gone up and vice-chancellors have created what they call customers,' said Gemma Tumelty, president of the National Union of Students, who will appear before the committee on 19 February. 'If contact time with lecturers is falling as money is increasing, you are going to have some disgruntled students.' Tumelty said the 'national student survey', which rates universities annually in terms of satisfaction, was becoming increasingly important for students choosing where to study: 'They are going to have to deliver value for money to make the "investment" worth it.' Undergraduates are increasingly demanding more from university life because of rising fees. Final year history students at the University of Bristol, who pay £1,200 a year in fees, complained recently when teaching hours were slashed by two-thirds to just two hours a week. A spokesman for Universities UK, the body which represents vice-chancellors, said: 'Recent studies and surveys have told us that students want smaller teaching group sizes and more contact time. Universities are committed to delivering this.' They want more public investment in higher education, he added. |
| LE
GUIDE-ANNUAIRE | Commande
| Commande
express sécurisée | Documentation|
Présentation
| SOMMAIRE
|
| Le
nouveau sirop-typhon : déplacements de populations ? chèque-éducation
? ou non-scolarisation ? |
| Pluralisme
scolaire et "éducation alternative" | Jaune
devant, marron derrière : du PQ pour le Q.I. |
| Le
lycée "expérimental" de Saint-Nazaire |
Le
collège-lycée "expérimental" de Caen-Hérouville|
| L'heure
de la... It's time for ... Re-creation | Freinet
dans (?) le système "éducatif" (?) |
| Changer
l'école | Des
écoles différentes ? Oui, mais ... pas trop !|
L'école
Vitruve |
| Colloque
Freinet à ... Londres | Des
écoles publiques "expérimentales" |
| 68
- 98 : les 30 P-l-eureuses | Et
l'horreur éducative ? |