Soviet school for British education
It should be noted that the British selected the best methods of education around the world. They highly appreciated the scientific successes of the education system in the USSR, placing them above the system adopted in Europe. And after some time, the level of knowledge of British students turned out to be significantly higher than that of graduates of the most prestigious European educational institutions!
Eton - The alma mater of eighteen prime ministers of Great Britain and the place of study of British monarchs. British education has become so prestigious that the “powerful of the world”, politicians and businessmen of many countries, dream that their children study in Eton, where the Soviet educational system has been operating since 1995.
In the photo - 75-th British Prime Minister David Cameron (second from left in the second row) and former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (sitting on the steps to the right in the first row). Eaton, 1987
It should be said about the British expansion in the world. One well-known non-governmental organization, the British Council (British Council), designed to "develop cooperation in the field of education, culture and the arts between the UK and other countries", has offices in 110 countries around the world. In fact, they are engaged not only in the promotion of English culture, but also in the spread of global English influence around the world.
Here we must remember that after the collapse of the mighty British Empire, education and culture became the main connecting elements that brought together the fragments of the English-speaking world. Then, throughout the UK, universities opened their doors to children from former British colonies, and some of them were able to lead these countries in the future. It's no secret that today many influential politicians and businessmen brag about their brilliant British education.
It is significant that of Eton's 250 annual alumni are open to all the most prestigious universities in America (Harvard and Yale), France (Sorbonne), although most seek to go to the University of London, Oxford or Cambridge.
But in 2014, two, at first glance, unpresentable mathematical special schools for gifted children open up. School of Mathematics at King's College London (King's College London Mathematics School) and Exeter Mathematics School at Exeter University.
And the impetus for the creation of these special schools was the success of the Kolmogorov School of Physics and Mathematics in Moscow, founded in 1965 by one of the leading mathematicians of the 15th century, Andrei Kolmogorov, who taught mathematical disciplines to the best XNUMX-year-old schoolchildren in our country. Such special schools were created in such large cities of the Union as: Moscow, Novosibirsk, Leningrad, Kyiv, Alma-Ata, Minsk and Sverdlovsk. Probably, the British decided to adopt the Soviet experience, putting it into practice.
Mathematical School of King’s College London (King’s College London Mathematics School)
And now in 2017 the popular British magazine Economist tried to figure out how an ordinary municipal school in London’s Lambeth district went up to the same level as prestigious educational institutions in the country. What was the bewilderment of the journalists when they learned that the mathematics school, which had opened in the building of the former public bath, works along the lines of the Kolmogorov Physics and Mathematics School in Moscow!
And equipping such a school is more of an “economical option” of a college in Oxford or Cambridge than a municipal school in a residential area of London.
The then British Education Minister, Michael Gove, set out to provide an opportunity for any child, regardless of his financial situation, to get an “Eton education” in mathematics or physics. And he did it!
Fourteen graduates from sixty-one high school students were offered places to study at Oxford and Cambridge from next year. Students received 0,7 points more for each subject than their peers with similar results in the Unified State Exam, outperforming the country's most prestigious schools by this indicator.
All students received the highest A or A * marks in A level math, which is usually passed in 18 years. It is necessary to clarify that British schools of this type are divided into preparatory (from 7 to 13 years) and middle (from 13 to 18 years).
It is noteworthy that at the Department of Mathematics of King's College, many teachers and professors were educated in Russia. Two graduated from the Leningrad Mathematical School. The educational process is planned in such a way that students are prepared for the university. The school is lectured by teachers from electronic intelligence - the Center for Government Communications (GCHQ), as well as from the artificial intelligence company Google DeepMind, and of course they have their own interests here.
An interview on the BBC channel of the former British Education Minister Justina Greening was recently discussed on the Internet. In it, she stated: “The process of converting British secondary schools to the education system of the Soviet Union is completed”. But in 2018, she resigns. I did not manage to find this speech, although what is there to be surprised about when, because of the noisy “Delo Skripale” and the rising wave of Russophobia on the Air Force website, they could “clear” this information.
The honored teacher of the Russian Federation and public figure Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yamburg says:
According to research by consulting company Knight Frank, Russia has become a world leader in the number of children studying in the UK. From 2005 to 2017, their number increased by 77%, and in 2016-2017, 608 children from Russia entered English private schools.
Education in Russia
In 2007, Education Minister Andrei Fursenko, speaking at the Seliger youth forum, said:
So, modern society does not need creators, and in the bulk are consumers?
"In the digital world, not only mathematicians and programmers will be needed, they will need less and less", - said the head of Sberbank German Gref at the forum" Open Innovation. " He also noted that "math schools are a relic of the past"And" our task is to customize the education system in the same way as everything else. "
But the opinion of Sergei Petrovich Kapitsa, a famous Soviet and Russian scientist-physicist. At one of the meetings, he warned the ministers:
More than 10 years have passed since the beginning of the universal introduction of the USE in Russia. We followed this practice after America and Western Europe, the essence of which is not to get versatile knowledge for mental development, but to prepare for the final tests.
My daughter, who graduated from eleven classes of secondary education, has never had any practical laboratory work in physics or chemistry. No, laboratory, of course, were, but only on paper. No benefit for the student, no interest.
Pay attention to the modern youth. Yes, they take the GIA and the USE, they do not have the necessary knowledge, they do not know how to use them. Recently I found out that my already pretty adult niece, along with her boyfriend, was waiting for her mother to come home to open a tin can for them with a can opener or cut a watermelon. They themselves can not do this!
This is especially noticeable in the generations that were born after the mid-80s of the last century. In the period from the 90s to the zero years, they were deprived of attention and education. At that time, many free circles and sections were closed, and the whole country survived, accustoming itself to a wild market economy. After the 2000s, mugs began to open in some places, but on a paid basis, which also limited their availability.
In my childhood, I well remember the then popular programs in the USSR: “Obvious - Incredible”, “In the Animal World”, “International Panorama”. They made people think by popularizing science, natural science and geopolitics. And how many good and inexpensive newspapers and magazines at that time we could subscribe to the post office: “Young Naturalist”, “Young Technician”, “Technology for Youth”, “Model Designer”, etc. And how many smart magazines for children are published today, and who can afford to buy them?
Schools are already moaning from the masses of mentally retarded children who come to learn today. They are no longer separated into separate classes, but “spread by an even layer” over all parallels. Every year a growing number of children are nervous or with mental disabilities. They cry for any reason, breaking into a tantrum.
Electronic gadgets and mobile applications are heading them into their digitized world, replacing reality for them. Please note that children do not take their eyes off the smartphone screen, even when they cross the street or communicate with each other.
An acquaintance of mine called them "kekers." This generation of "specialists" who, having received superficial knowledge, with a confident look takes on difficult work, considering themselves professionals. University graduates who paid for their theses to those who wrote them. Lawyers with purchased diplomas, etc. etc.
Correctly someone said that the masters were gone, and instead of them were "experts".
In his previous article "Stalin primer" and the future of Russia" I have already raised the question of the present level of education and the usefulness of republishing Soviet textbooks. Yes, the Soviet education system at that time was superior to the education systems of foreign countries, as even Britain was convinced of. Now it is necessary to take all the best from Soviet textbooks for educating a human creator, and on this basis to build our own modern education system. Otherwise, a "country of fools" awaits us.
Sergei Kapitsa said:
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