D. Project Work

1. Collect as much information as possible about college and university education in your country. Organize a discussion which will touch upon the following questions:

Is college and university very expensive in your country?

Which college/university degrees are most common?

What opportunities are there for college graduates?

Is it difficult for young people to find a job?

2. Choose a university you are interested in. Pick up information about it in encyclopaedias and other reference books as the basis for your discussion.

3. Collect information about different types of secondary schools in your country. Great Britain/the USA and compare it. In your group decide:

which type of school is the best one and explain why you have chosen it;

which types of schools you consider out-of-date and why;

what your idea of a perfect school is.

4. Plan the perfect "core" college curriculum using the following information:

The trustees of your university are very upset by recent studies that show that the average graduate from your school is less competent than the average graduate of 50 years ago. As a result, the trustees have insisted that the entire educational approach be changed. Instead of having students take only elective courses, they must take three years (144 units) of "core" courses. Only during their senior year may they take electives in their major.

According to the trustees, the core courses must be designed to "give the student a broad background in the general humanities and sciences with the result that the student possesses analytical skills and written and verbal ability necessary to be a leader in society."

Each course is four units. You may require a person to take more than four units (or no units) in the following subjects:

5. Study the following chart and make a chart of the Russian/ British System of Education. Consult the reference material.