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Kurzdarstellung: USA (2000) - english information
https://www.bildungsserver.de/bww_pdf/kurzdarstellung_usa.pdf![]()
United States of America (USA)
This brief presentation of the education system in the United States was taken from the "Wörterbuch der Pädagogik" (Dictionary of Pedagogy/ Edition 2000) by kind permission of the publishers Taschenbuch Verlag. After providing general information on the country an overview on the education system is given referring to the following areas: educational administration, pre-school education, primary and secondary school education, vocational training, higher education, teacher education, adult education. A graph showing the basic structure of the education system and additional references to respective publications are offered to complete this short version.- In order to be able to read the pdf-files users need Acrobat Reader.
Keywords
education system; educational policy; educational administration; school; vocational school system; higher education; teacher education; adult education; overview; graph; full text information;
| Resource type: | Overview | 
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| Language: | German | 
| URL (original): | https://www.bildungsserver.de/bww_pdf/kurzdarstellung_usa.pdf | 
| Source / author of the website: | Deutschen Taschenbuch Verlag / "Wörterbuch Pädagogik" | 
| Country of origin of the resource: | Germany; | 
| Record-ID: | 2425 | 
| Update: | 22.04.2025 | 
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