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"Philosophy of Education"

2011 year, number 5

THE CONTENT OF EDUCATION IN THE USA PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE CHALLENGES OF POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

N. Y. Simushkina
Keywords: private education, private schools, integration, individualization of education, technologization
Pages: 40-46

Abstract

In the article there is presented a detailed analysis of the literature dedicated to studying the pedagogical activity of British and American private schools. The author shows the typical features and tendencies of functioning of the USA private schools in the modern period: high quality of education, realization of individual approach, self-government. There are presented different types of private schools.  There are revealed the peculiarities of educational process and the tendencies which have been manifested during the last decades: reformation of the content of education, reinforcement of integration between private schools and business, increasing of the school's social role, technologization. The analysis of modern tendencies of the educational process in private schools is carried out from the positions of socio-cultural methodology.