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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

escola pré-universitária

English translation:

high school; university-track within a regular high school

Added to glossary by Michael Powers (PhD)
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Portuguese term

escola pré-universitária

Portuguese to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy
O que é uma escola pré-universitária na Angola, será igual à escola secundária?
Obrigada por qualquer apoio.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 high shool; university-track high school
4 +2 Pre-university school
3 college preparatory school
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Talvez seja equivalente ao junior colleg...
Change log

Mar 13, 2009 23:56: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/57125">Mihaela Roman's</a> old entry - "escola pré-universitária"" to ""high shool; university-track high school""

Mar 13, 2009 23:56: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"

Discussion

Maria José Tavares (X) Mar 9, 2009:
Angola Não tenho a menor dúvida de que é "High school". Acabei no sábado uma tradução de inglês para português (sobre apoios dados por uma multinacional ao sistema educativo angolano, em que aparecia o termo em inglês com a devida explicação.
Mihaela Roman (asker) Mar 9, 2009:
O que acho estranho é que o título diz: Escola Pré-Universitária de Luanda. Isso significa que há uma só pré-universitária na capital do país?
Mihaela Roman (asker) Mar 9, 2009:
Quero saber sobretudo o que é a escola pré-universitária Muito obrigada pelas suas explicações, tenho de traduzir um diploma para romeno. Agora já estou mais esclarecida sobre o assunto.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Definition of Preparatory School preparatory school definition

preparatory school

noun

a private secondary school for preparing students to enter college

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Marlene, não disse que a maioria dos estudantes públicas não pretendem fazer um curso universitário. Será uma minoría, mas essa minoría que não pretende faz um curso universitário tem requisitos menos rigurosos.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
SAT Exam - Scores and Usage Although true that all high school students are potentially college bound, if they declare themselves college bound to their high school counselors, then they are required to take a more rigurous academic curriculum than those that state they are not.

Technically, you cannot "flunk" or "pass" the SAT. SAT stands for Scholastic Aptitude Test and although historically it consisted of two sections, Math and English, it now has a writing component that is fairly new. Some universities are using the writing component section, and others are not.

Scores on all three sections range from 200 - 800 points, with 200 being the absolute lowest, and 800 being teh absolute highest.

The average score is 500, and 100 point differentials in either direction are 1 standard deviation. Hence, a score of 600 means that the test taker did better than approximately 84% of the students on that test, while 700 means he did better than 98%.

Some colleges and universities do not require the SAT at all, and admit students solely on high school courses and grade.

Others will reject students with a 2200+ score on the SAT, that is the top 1%. Its usage varies greatly.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
Discordo Mike. A maioria dos estudantes das escolas públicas pretendem fazer um curso universitário.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
American System All high-school children in the USA are potentially college bound students, there is no descrimination whatsoever. Some students do more poorly what can be overcome by studying hard after graduation and passing the SAT exams.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
e parte académica que têm que estudar é menos; a mesma quantia de créditos, mas menos cursos de ingés, matemáticas, etc. e mais "eleitivos", e, se ofrecem as escolas, cursos técnicos, vocacionais. Mas é a verdade que muitas vezes estudam juntos.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
American Sytem Graduating from High School and passing the SAT exams are the pre-requisites to enter university regardless of the subjects the students take at High School. A student can do extremely well at High School and still fail the SAT exams and not go to university.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
O sistema militar não é diferente. Acho que a diferença é entre as escolas particulares e as públicas. Que que saiba, nas particulares, todo o mundo estuda para entra na universidade. Nas públicas, há muitos estudantes que não pensam entrar na universidad
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
Não conheço o sistema militar, que deve ser diferente.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
Meus filhos estudaram numa High School particular e não havia distinção entre os alunos quanto às classes a serem frequentadas. Os alunos mais avançados podem frequentar Honor's classes, mas as matérias são as mesmas.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Os estudantes que há completaram secundária, mas que não têm notas ou vestibulários suficientemente altos para ser admitido à faculdade, fazem o que chamamos en inglés "remedial courses". Tenho ensinado "remedial courses", e não sou mentiroso.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Clarification on American System I agree with what Marlene is saying and I believe my point was misunderstood. It is absolutely true that students are often in ithe same courses in the US, whether going to college/university of not. The point I was attempting to make is that the number of core academic courses that university-bound or "university-track" high school students need to take is more than those that are not planning on going to the university. It is possible to get a high school diploma without taking the same number of core academic courses that are needed to get into a college or university, but not qualify for entrance into a college or university without taking remedial courses. "Remedial courses" are courses that need to be taken when a student is weak, not "preparatory courses."
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
estudantes que querem estudar a universidade têm que tomar quatro níveis de inglés, tres ou quatro níveis de matemáticas, dois anos de ciências biológicas, etc. É isso que é "preparatory courses", pelo menos para mim, que estudei no sistema por 23 anos.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Marlene tem razão. Nas escolas públicas dos Estados Unidos, onde os meus filhos estudaram, os estudantes estudam juntos, na mesma escola, os que querem estudar na unvieridade, e os estudantes que não querem estudar a universidade. A diferença é que os
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Não disse mentira. Conhecó o sistema. Olha o seguinte: "CMA is a progressive college-preparatory school that uses the military model to educate and train ..." Temos escola preparatórias nos EUA, e geralmente são escolas privadas de segundo grau.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
Acima refiro-me ao sistema americano de ensino (meus filhos fizeram a high school aqui no EUA). Em Angola, o curso pré-universitário É PARTE INTEGRANTE da high school.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
Não há escolas preparatórias na High School, o curso é o mesmo em todas as escolas. Após completar a High School há necessidade de passar o SAT exams para ingressar na universidade e aí sim, o candidato pode fazer um curso preparatório se estiver fraco.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
American System My childen went to high school here in the USA. There isn't a two-track system, all children take the same course, there isn't a vocational or technical course in high school. The very good students who excel take AP exams which, if they pass, give them college credits, but the courses are all exactly the same. AFTER they finish high school, they can choose to take a preparatory course to take the SAT exams to enter university which has absolutely nothing to do with high school.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Angolan System similar to US System As described by Marlene, it sounds like the two-track system in Angola is very similar to the two-track system so common in many American high schools. If the US if a student is in the university-track system, he must take a certain number of courses in the academic field, bypically including English, History, Mathematics, Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, etc., in order to meet the qualifications to go on at the university level. In the vocational and/or technical track, there is more of a pramatic emphasis for employability after high school and fewer courses are taken in the traditional academic areas. Although high school also is only three years in the US, after middle school, the coursework to enter the university level actrually st arts counting from 9th grade and hence four years are evaluated.

Based on the two-track system that Marelen so eloquently described, it sounds very similar to the two-track system that we also have in the U.S.: university bound or unviversity-track students, if you will, and those that are not university bound or unviversity-track systems, but rather vocational or technical, just as in the Angolan system.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
"university-track high school" In the US, there are many public high schools, if not most, where students either follow the university track (like my four children and one stepdaughter), or a vocabional track. The two types of courses run parallel also. The university bound students take pre-university bound courses for four years instead of three. It is still high school, but it is "university-track high school." These high schools are not "preparatory schools" but the "university-track curriculum" in many ways parallels the private preparatory schools.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
Pre-University Course The pre-university course is part of a regular high school in Angola. The system is totally different from the American or Brazilian system.
Marlene Curtis Mar 9, 2009:
Pre-University Course In Angola, they have two types of courses running parallel. The university bound students take the three-year Pre-University Course and the non-bound high school students take a technical or vocational course.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Misu, nos EUA, "prep school" é a escola do segundo grau com cursos pré-universitários, muitas vezes são escolas privadas de segundo grau. Normalmente os estudantes têm entre 14 e 18 anos, e depois de terminar começam os estudos na universidade.
Michael Powers (PhD) Mar 9, 2009:
Preparatory Schools in US are certain high schools In the US, if you go to a preparatory school, it is actually a high school designed to offer mostly advanced courses so that students stand a better chance of having the necessary preparation to get accepted into a prestigious university, but they are still high schools.

I included some links in the explanation to my answer. One of them refers to Culver Mlitary Academy, a well-known preparatory school which is also a high school. This is not only because teh link says it is, but I know first-hand since my brother, one of my sisters and I all studied there.

They are usually different than regular public schools in the sense that they have much more funding and sometiems have campuses that are comparable to those campuses found at small colleges or universities.

However, they are still at teh high school level, even though they include a lot of Advanced Placement tests.

In essence, they are "university-track high schools" or "preparatory schools".
jack_speak Mar 9, 2009:
Misu, voce quer que explicamos o que e', ou voce quer saber como se expressa o equivalente em outro pais? Se for o segundo, qual pais? Se for nos EUA acho que Prep School seria o correto.

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high shool; university-track high school

Mike :)

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In most countries throughout the world, Angola most likely included, there are different educational tracks depending on the goals of the students. In many cases there are high school level courses that are terminal in nature because a certain vocation or trade is studied, whereas in other cases, usually 10% or fewer, than are the so-called "university-track" courses to preparae for the entry test and eventual studies at the university level.

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A outra parte da sua pergunta, se a escola secundária é a mesma coisa que a escola pre-universitária, parece que não. A escola secundária parece que é um nível mais baixo que a escola pre-universitária:

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1: a usually private school preparing students primarily for college2British : a private elementary school preparing students primarily for British public schools



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n.

1. A usually private secondary school that prepares students for college.
2. A usually private elementary school in Great Britain that prepares students for public school.



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De nada.
Peer comment(s):
agree Luiz Vasconcelos : Concordo com university-track high school. Pela minha pesquisa, ela vem depois da escola secundária, como no Brasil.
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Obrigado, Luiz - Mike :)
neutral jack_speak : Nao concordo com o Luiz. Tambem pesquisei e como vem depois da secundaria, nao seria "high school" mas sim, "prep school."/"Prep school" nos EUA e' para quem ja' completou a secundaria. E' alem da escola secundaria.
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Jack, in the United Stats a "prep school" or "preparatory school" is a high school designed to send students on to college/university students. I studied at one: Culver Military Academy (see links above). Also, see the definitions of "preparatory school."
neutral Marlene Curtis : Mike, the credits don't make them eligible for college, they give them college credits if they pass the SAT and are accepted by a college. They have to graduate from high school to enter university,but that doesn't make high school auniversity prep school
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You are right. It does not make the school a university prep school; however, it makes the specific curriculum the students must take for acceptance the "university-track" curriculum. There are private high schools that definitely are preparatory schools.
agree Maria José Tavares (X) : para o caso de Angola, sem dúvida que é "High School"
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Thank you, Maria José - Mike :)
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Pre-university school

O sítio abaixo explica bem o sistema educacional de Angola.

Angola School education:

Basic education lasts for eight years. Secondary education or Ensino Medio is either a three-year general course or a four-year technical/vocational course culminating in the Habilitaçãos Literárias. There are also two- to three-year specialized pre-university courses running parallely. A reform to be established between 1995 and 2005 foresees a primary education of six years followed by a secondary education of six to seven years, divided into two cycles of three years each for the general course and three and four years for the technical/vocational course
http://www.hospitalityguild.com/Education/School_Systems/ang...

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O ensino médio de Angola consiste em três anos de curso pré-universitário (para alunos que vão ingressar na Universidade) ou quatro anos de curso técnico ou vocacional que funcionam paralelamente.

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agree cattelles
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Grata Camila!
agree Isabel Maria Almeida
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Grata!
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college preparatory school

This might only apply if the school is a private school, as that is the connotation in the U.S. We call them "prep schools" but in fact I haven't researched the term at all, hence my confidence level as "medium"
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neutral jack_speak : I agree, but I wouldn't say "college" because in many countries "colegio" is synonymous to high school, so this lends confusion.
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Talvez seja equivalente ao junior college.
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neutral rhandler : Mas onde está a referência?
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neutral Michael Powers (PhD) : preparatory school definition preparatory school noun a private secondary school for preparing students to enter college Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John
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neutral jack_speak : I disagree with Mr. Powers, who says it is a high school specifically designed for students who will go on to college. Where is his evidence?
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