Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Slowinski, M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE Center; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

education options. The first of these options, reserved for the most academically talentedstudents, is the Gymnasium (grades 5-12). Successful completion of the Gymnasium results in adiploma and prepares students for university study or for a dual academic and vocationalcredential. Another option is the Realschule (grades 5 – 10), the completion of which leads to“part-time vocation schools and higher education vocational schools.”14 Students with highacademic achievement at the Realschule, upon graduation, can switch to a Gymnasium andcomplete the necessary studies for a diploma. A third option is the Hauptschule (grades 5 – 9)which “teaches similar subject matter as the Realschule and Gymnasium, but at a slower paceand with some vocational