概述
“教育类”话题是雅思考试大作文常见话题，占所有考题的20%左右。主要涉及学什么、跟谁学、怎么学、如何评价学生、学习的目的，等。比如：
1.政府教育投资类，包括：（1）支付大学学费是政府的责任还是个人的责任；（2）政府奖学金应该颁给最好的学生还是进步最快的学生？
2.学习方向选择类，包括：（1）成年人学习实际技能自学较好还是从师更好？（2）音乐和体育是否对学生的职业未来没有用？（3）儿童是应该学习历史还是学习与生活更密切相关的课程？（4）学校应该强调学生的竞争能力还是合作能力？
3.学生与老师或父母关系类，包括：（1）学生应不应该评价老师？（2）从老师那里学到的东西比从其他渠道要多？（3）在大学读书是否在外面住比和父母一起住更好？（4）孩子在家接受教育还是到学校接受教育更好？（5）父母是否应该接受育儿类课程？（6）父母接送孩子还是学校接送？
4.其他。包括：（1）网络学习是否对传统学习方式构成了挑战？（2）大学是否应该无视经济背景给学生提供教育？（3）成绩好的学生与成绩差的学生是否应该进行分班教学？
关于教育内容的考题
母题：Some people think it is important for all children to learn history at school. Others believe that other subjects are more relevant to children’s development today. Discuss both views and give your opinion. (190801)
子题1: Some people say that in our modern age, it is unnecessary to teach children about the skills of handwriting. To what extent do you agree or disagree? (191123)
子题2: Art classes like painting and drawing are important to students’ development and should be made compulsory in high school. To what extent do you agree or disagree?(170701)
子题3：Full-time university students need to spend a lot of time in studying, but it is essential to get involved in other activities. To what extent do you agree or disagree? (120225)
核心观点及表达：
(1)教育除了教生活技能（life skills），还教学生成为对社会有用的人
Education is not just about teaching students various life skills, but turning them into people useful to the society.
(2)学校教育不应只教知识（考试成绩），还是应该教各种软技能或明辨是非的能力。
Schools should not just tell students how to achieve high academic levels, but also teach them various soft skills such as how to communicate and work with others./ ...teach them how to tell right from wrong.
(3)学校不应强迫学生学习他们不感兴趣的东西，而应尊重学生未来的规划。
Schools cannot force students to learn things they are not interested in. Instead, schools should respect students’ own ideas about their future.
(4)学校不应只教学生看起来实际的东西(比如对以后找工作有利），也应教会学生尊重历史和文化。
Schools should not just offer courses that seem to be useful to their students’ future, but also courses that help students understand their own history and culture.
(5)学校应该给学生提供参加各种课外活动的机会，以锻炼他们的能力，开阔眼界。
Schools should provide many kinds of opportunities for their students to engage in activities outside of the classroom so as to improve their practical skills and broaden their horizons.
(6)教育的目的不仅是让学生获得基本实用的生活技能，而且是从身体上和精神上为他们的未来生活做好准备。
The objective of education is not just to let students acquire the basic practical skills, but to prepare them for the future life, both physically and mentally.
关于教、学方式的考题
母题：Some people think that computers and the Internet are more important to a child's education than going to school. However, others believe that schools and teachers are essential for children to learn effectively. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. (100515）
子题1：Some people believe that parents should read or tell stories to their children. However, others find it unnecessary because children can read books and watch TV by themselves. Discuss both views and present your own opinion.（101104）
子题2：In some countries, many people choose to educate their children at home by themselves instead of sending them to school.Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?（180426）
子题3：Some people think that schools should select their pupils according to their academic abilities. Others believe that young people with different abilities should be educated together. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.（181208）
核心观点及表达：
（1）还在应该去学校接受教育，因为在家接受教育的孩子，无论他的考试分数多高，都不过像温室花朵，一旦遭遇外面的风雨，很容易就凋谢。更重要的是，正是在像学校这样不纯的地方，孩子们能够学会分辨正误和是非，待他们长大之后，最终成为身心健康的人。
A home-educated kid, however well he achieves in tests, is just like a flower in greenhouse which easily withers when exposed to the rain outside. More importantly, it is just in not so pure a place as school that kids can learn to tell right from wrong, and eventually become physically and psychologically healthy when they grow up.
（2）因此从学术的角度说，杰出的儿童应当接受单独授课，因为这将帮他们保持对正在学习的科目的兴趣。然而就其他能力而言，比如说领导能力，我确实相信只有所有孩子——不管聪明与否——都坐在同一个教室里，才能得到更好地发展。
So academically the really outstanding children should be taught separately because this could help maintain their interest in the subjects they are learning, yet when it comes to other abilities such as the ability to lead a team and to work with others, I do believe they can be better developed if all the kids—smart or not —sit in the same classroom.
（3）学校不应该仅提高学生的学习成绩，还应培养孩子的责任感，及批判思维能力、合作能力、领导能力和明辨思维的能力。
Schools should not just try to improve their students’ academic performance, but also cultivate their sense of responsibility and their ability to think critically, work with others, lead a team, and tell right from wrong.
（4）我们应该为电视观看时间设定一个限度，这样孩子们才能找到时间去从事其他可以提高他们个性、想象力和人际交往技能的活动。
We should set a limit on the screen time so that our children can find time for other activities that may help improve their personalities, imagination and interpersonal skills.
（5）与“冰冷”而“漠然”的网络相比，在课堂上与老师的交流经常自带一丝温情，而这种个人化的情感有时候甚至比知识本身还重要，并变成我们学校生活的记忆。
Compared with the “cold” and “indifferent” Internet, learning with teachers in classroom often carries a touch of human warmth and that personal feeling is sometimes even more important than the knowledge itself and becomes part of our memory of school life.
（6）来自网络的东西往往是有偏见的、不完整的、零碎的、甚至是错误的。
What we take from the Internet is often biased, incomplete, fragmentary, or simply erroneous.
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