摘要
专业认证是一种在国际上行之多年、得到广泛采纳的保证和提高专业教育质量的手段,通过严格的高校专业认证可以确保各级专业人才的水准和质量。目前,我国高等教育发展面临诸多挑战:如实践应用型专业人才的培养,专业人才配置机制的市场化和国际化等。这些问题的交汇,进一步凸显出作为专业人才培养的质量保障措施的专业认证制度的必要性。本文将首先对世界范围内高等教育专业认证制度的性质与作用予以阐述,进而对该制度在我国的初步实践和未来发展进行分析。
Professional accreditation which has been adopted internationally for more than one century is an important approach to quality assurance and performance improvement of higher education. It is particularly employed to assist the university graduates in securing satisfying requirements for professional positions. Currently, China is facing considerable challenges in developing its higher education, such as the cultivation of practical and applicable professionals, and market-oriented and internationalized disposition of professionals as well. All these challenges have required Chinese universities to introduce the professional accreditation into higher education quality assurance system. This essay explains the nature, development and function of professional accreditation in higher education worldwide at first, then analyzs its initial practices and future development in China.
出处
《复旦教育论坛》
CSSCI
2008年第6期33-38,共6页
Fudan Education Forum
基金
全国教育科学"十一五"规划2007年度教育部重点课题"与行业职业资格和国际职业资格标准相衔接的应用性人才专业建设研究"(DIA070128)的阶段性成果之一
关键词
专业认证
高等教育
质量保障
professional accreditation
higher education
quality assurance