美国中学技术教育改革的历程、现状与启示

The History,Reality,and Inspiration of Technical Education in Middle Schools of America

发展技术教育、培养学生的技术素养已成为我国基础教育课程改革的重要内容,但我国的技术教育实践尚存在诸多的不足,与发达国家相比差距甚大。通过对美国中学技术教育的研究,我们得出如下启示:应更新技术教育的理念,加强技术教育的舆论宣传;应重视技术教育的理论研究,用整体的理念开发技术教育课程;应强化技术教育的师资培养与培训,加大对技术教育的投入。

Developing students＇ technical literacy has become one of the important contents in the curriculum reform in China. But there are so many weaknesses in our technical education that we leg behind the West in the field of technical education. By looking at the technical education in middle schools of America we can get some useful inspirations, such as （ 1 ）to publicize the importance of technical education with advanced ideas ; （2）to pay attention to academic study and to design curriculum as a whole ; and （3）to increase investment into training more technical education teachers.