澳大利亚普通高中职业教育课程的类型、内容与特色——以维多利亚州为例

Types,Contents and Characteristics of Vocational Education Curriculum in Australian Senior High School——A case study of Victoria

澳大利亚普通高中职业教育的实施是澳大利亚政府为了应对全球化带来的经济挑战以及解决青年人失业率居高不下问题而采取的关键性策略。课程是澳大利亚普通高中职业教育实施中的重点,呈如下特点:课程开发以行业需求为导向,类型多样;课程的实践性强,且特别注重加强系统化的工厂实习;学分制和学分互认制度及学历资格证书制的实施打通了不同教育体系与层次的衔接通道。这些特点对反思我国目前普通高中职业教育缺失的现状有很大帮助。

The implementation of vocational education in senior secondary school is a key strategy adopt- ed by Australian government in response to the economic challenges brought by globalization and addressing the problem of high unemployment among young people. The focus of vocational education in senior secondary school is its curriculum. The main features of curriculum are as followed： developing curriculum according to industry demand and focusing on the diversity of curriculum ; special emphasis on structure workplace training; credit mutual implementation of the system and recognized academic qualifications system getting through the different levels of the education system. These features can help our country to reflect the current lack of voca- tional education in senior secondary school.