英国继续教育学院高等教育职能的演变历程与特点探析

Research on the Evolution and Characteristics of Higher Education Function of British Institute of Continuing Education

英国继续教育是继初等教育和中等教育之后的重要教育阶段,也是英国教育体系中的重要组成部分。作为英国开展继续教育的主要场所,继续教育学院在为人们提供博雅及职业教育课程的同时,也承担了部分高等教育职能,并取得了较为显著的成就。基于此,探析英国继续教育学院高等教育职能的演变历程和特点,对新时代我国高校继续教育职能的转变与强化具有重要的参考价值和借鉴意义。

Continuing education is an important stage of education after primary education and secondary education, and also an important part of the British education system. As the main place of continuing education in Britain, the College of continuing education not only provides people with liberal arts and vocational education courses, but also undertakes some higher education functions, and has made remarkable achievements. Based on this, this study combed the evolution process of higher education function of UK Institute of continuing education, analyzed the characteristics of higher education function of UK Institute of continuing education, in order to provide reference for China’s Institute of continuing education to better play its higher education function.