A Brief Introduction to the Integration of General Education and Vocational Education in America;
American education is a one-track system combining general education and vocational education. In 2008, there were about 6.5438+0.8 million comprehensive high schools in the United States, accounting for 94.8% of full-time public secondary education institutions. There are not many full-time schools in CTE. The implementation of vocational education is marginalized in American middle schools.
As the main body of American middle school education, comprehensive high schools mainly carry out general education and academic education. "Vocational education is mainly presented in the form of courses and projects, and it is realized through the credit recognition and transfer system."
American higher education institutions also have different names and types, which are mainly divided into three categories: comprehensive universities, liberal arts colleges and community colleges. If the "post-secondary vocational and technical education" in the United States is called higher vocational education, some scholars believe that about 77% of the students receiving higher vocational education are in two-year higher education institutions, with well-known community colleges as typical representatives.
The single-track system of the integration of general education and vocational education in the United States has three characteristics: first, general education is dominant; Second, middle schools in America are not as demanding of students' learning foundation as grammar schools in Germany. In the United States, as long as you complete relevant courses, you can enter higher education, and the threshold for higher education is not high.
Third, American general middle school diplomas, even university diplomas, are less related to majors and versatile. "The academic certificate issued by the United States is the most common. Few secondary school education certificates have any direct connection with future jobs. "