Smoothing The Transition To Skilled Employment: School-Based Vocational Guidance in Britain and Continental Europe
Smoothing The Transition To Skilled Employment: School-Based Vocational Guidance in Britain and Continental Europe
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顺利过渡到技能就业：英国和欧洲大陆的学校职业指导
DOI：
10.1177/002795019415000106
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发表时间：
1994
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Valerie Jarvis
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作者：
Valerie Jarvis
本文对英国和三个欧洲大陆国家的学校如何提供职业指导进行了比较。这些比较是基于课堂观察和对德国、瑞士、荷兰以及英国类似数量的20多所中学教师的采访。欧洲大陆的职业指导很早就开始了，由职业专家在专门针对这一主题的单独课程中授课，专门为年轻人提供关于特定类型工作的内容和要求的详细信息。英国学校的“职业指导”缺乏对具体职业信息的关注，尤其是现在流行的“个人和社会教育”(PSE)课程，这让许多英国年轻人在成功过渡到职场方面处于明显的劣势。这篇文章提出了一些相对简单的措施，可以显著改善英国学校的职业教育。
This article compares how vocational guidance is provided in schools in Britain and three Continental European countries. The comparisons are based on classroom observations and interviews with teachers in some two dozen secondary schools in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, together with a similar number in Britain. Careers guidance on the Continent begins earlier, is taught by careers specialists in separate lessons devoted to the topic, and is geared specifically to providing youngsters with detailed information on the content and requirements for particular types of work. The lack of focus on occupationally-specific information in ‘careers guidance’ in British schools, particularly in the now-widespread ‘Personal and Social Education’ (PSE) courses, leaves many British youngsters at a distinct disadvantage in making a successful transition to the world of work. The article suggests a number of relatively simple measures which could significantly improve careers education in British schools.