An Evaluation of Technical Education by Technical High School Graduates Engaged in the Industries

本文试图对中专毕业生在企业中的就业情况进行跟踪调查。我们调查了他们如何评价他们所接受的技术教育，特别是他们高中的技术科目的内容。并试图为高职院校的课程设置提供基础数据，使学生在高技术专业中树立明确的目标意识。我们对三所公立高中和一所国立高中的毕业生进行了调查。调查对象为1960 - 1988年机械、电气、工业化学、建筑、土木工程等7门课程的学生。调查共收到1689份问卷，占总样本6872份的24.6%。调查结果表明：（1）被调查者对职业技术教育的评价较高; (2)不同的课程产生不同的评价。建筑与土木工程专业的课程与社会职业有着密切的联系。这些课程的毕业生高度评价技术教育。机械类课程与它们的联系较少，工业化学类课程与它们的联系更少，技工教育专业的研究需要各门课程的个别考虑。(3)至于工作种类，技术案头工作是最受欢迎的。(4)技术科目被认为对技术工作有用。特别是“在技术学科中获得的理论基础知识”和“在其中获得的实践和技术知识”受到高度评价。(5)至于未来的技术教育，受访者认为在课程上“技术教育应更充实”，而在技术科目上应更强调“透过经验学习实验与实践、透过专题研究解决问题的能力、以及资讯科技”。

This paper attempts to follow up the graduates from technical high school who are now engaged in industry. We survey how they evaluate the technical education they had, especially the contents of the technical subjects in their high schools. We also try to obtain basic data for curriculums for technical high school that could make students cherish clear sense of purpose in highly technical specialty. We made a survey of three public and one national high school graduates. Those surveyed are from the seven courses of machine, electricity, industrial chemistry, architecture, civil engineering, and two others from 1960 to 1988. We received 1689 answers, 24.6% of all the samples 6872.The main facts our survey shows are as follows:(1) The technical education is highly evaluated by those surveyed.(2) Different courses produce different evaluations. The courses of architecture and civil engineering have close connection with occupations in society. The graduates from these courses highly evaluate technical education. The course of machine, meanwhile, has less connection with them, and that of industrial chemistry has still less. The studies on specialty of technical education require individual considerations of each course.(3) As regards the kind of work, technical desk work is the most popular.(4) Technical subjects are considered to be useful for technical work. Especially "the basic knowledge of theories acquired in technical subjects," and "the practical and technical knowledge acquired in them" are highly evaluated.(5) As to technical education in the future, the respondents think that on curriculum "technical education should be more substantial," and on technical subjects "experiment and practice learning through experience, ability to solve problems by project studies, and information technology" should be laid more stress upon.