Australian Tafe And China Vocational Revelation

The development of Technical and Further Education in Australia has an one-hundred-year history. Its management system, models of running schools, curriculum development and technical training etc. provide the Chinese higher education with valuable experiences. Based on the comprehensive analysis and research on TAPE, the thesis summarizes its reasons of success and failure and further put forward suggestions in order to use its experience for reference.The thesis consists of the preface and the other four parts.Preface: This part mainly introduces the significance and method of the study. In addition, it describes the definitions of TAPE and Higher Vocational Education.Part one: This part mainly does a research on the historical background, developmental process and its position and function in vocational educational system of the nation.Part two: This part mainly introduces the national administration of TAPE, its self-management system and characteristics.Part three: The summarization and evaluation of TAPE has been presented completely in this part, based on the systematic analysis on the model of student training, curriculum development, teacher training, model of running schools and technical training etc.Part four: In this part, first of all, the development of our national higher vocational education is introduced. Then, the current problems and challenges in the development of our own are displayed. At last, learning from the successful experience of TAPE in Australia, the thesis writer provides some constructive suggestions to develop our own.