Reforming vocational education for industrial advancement: What Taiwan can learn from Germany

• Main Authors: Lin, Yu-Chen, 林佑眞
• Other Authors: Tang, Ching-Ping
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m6n48m

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 行政管理碩士學程 === 105 === It is believed that education is a means for upward mobility. It is particularly true in Taiwan where parents will do their best to send their children to colleges, instead of vocational schools, for a better chance of moving to upper social classes. In response, the educational administrators of this country turned most vocational schools to universities that gave up the training for skill proficiency. This, in turn, created the deficiency in the supply of technicians needed in this society. It is surprised to find out that such class division between labor and white-collar workers, and that the students in Germany enjoyed going to vocational school and fared pretty well after graduation. What lessons can we learn from German vocational education? This thesis compares the difference between two societies and tries to find out a possible solution for Taiwan’s deteriorating vocational education. Simply speaking, it is important to get the spirit of craftsman back to the professionals to earn respects from the society, which in turn would help to recruit students for vocational education.