The Research Of American K-12 Career Education Practical Model

Career Education is originated in the United States where owns a good reputation on Education. Studies on conception, model and curriculum in American Education obviously show the effect of career education. Through a nearly half-century effort, it is commonly agreed that career education serves to cultivate students' career development, career consciousness, and career decision making, encourages life-long learning and improves the enrollment. In 21st century, the new trends of economy, society and policy add some new character to Career Education, which integrated with new ideas and developed new technology to help adolescent successfully transition from school to the career.The history and the background theory of the career education is explained in Chapter I .The analyses of the development of career education have been written as several aspects: economy, social, political and education from the 20th century to the 21st century. And the philosophical theory, the career development theory and the learning theory have offered the support to career education.The managerial system, financial support system, career development model and the practice standard of the American K-12 career education is analyses in Chapter II. Each model and standard are attached several cases.The focuses of the Chapter III turns from the ideology to practice, the American K-12 career education practical model. Four typical practical models: the introduced practical model, the counseling practical model, the curriculum based practical model and the work based practical model, are presented and evaluated. And the cases are taken from the states that advanced in career education.In Chapter IV, the soul of American K-12 career education practical model is discussed. Based on all the analysis and research on American K-12 career education, two main characters are summed up, the typical problem during the practice are evaluated, and the development direction are foresee.