The Concept Of The Core Competency In New Vocationalism

The new vocationalism,raised by British scholar in 1970s,was developed and perfected in the practice and quickly has influence on many countries.It has become an important idea for reform movements in the fields of vocational education. New vocationalism indicates a different thought,not only the times and backgrounds different,but also the contents which are much richer,wider and deeper.The most important idea of the new vocationalism is the core competencies.The core competencies contain the ideas to help students who want to achieve higher academia standards;help more students into higher-paying industries that they are interested in;help them have the ability to convert their career.The concept of sustainable development is the basis of core competencies.The concept of the core competency stresses the need to meet the individual development,and it think that tacit knowledge is very important.The development,training and evaluation of the core competencies are strictly and clearly.So,the research into the thought of England and American on their educational reform will surely give us some enlightenment to solve the problems in our country.The mainframe of this thesis is as follows:for the first part,briefly analyze the ideological origin and foundation of new vocationalism ; for the second part,introduce the factors of the new vocationalism and the background of the new vocationalism ; for the third part, discuss the fundamental views of the core competencies;the fouth and fifth parts give the practice of core competencies;the final part is conclusion.we can have some helpful suggestions from the new vocationalism and core competencies.