The Study of Economics Course Taught in Commercial High Schools
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Huang, Ju-Hui
Abstract
The Study of Economics Course Taught in Commercial High Schoolsbstracthis thesis has studied the contents of Economics in senior commercial high schools in Taiwan. In addition to reviewing the integration and linkage of economics course under the Grade 1-12 Curriculum, we also analyzed the problems and puzzles of economics education in commercial high schools. We reached a conclusion that commercial high schools do not have to emphasize the theoretical economics. Instead, the course of economics should play the role to foster the modern civilian education. We therefore suggested that there should have a unique course of economics for both of academic high and vocational high schools, and the economics outlines currently used in academic high should be adopted to vocational high schools. The reasons are as follows:. The disadvantages of theoretical economics used in commercial high schools. Today, more than 80% of commercial high graduates have entered higher education. Most of them go to technical colleges where economics is a required course and repeat what they have learned in high schools.. Multi-sources of college students created difficulties of teaching in colleges because they have different background of economics learning.. The college entry examinations of economics led the teaching in high schools to emphasize the theoretical and memorized parts. In fact, what the students really needed are life applications.. The theoretical economics are useless to high-school graduates for employment, and discourage them in high-school studies.. Different contents of economics hinder students from school-transfer.. Teachers in high schools are not economics expertise.. Textbooks and study guides made errors in certain cases.. The advantages of using economics outlines used in academic high schools. The society are getting more complicated and confused, citizens need more basic knowledge of commerce and economic affairs.. Vocational high schools are getting less important so that their curriculum reforms are usually neglected by the society.. Teachers of social sciences in academic high and vocational high schools can be treated as equal and exchangeable between schools.eywords: vocational-technical curriculum, commercial education, economics education, civics and society, curriculum integration.
Subjects
vocational-technical curriculum
commercial education
economics education
civics and society
curriculum integration.
Type
thesis
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