スウェーデンの総合制高等学校における普通教育と専門教育の関連づけ : 職業系課程のカリキュラム分析を中心に

Abstract

This study discusses the relation between the general and specialized education in Swedish comprehensive upper secondary schools. For this purpose, two practical curricula were analyzed. One is of electro-technical line in the old system, and the other is of electricity program in the present system. There were several differences between those two curricula from the viewpoint of general/specialized education. Firstly, the distinction between compulsory and optional courses had become clearer. The compulsory courses were "general education". Each course had particular levels so that general education was defined with the sorts and the levels of subjects. Secondly, the amount of the compulsory courses had increased. Thirdly, the variety of general courses had also increased. General education had been more important for all. However, students in vocational programs tended to dislike studying general courses, due to the lack of meaning in their own specialties. Teachers attempted to take up topics or materials which were related to the vocational specialty in general education and it successfully encouraged students to learn. This is the way to relate general education to vocational education, which is to have the same ground -planning education according to the student's interest- of both types of education.