A Study of Technical Education Program for Junior High School Students in Taipei City

[[abstract]]An educational policy, even though very sound and comprehensive, might still run into some difficulties in the course of the hands-on practice. It is, therefore, advisable to locate problems, conduct reassessment and betterment continually and uninterruptedly through superintendence over the educational policies. These efforts are virtually indispensable. The technical education programs have been implemented onto junior high schools in Taipei City and have brought up constructive fruits and have, meanwhile, run into quite a few problems. These issues are worth further studies. There might be quite a lot of research programs and writings about technical education program for junior high schools. The technical education programs are still under continual and uninterrupted implementation in junior high schools in Taipei City. That suggests the subject issues are still worth further concern and efforts. In the present study, therefore, the subjects’d like to take the status quo in enforcement of technical education programs for junior high schools in Taipei City as the key subject for survey and research. In the present study, It conducted questionnaire surveys over 6 government officers serving in the educational authorities in Taipei City, 68 junior high schools that implement technical education programs and 12 vocational schools (including senior high schools with vocational education programs) in Taipei City, with one principal, two depeducationment directors or section chiefs, one consulting teacher and two full-time teachers (including those serving as homeroom teachers concurrently) for each school. The picked samples were asked to answer questions to indicate the degrees of their agreement, scoring 4, 3, 2, 1. It summed up the total scores at last. The higher the scores, the better the performance in the implementation. Summing up the subject study, the goals obtain such conclusions: In most cases of the sample schools, there offer technical education programs for 3-6 hours every week. The junior high schools in Taipei City provide technical education programs for two vocational groups minimum every semester in most cases. To live up to the trends of the environmental development, for better implementation of technical education, the competent authority of education or the schools should put forth added efforts to render consultation upon students, educational & training programs for schoolteachers, writing and editing of curricular programs, publicity and betterment of equipment & facilities, based on the scoring rates. In the process of selection, the conclusions should honor students’ desire, then aptitude test, homeroom teachers’ recommendation, parents’ expectation and, finally, technological contests. Schools are advised to provide students with various technical education oriented guidance. Among all aspects, career guidance got the highest score, as followed by guidance for life and finally, academic study guidance.