Technology and Continuing Education College is a unique vocational education and training system in Australia, which is equivalent to the synthesis of vocational schools, technical schools, technical secondary schools and universities in China. TAFE system in Australia has become one of the most successful and distinctive education systems in the world, including public colleges and private colleges. It plays an important role in Australia's national economic development.
Study time:
Various forms, 1-2 years, some are taught alone, such as provincial technical training college, and some are affiliated universities, such as ITTI of JCU and IBT of Macquarie University.
Many vocational TAFE courses have a history of 100 years. Until 1973, the Australian federal government established the Technical and Continuing Education Committee, which clearly put forward the combination of technical education and continuing education, and the connection between academic education and job training, and implemented flexible education and training methods, specializing in academic education of technical personnel.
Course advantages:
Strong practicability: the curriculum is mainly based on the combination of learning and application, and the employment and industry associations directly cooperate closely, so that students can participate in their future careers in advance during their study. This is also the main reason why students are favored by employers.
Short academic cycle:
TAFE courses are usually 1-2 years, and internship courses account for a large proportion during the study period, so students have a better premise than general education students in part-time jobs. Because the course time is short and the tuition is cheap, it is a low-cost investment, which is affordable for ordinary families in China. At present, many domestic students from China who already have a bachelor's degree, especially those who want to start a business in the future, choose low-cost majors such as catering and automobile maintenance as their first choice.
The course is extensive.
Industry fields include art, automobile, community service, architecture, food, furniture, public education, information technology, communication engineering, electronic engineering, aircraft machinery and automatic control, local government, light industry manufacturing, mechanical engineering, mining, processing technology, entertainment and fitness, agriculture, science and technology, seafood, tourism and hotel services, transportation, property management and services. Among them, the most popular courses for China students at present include: automobile maintenance, cooking, bread and French cake making, hairdressing and other courses. Because the course is a shortage of immigrants, they will not apply for general skilled migration after graduation, and they will have a bright future before employment.
Strong flexibility
Some courses can be converted and linked to university degree courses. The flexibility of TAFE course is reflected in many aspects, such as training methods, teaching methods and course arrangement. Courses can be oriented to social groups of different ages and industries, and can provide all kinds of knowledge and skills needed in the process of social change and career change. Teaching can be carried out in various ways, such as classroom, on-site and network. So as to truly realize the orientation of teaching methods characterized by technology and continuing education and based on learning.
Many courses can also achieve credit relief and curriculum convergence with university degree courses:
For example:
ITTI (Information and Multimedia) cooperates with JCU James Cook University to provide e-commerce, network, multimedia, game design and development.
Sydney Hotel Management Institute cooperates with Macquarie University to offer degree courses in tourism hotel management and retail management.
Credit transfer courses in business, hotel management, computer and architectural design offered by Homsgland Institute of Technology and Charles Worcester University, Monash University and Deakin University;
The Australian Hotel Management Institute cooperated with CQU (Central Queensland University), VU (Victoria University) and Griffith University to carry out a series of degree conversion courses, providing students with an overpass-style education and training platform with multiple functions such as academic promotion, credit accumulation and skills training in a certain professional field.
TAFE courses are recognized by the government and industry, and the quality is guaranteed.
All courses must be registered with the government. At the same time, all TAFE courses have been recognized by the Australian government and industry associations, and the certificates have been recognized by Australia and internationally. On the other hand, many TAFE courses keep up with the pace of the times and market demand in setting, fully reflect the flavor of the times and the latest technical requirements in content, pay attention to practical skills and professional training, and constantly pursue Excellence in teaching, so that the quality of courses and teaching is fully guaranteed.