A Possible Path for the Diversified Development of Senior Secondary Education:The Development and Features of the UK Comprehensive Secondary Schools
Since the popularisation of senior secondary education,it has become crucial to improve the quality of talent cultivation through diversified and distinctive development,the comprehensive secondary schools in the UK,which was a specific type of"comprehensive school",has survived the sprouting,expansion,and reorganization stages,and developed into a broader system of"comprehensive education",providing personalised educational choices for all students.Series of internal and external systems and measures support the development of comprehensive secondary schools.The internal system includes internal admission,curriculum and teaching methods within comprehensive secondary schools,and the external system consists of examination and assessment system and the distinctive development policy of secondary schools.The development of the UK comprehensive secondary schools has revealed possible paths to achieve diversification of senior secondary schools.The paths includ:combining top-level design with local pilot projects to explore the mode of operation and cultivation of comprehensive secondary schools;diversifying the content of secondary school operation through curriculum diversification;and establishing a mutual recognition mechanism of academic results between general and vocational education through the reform of the examination and evaluation system.
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