Targets and Practices of the Reform of Vocational Education in Turkey——An Analysis Based on Education Vision 2023
Vocational education in Turkey can be mainly categorized into three basic types:formal vocational education,non-formal vocational education,and apprenticeship education.In 2018,the Ministry of National Education of Turkey released its Education Vision 2023,aiming at achieving seven educational targets to celebrate the centennial of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey in 2023.These seven targets are the value target,the opportunity target,the curriculum target,the teaching personnel target,the talents development target,the social service target and the national security target.The practices of the reform mainly includes:promoting the standardization of vocational education by taking policy reform as a guide;promoting the balanced development of vocational education by taking the 1,000-schools project as a handhold;promoting the fair development of vocational education by taking the revision of textbooks as a key;promoting the multi-productivity development of vocational education by taking the improvement of treatment as a support;promoting the exemplary development of vocational education by taking the construction of vocational training centers of excellence as the core.