RESEARCHING THE EXPERIENCE OF SOME COUNTRIES ON SUPPORTING MEASURES FOR STUDENTS IN SELECTING CAREER-ORIENTED SUBJECTS IN IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
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https://doi.org/10.18173/2354-1075.2024-0072Keywords:
career orientation, choosing selected subjects, General Education CurriculumAbstract
Career orientation for students plays an important role and is the basis for students to choose appropriate elective subjects at the high school level, according to the General Education Curriculum 2018. The purpose of this research is to examine the experience of some countries in supporting students in choosing career-oriented subjects. This study investigated general education curriculum and solutions to support students in choosing subjects in several countries, such as the US, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Australia, Singapore, and Japan. The results of this study include: 1) analyzing career-oriented goals in the general education curriculum and supporting measures for students in career-oriented subject selection in some countries around the world; 2) proposing some lessons learned for Vietnam in supporting students in choosing career-oriented subjects in implementing the General Education Curriculum 2018.
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