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Applied and academic A levels: is there really a need for the applied track in UK further education?

机译：应用和学术A水平：在英国继续教育中是否真的需要应用轨道？

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The term ‘applied track’ in UK further education has been used to refer to the applied A level, the vocational, coursework-based version of the traditional academic A level. Vocational and coursework-based courses are often criticised for being easier than academic courses, for only attracting students who do not satisfy the requirements to take academic courses and for not developing in students the skills they need to be successful in higher education. This paper considers the extent to which these criticisms may be justified and explores the reasons why students chose to take an applied A level. The study involved 666 students at a large, mixed sex sixth form college in the UK, who were taking both applied and academic A levels. Although statistical analysis showed that students on the applied course performed worse than students on two academic courses once their different GCSE scores had been accounted for, it was also found that the applied students were relatively well qualified, that they were generally well motivated and hard working, and that they were extremely satisfied with the course. Finally, it is suggested that perhaps universities are misguided in assuming that applied courses do not develop in students the skills that they need to be successful in higher education.View full textDownload full textKeywordsapplied A level, coursework, vocational education, student choice, progression to higher educationRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2011.584967
机译：英国继续教育中的“应用轨道”一词已用于指应用的A级，这是传统学术A级的基于课程的职业版本。人们经常批评基于职业和基于课业的课程比学术课程容易，因为它只吸引那些不满足参加学术课程要求的学生，并且没有在学生中培养成功完成高等教育所需的技能。本文考虑了这些批评的合理程度，并探讨了学生选择修读应用A级水平的原因。这项研究的对象是英国一所大型混合性六年级大学的666名学生，他们都同时获得了应用和学术A级水平。尽管统计分析表明，一旦考虑了不同的GCSE分数，应修课程的学生的成绩就比两门学术课程的学生差，但还发现应聘学生的资格相对较高，他们通常具有良好的进取心和勤奋工作，并且他们对课程非常满意。最后，建议认为大学可能会被误导，认为应用课程没有培养学生成功完成高等教育所需的技能。查看全文下载全文关键词应用的A级，课程学习，职业教育，学生选择，升读高等教育相关的var addthis_config = {ui_cobrand：“泰勒和弗朗西斯在线”，servicescompact：“ citeulike，netvibes，twitter，technorati，delicious，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，发布号：“ ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b”}；添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2011.584967

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