창의적 인재양성을 위한 독일의 진로직업교육이 우리교육에 시사하는 점

What does German career and vocational education for creative talents suggest to us?

Career education in the German schools started with the introduction of career guidance in the 1970s. The schools have offered individual counseling about career decisions and choices, namely educational counseling and career counseling. All the teachers have been involved in the process of counseling and career guidance. As optional avenues for career preparation, factory training, plant research tour, and other similar types of work have been carried out, and with the emergence of the era of lifelong learning, German career education has been changed into lifelong career education. Thus, the career education system from kindergarten to college has been in progress with the cooperation of the parents, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Department of Education, and the Ministry of Labor. The value that the Germans give to education is reflected in the structure of the social-market economy. Thus, the educational foundation on which everyone can build his or her dream has been formed. This idea gives us a suggestion with regard to the future direction of South Korea's educational structure. Since 2011, the career teachers in South Korea have been made to take an additional teacher training course, and a career course is being offered in high school and middle school. The educational philosophy of career education, however, has not been formulated, and the current educational system is still entrance-examination-oriented. The case of Germany thus presents some points that South Korea's career education needs to pay attention to.