美国高校辅助技术课程设置现状述评

本文对美国高校中与辅助技术关系最密切专业的课程设置情况进行了介绍和分析,指出美国高等辅助技术教育课程设置涉及多个专业领域,有各种不同的设置体系,课程品种繁多,多学科知识融合,高技术与低技术并用,有先进的课程设置理念,课程设置的目的明确到位,课程涉及多种教育层次,并得到广泛开设。该文认为关注美国高等辅助技术教育课程的设置情况将对我国开设辅助技术课程的理念、名称、内容、所要达到的目的与可以深入的程度,以及应该开展的研究等方面都会有很多启示。

A Review on America''''s Higher Education Courses of Assistive Technology

This article introduces and analyzes curriculum of majors that are closely related to assistive technology. It shows that America's higher education courses of assistive technology involve many majors and fields, and have different designing systems. These courses vary a lot in kinds, integrate knowledge of different disciplines, and use both high and low technologies. They have advanced course design philosophies. The objectives of course design are clear and accurate. The courses involve many educational levels, and are widely provided. This paper believes that learning the design of America's higher education courses of assistive technology will provide valuable references for our country to set up courses of assistive technology in the philosophy, name, content, objectives that are intended to be achieved, as well as the possible depth of the courses and the research that should be done, etc.