继续教育是现代教育的重要组成部分,它是专业人员为扩展、提高和更新知识所进行的一种专门化教育。继续教育原先是指科技人员的大学后教育,现在这种教育的对象已扩大到所有受过高等和中等教育的各类专业人员。其特点是按需办学,内容新颖,针对性强,知识层次较高,教学方法灵活多样,以知识增新和实用为要旨,这种教育往往和新理论、新技术的研究与推广工作结合在一起进行。继续教育在文化发达的国家已普遍开展,在我国也有雨后春笋之势。 我国档案专业的职前教育(大学、中专)和成人教育两大体系在80年代有了很大的发展,成人教育目前已有学历教育、岗位基础知识培训、大专专业证书教育和继续教育四种模式,前三种模式已搞得很普遍,为了使档案教育协调发展,还应当进一步研究和开展继续教育,以推进档案教育向多元化、高层次发展。 船舶工业系统的档案干部教育先后搞了基础知识培训和专业证书教育,接着又根据实际需要举办了档案编研研讨班,进行了继续教育的探索,本文将结合这项实践谈谈对继续教育的认识,供探讨。 继续教育发展的原因及社会功能 Continuing education is an important part of modern education. It is a specialized education for professionals to expand, improve and update their knowledge. Continuing education was originally postdoctoral education for scientists and technicians. Nowadays, this kind of education has been extended to all professionals with higher and secondary education. Its characteristics are based on the need to run the school, content is novel, targeted, high level of knowledge, teaching methods are flexible and diverse, with knowledge to add new and practical as the main purpose of this education is often new theory, new technology research and promotion work combined Together. Continuing education in developed countries has been widely carried out in our country has also been springing up trend. The two major systems of pre-service education (universities and technical secondary schools) and adult education in our country have been greatly developed in the 1980s. At present, there are academic education, post basic knowledge training, professional diploma education and continuing education in adult education. The first three models have been very common. In order to coordinate the development of archives education, further education should be conducted and carried out to promote the diversification and high-level development of archival education. The file system of shipbuilding cadres education has engaged in basic knowledge training and professional certificate education, and then organized according to the actual needs of the file editing and research seminars, continuing education exploration, this article will be combined with this practice to talk about the continuing education Understanding, for discussion. Reasons of Continuing Education Development and Social Function