Experiences of education credit framework froms universities in developed countries and lessons for universities in Vietnam

Abstract

The credit system was born and firstly applied at Harvard University in US since 1872. With its standing-out
advantages, the credit system are rapidly adopted by the United States (US) universities until now and has
become popular in European universities as well as in other developing countries in the world. In Vietnam,
from the school year 2005 to 2006, the Ministry of Education and Training directs all universities, colleges and
professional secondary schools to transform into credit-based training. This is a ‘learner-centered’ training model,
with a great differenence from traditional training model. Although universities in Vietnam has applied the credit
system for ten years, the slow application has just been in the first stages, without a proper understanding of
the meaning of this training method.This article summarizes some experiences of the credit-based training from
universities in developed countries, which can be applied to Vietnamese Universities.