Overcoming Misunderstandings:Awareness and Action to Deepen the Reform of China's Modern Vocational Education System(PDF)
《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2023年03期
- Page:
- 28-40
- Research Field:
- 教育学研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Overcoming Misunderstandings:Awareness and Action to Deepen the Reform of China's Modern Vocational Education System
- Author(s):
- KUANG Ying
- Keywords:
- modern vocational education system; typological features; coordination between general and vocational education; integration of industry and school education
- PACS:
- -
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
- China has devoted over 40 years to developing its vocational education system, and has established a basic framework for building a modern vocational education system. Elevating the status of vocational education requires accurately defining its place within the entire education system. Only by thoroughly examining and reforming the construction of the modern vocational education system can we create a new situation, form a new pattern, and reach new heights. This requires us to overcome the following three significant misconceptions in vocational education:that the vocational education system is equivalent to the school vocational education system; that emphasizing typological differences creates a dichotomy between general education and vocational education; and that solving the problem of “truncated education” is equivalent to the upgrading of educational institutes. The new era is characterized by the following new developments in vocational education:it will transform from a livelihood education that helps people acquire “necessarg skill” to a “people-oriented” career education; the transformation of industrial intelligence urgently requires the upgrading and cultivation of technical and skilled talents; and it has to embrace and encourage the arrival of a learning-oriented and skill-oriented society characterized by diverse learning and lifelong learning. In responding to these needs, we propose that the critical system design for deepening the construction and reform of the modern vocational education system should be carried out from the following five aspects:clarifying the relationship between different types of education; improving the relationship between different levels of education; adjusting the relationship between supply and demand; coordinating the relationship between pre-service and in-service education; and improving the protection and support system.
Last Update: 2023-06-25