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A Study On The Development Of Chinese Higher Vocational Education

Posted on:2005-07-20Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y X YiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1117360152969274Subject:Higher Education
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In the past 20-odd years, Chinese higher vocational education, one important component in Chinese higher education system, has achieved historic development and breakthrough, from the outskirt of higher education policy to its nuclear. It is now bearing equal importance to the norm higher education in China. The urgent need from society as well as its unique function has given higher vocational education an indispensable essential role and put it to a strategic position in the great cause of the construction of Chinese socialist modernization. Hence, to develop the higher vocational education is no longer an expedient slogan, but an imperative action that should be taken. However, this development is encountering a lot of obstacles owing to the utilitarianism as well as the unconventional negligence and social contempt. Therefore, it has become an enormous project and an urgent task for us to complete promptly to delve into such questions as "why we should enthusiastically develop higher vocational education?", "what kind of higher vocational education should be developed?" and "how to develop higher vocational education?". This paper, entitled "A study on the development of Chinese higher vocational education", from practical conduction to future development, on the basis of history and reality, theory and practice, system and policy, strives to study the development and reform of higher vocational education, perceive various factors that expedite or hinder this development, probe into the relation between higher vocational education and the social economy and scientific development, expose the internal characteristic of higher vocational education and its running rules, put forward the reform policy and the strategy of higher vocational education development, and promote the understanding of the practice of higher vocational education. The aim of the research is to clarify and solve such problems as issues on theories, policies and practices arising from the development of higher vocational education. The basis of the research lies in a theoretical survey of the practical issues and a practical transformation of the theoretical research. The study mainly focuses on the following five aspects. On the background of the development ( Chapter two) The correlation between social development and higher vocational education is studied to clarify the environment, direction and objectives for the development so that the functional value for the developmental acceleration and the social impetus for the reform can be accurately mastered. On the status-quo of the development (Chapter three)The history of higher vocational education development is recalled, the inspection of educational organizations and the status of the practice are discussed so as to objectively exhibit the achievement as well as the obstacles in the development of higher vocational education. On the orientation of the development (Chapter four)Questions on theory, policy and practice of higher vocational education are answered in the light of the orientation of understanding, policy and development. Based on theory study, policy analysis, international comparison and needs survey, the categorization and developmental perception for higher vocational education, its policy deficiency and reform are discussed. It is consequently claimed that the mainly body of higher vocational education development is that of higher technical education. On the feature of the practice ( Chapter five) Based on the educational practice in higher vocational colleges and in terms of discipline designing, talent training and school running, the internal specialty, traits and characteristics of higher vocational education are discussed. The mode, system and mechanism to realize this higher vocational education are then brought forward. On the strategy of the development (Chapter six) Concerned strategies for the rapid, continuous and healthy development of higher vocational development are discussed, mainly including the cultivation and improving...
Keywords/Search Tags:Higher Vocational Education, Development and Reform, Policy, Study on Development, China
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