Practical & Theoretical Research On The Major Setting Of Vocational Education Institute In Tianjin

The vocational education institutes develops very fast since the end of the last century. Due to the abrupt increasing of student numbers and the need of satisfying the development of local economy, the original major numbers and categories cannot meet the situation. To a certain degree the major setting now is the constraint for vocational education development. Hence the author shall focus on the discussion of this problem in the article. This article is composed of four parts. The first part deals with the insight discussion of the nature, objectives and characteristics of vocational education focusing on the research achievement and practices in the area and domestically. The author holds the view that high vocational education has the double nature of higher education and vocational education. And the vocational education should train the high technological-application specialized talents with good merits, intelligence, physical conditions and personality, meeting the needs of production, construction, management and service. On that base the author analyzes situation of the major setting of vocational education, concluding that the major setting of vocational education in Tianjin has achieved much progress, but also there are also some problems which are analyzed here. The second part of the article deals with the concepts of major and major setting and the characteristics of vocational education and analyzes the fundamental theoretical problems in vocational education major setting: two important gist, four necessary principles and four subtle relationships. The third part summarizes the suitable methods and main procedures for Chinese vocational education major setting after analyzing the successful experience and research achievement in China and foreign countries and suggests some possible ways on how to establish and manage effective major setting system. The last part studies the countermeasures for major setting from micro and macro aspects. It concludes that for the sustainable development of vocational education, first we should innovate the macro system for major setting of vocational education; second, the institutes should set majors according to their conditions and the market needs.