Research On Vocational Characteristics Of Adult Higher Education

Developing the adult higher education energetically is the inevitable requirement of constructing lifelong education system, stepping to learning society and building a harmonious society. However, in China, the adult higher education is facing various crises during its development. The lack of vocational characteristics is the underlying reason for the severe status quo. This thesis is mainly around the topic of the vocational characteristics of adult higher education. The author takes five different styles of colleges in Xiamen as examples and studies the implementation status of the adult higher education by investigating. Then the author puts forward some strategies and suggestions towards to the problems.The main content of the thesis is comprised with three parts. Part one analyses the vocational characteristics of adult higher education and reveals the state which the adult higher education should be from a theoretical level. Based on the analyses of the characteristics and the related concepts, considering the gist of theory, policy, history and praxis, the author elicits that adult higher education is facing the inevitable choice of giving prominence to vocational characteristics. Part two is the demonstration research on five different styles of colleges in Xiamen, in order to revealing the state which the adult higher education be from the practical level. By investigating, the author objectively knows the actual implementing situation of vocational characteristics and vocational principles. Then the author finds the problems and tries to analyze the reasons for them. This is the emphasis and difficulty of this paper. Facing the problems and combine the successful experiences, in part three, the author puts forward strategies and suggestions of realizing the vocational characteristics of adult higher education.The research focuses on three major aspects. First is the basic situation of adult higher education in each college. Second is the adult higher education implementation status .Third is the advantages and major constraints of each school. The investigation is focused on the content degrees of the adult students'studying need and the implementation of vocational characteristics. The followings are three major conclusions of this study:1. Adult students'vocational demand is strong, they eager to improve vocational skills and to meet the career developments needs by receive education. So the adult higher education has to give prominence to vocational characteristics.2. Now, It's still seriously to copy the"academic- oriented"personnel training mode in adult higher education, and it's badly deficient of vocational characteristics. The author believes that, adult education reform must implement the vocational principle resolutely, and try to run in accordance with the Vocational request.3. Each kind style of the college couldn't offer the suitable education and teaching conditions to meet the adult students'vocational demand, however, there are still some differences in degree. So, each college should bases on their own actual conduct and be their reasonable position, so as to Play fortes in running school and "let some things go undone."...