A Comparative Study of Vocational Education in China and Germany

Abstract

Vocational education is the main way to improve the quality of national skills. In developed countries in the world economy, all are placed in an important position, but specific methods have their own characteristics. The dual system of vocational education in Germany is quite distinctive, and it is also extremely advanced. Today, it is particularly important to learn from the advanced experience of foreign countries when carrying forward the spirit of craftsmen in a great country. Vocational education between China and Germany differs greatly from eight aspects of culture, vocational education concepts and values, legal systems, vocational education models, as well as the construction of the teaching staff and the implementation process of education and teaching. Therefore, Chinese vocational education cannot replicate the German model. It must be based on China’s national conditions and learn from German vocational education experience, from improving laws and regulations, strengthening the construction of “dual-teacher” faculty, standardizing the construction of curriculum systems and curriculum standards, and forming an industry-enterprise participation mechanisms and other aspects, carry out practical reforms and innovations to promote the healthy and orderly development of China’s vocational education and serve the sound development of the social economy.