Vocational High Students Research Articles

The influence of learning models and learning motivation in improving social skills of vocational high school students in physical education

This study aims. (1) Differences in the effect of STAD learning model and peer teaching in improving social skills of vocational high school students. (2) Differences in the effect of high learning motivation and low learning motivation in improving social skills of vocational high school students. (3) Interaction between STAD learning model, peer teaching, and learning motivation in improving social skills of high school students. Material dan methods. This type of research is a quasi-experiment using a 2 x 2 factorial design. The subjects in this study were students at State Vocational High School Depok, totaling 20 students. Results. (1) Based on the results of the study, there is a significant difference in the effect between the STAD learning model and peer teaching in improving the social skills of vocational high students with a p significance value of 0.000. The peer teaching learning model group is higher (better) than the STAD learning model. (2) Based on the results of the study, there is a significant difference in the influence of high learning motivation and low learning motivation on students’ social skills, as evidenced by a p-value of 0.004. Students who have a high level of learning motivation have better social skills than students who have a low level of learning motivation. (3) Based on the results of the study, there is a significant interaction between STAD learning model and peer teaching with learning motivation in improving social skills of vocational high school students with a significance p of 0.000. Conclusions. Research on the effect of STAD learning and peer teaching models in improving social skills of vocational high school students in physical education has a significant positive impact on improving social skills of vocational high school students and has important implications for the development of education at the vocational high school.

Study on the Coordination Mechanism Between Higher Vocational Students’ Career Development Planning and School Management

The coordination mechanism between the career development planning of vocational students and the management of vocational colleges is an important means to improve the quality of education and students’ vocational competitiveness. The application of synergy theory in the field of education emphasizes the interaction and coordination of various elements in the system and pursues the optimization of overall efficiency. Based on the theory of coordination and its relevance to the management of higher vocational colleges, this paper analyzes the current development status and problems of the coordination mechanism and puts forward the strategy of building an efficient coordination mechanism designed to enhance the students’ employment competitiveness, promote the all-round development, and provide theoretical and practical support for the reform and development of higher vocational education.

RESEARCH ON THE ELEMENTS OF OCCUPATIONAL COMPETENCE OF HIGHER VOCATIONAL STUDENTS BASED ON DELPHI METHOD AND GROUNDED THEORY IN THE PRC

Occupational competence (OC) is a matter of competitiveness in the future job market as well as the level of student development. However, in China there is a gap between the OC of higher vocational students (HVS) and the requirements of the industry, and graduates have a relatively low employment rate and lack the necessary skills and experience in the real world, requiring additional training and guidance in order to be qualified for their positions. The aim of this study is to explore the elements of OC of HVS and to provide a basis for educators to develop the OC of HVS. In order to achieve this goal, this paper uses 2 qualitative research methods, the Delphi method and Grounded Theory. Through purposeful sampling techniques, 12 experts from 3 regions, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Zhejiang, including college administrators, corporate personnel, outstanding graduates, and government officials, were selected to help identify and extract the components of OC of HVS. The results of the study are based on 3 dimensions—learning and innovation, career and life, and character and literacy—composed of 15 sub-components and 35 items. It is recommended to apply the list of elements in practice and emphasize its important orientation in vocational education in order to improve the OC with the needs of enterprises and personal development.

The Effect of Cell Phone Dependence on Social Avoidance Among County High School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

Social avoidance is the behavior of an individual who actively avoids social situations, avoids peer groups, and seeks solitude during social interaction. Higher education students are particularly vulnerable to social avoidance. Social avoidance not only affects peer relationships and future development but also generates negative emotions, which seriously affect the psychological health of high school students. The ecosystem theory suggests that individual development is influenced and constrained by many environmental and social factors, and the causes of social avoidance in higher vocational students can be further explored from the micro-system level. Based on the “cognitive-behavioral” model, the network compensation theory of psychological needs, and the ecosystem theory, we not only examined the social environment factors, i.e., the causes of social avoidance due to cell phone dependence, but also explored the internal mechanisms affecting adolescents’ cell phone addiction from the aspects of self-control and peer support. Therefore, in order to examine the relationship between cell phone dependence and social avoidance among senior high school students, this study intends to construct a moderated mediation model to examine the relationship between cell phone dependence and social avoidance among senior high school students and to test the mediating role of self-control and the moderating role of peer support. Through a random sampling method, 600 senior vocational students in Heilongjiang were used as subjects and were surveyed with the Self-Assessment of Cell Phone Use Dependence Questionnaire, Self-Control Scale, Peer Support Questionnaire, Social Avoidance, and Distress Scale. The results showed that: (1) cell phone dependence positively predicted social avoidance among senior students; (2) self-control mediated between the two; the findings of this study have theoretical significance for reducing social avoidance among senior students.

Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Model for Computer Majors in Higher Vocational Colleges

Since the slogan “Mass Entrepreneurship, Mass Innovation” was put forward at the 2014 Summer Davos Forum, innovation and entrepreneurship education have gradually become an important trend of vocational education reform. Especially in these years, the employment pressure on higher vocational students is increasing, and the educational status of innovation and entrepreneurship education in the teaching of various majors in higher vocational colleges is becoming more and more prominent. The proper integration of innovation and entrepreneurship education and computer teaching can not only further improve the comprehensive ability of vocational students but also aid employment and career development. Based on this, this paper analyzes the path of innovation and entrepreneurship education in computer majors in higher vocational colleges to provide insights for educational experts and jointly contribute to the modernization and development of computer teaching in higher vocational colleges.

Investigating Students' Anxiety on the Use of Grammar in Vocational High Schools

This study aims to discover how students experienced their learning anxiety in using English grammar in vocational high schools. This study used a descriptive quantitative method with 36 vocational high students of the eleventh grade in the areas of West Java and Jakarta as the participants in which the data include the participants' perspectives on their learning anxiety of grammar use in English learning. Based on the results, as many as 15% of students experienced a lack of motivation, 49% experienced insecurity, and 37% of students did not understand English grammar. As a result, students experienced significant learning anxiety while using the English language in a discourse without having a strong command of the language. It is then recommended that this study enable vocational high school students and teachers to find solutions to anxiety about using English in order that students can learn English grammar without anxiety or having fears. Keywords: Anxiety; English Learning; Grammar Use; Vocational High School

Exploring the Path of Cultivating “Three Spirits” in Higher Vocational Colleges and Universities

The “three spirits” is a strategic concept for the comprehensive construction of a strong modernized socialist country in the new era, and it is an important way for higher vocational colleges to cultivate high-quality technical and skilled talents. The “three spirits” consist of the spirit of labor, the spirit of model workers, and the spirit of craftsmanship. This paper proposes labor education as the basis, three-dimensional coeducation of classroom, extracurricular, and practical, and integration of school and enterprise in cultivation, to explore practical ways to cultivate the “three spirits” in higher vocational students.

Project Design and Educational Reform Achievements of Mathematics under the Guidance of “Integration of Doing, Learning and Teaching”

Aiming at higher vocational students’ confusion about mathematics learning, we draw on the “integration of doing, learning and teaching” to change the closed state of mathematics teaching, serving the lifelong development of students. The theoretical basis is Dewey’s educational theory, Tao Xingzhi’s educational thought, Bandura’s activity theory, Marx’s theory on the comprehensive development of human, and system science. Dewey’s theory emphasizes active work, Tao Xingzhi’s educational thought emphasizes a high degree of integration of students’ practice, teachers’ guidance and their joint learning, Bandura’s theory emphasizes the relative effectiveness of teaching and learning, Marx’s theory of “whole person” emphasizes treating human as a whole, and his theory of systematic science emphasizes the synergistic collaboration between education reform and other aspects. Through the research, we have developed an open classroom, an effective teaching structure, an effective teaching methodology, an effective curriculum carrier for constructing mathematical literacy-mathematical culture and practice activities, enabling the integration of mathematical history with teaching and learning, and the emotional input for mathematical diary.

Cooperative Learning : Teaching Strategy to Improve Music Learning

In music learning, different approaches have been tried to make music more meaningful and practical for students. In implementing these methods, several strategies are employed, such as mastering theoretical learning, performance-based learning, contract learning, discovery learning, cooperative learning, stage practice, daily clocking, and the implementation of compulsory and elective courses with music at the core. Considering that high-vocational students are students with relatively low grades, it is time to find ways to better suit their studies and improve their grades and skills. Reform must be put into practice and should be based on human innovation, not on paper. The humanistic view emphasizes that teachers are decision-makers and students have the ability to understand what they have learned. In today's all-round implementation of quality education, it is advocated that there are no students who do not learn well, only teachers who do not know how to do. In the outline of teaching reform strategy in the new period, different teaching methods are adopted to train students' thinking and reasoning ability and improve students' ability to learn music. An important attempt will be made to improve students' music learning by developing teaching methods.

The Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Higher Vocational Students: The Mediation of Security

The Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Higher Vocational Students: The Mediation of Security

Correlational Study of Mathematical Problem Solving Ability of Vocational High Students Based on Self-Persistence

The ability to solve mathematical problems is the main goal in learning mathematics to improve students’ thinking power which is influenced by self-persistence. This study aimed to obtain empirical evidence regarding the effect of self-persistence on mathematical problem-solving abilities. The object of this study was students of Vocational High School in West Jakarta, Jakarta Province, Indonesia with 92 respondents. The data collection method used survey questionnaires on self-persistence variables and tests on mathematical problem-solving ability variables. The data analysis technique uses simple linear regression analysis with the help of the SPSS program. The results showed that there was a significant influence of self-persistence on the ability to solve mathematical problems

Research on the framework of curriculum ideology and politics in the teaching of Surgery in higher vocational students

Research on the framework of curriculum ideology and politics in the teaching of Surgery in higher vocational students

A STUDY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUALIZED ENGLISH LEARNING IN HIGHER VOCATIONAL COLLEGES

With the diversity of intake, the level of students tends to differ more. With the development of information technology, traditional teaching methods can no longer meet the requirements of learning. Promoting personalised learning is the direction of future teaching reform. This study investigated and analyzed the characteristics of individualized English learning. The results show that higher vocational students already have obvious characteristics of personalised learning, and the difference of student foundation will have a certain impact on the learning characteristics. It is imperative to implement the reform of personalised learning in higher vocational teaching in the future. This research can provide useful reference for higher vocational education reform and help relevant teaching workers to design more reasonable personalised learning programs.

Research on the retention factors of interns majoring in elderly care service in Chinese higher vocational colleges: based on a qualitative comparative analysis method (QCA)

Introduction. As China enters the aging population society, there is a higher demand for the quantity and quality of elderly care services, and further triggers the continuous demand for elderly care service talents in China. Some Chinese higher vocational colleges have set up majors in elderly care service management, and continuously transfer students to elderly care service institutions, but the mobility is still relatively high by survey. In this case, analyzing the factors affecting interns’ retention has become a major issue. Study participants and methods. Students who majored in elderly care services at a local higher vocational college in Wenzhou, China, and had internship experience in nursing institutions were chosen as the study's subjects. Students must complete an 8-month internship program, which includes a post-internship and a graduation internship. Non-probability sampling was utilized to extract the sample. For the questionnaire survey on internship duration, 100 higher vocational graduate students majoring in elderly care services were chosen, and 15 interns were chosen for interviews., and then they were analyzed using a qualitative comparative analysis method (QCA). Results. The analysis results for QCA: The personal psychological capital of the interns was the first core factor in any case. At the same time, even if there was no family support and high workload factors, the interns could stay as long as they can get a satisfactory internship salary and satisfactory accommodation & diet; Or even if there was no satisfactory internship salary and satisfactory accommodation & diet factors, as long as they had family support and low workload design, interns also could stay. While according to the data survey, 67% of students did not finish their internships, and 37% of those students departed their positions before the mandatory four months had passed. This is sufficient evidence that internship retention rates are quite poor among higher vocational students in China who major in senior care services. Practical significance. Good psychological capital, family support, and a moderate workload were all necessary for the internship to be successful. The internship requires an environment that cater the full supports intern. The ministry human resource management, needs to play a significant role in enforcing the policy to monitor the system that supports the internship process, ensuring that the business community is informed about internship-related concerns, and support the internship support system.

Deep Learning Influences on Higher Education Students’ Digital Literacy: The Meditating Role of Higher-order Thinking

Digital literacy has emerged as a core competency in the 21st century society, and deep learning and higher-order thinking have been discussed as effective ways to improve digital literacy. Therefore, this study aimed to verify the influence of deep learning and higher-order thinking skills on higher education students’ digital literacy. Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyze the data gathered from 687 undergraduate and higher vocational students using a convenient sampling technique. The findings indicate that deep motivation and deep strategy were significantly positively correlated with students’ digital literacy. In such a structural relationship, digital literacy was additionally moderated by higher-order thinking. Nevertheless, students who have customarily used digital devices for more than five years could not be explained by this structural equation model. Lastly, this conclusion highlighted that educators should consider students’ digital experiences level, guide in selecting and applying deep learning, develop higher-order thinking, and improve their digital literacy.

A study on the relationship between higher vocational students' perceived teacher support and learning engagement: The chain mediation of academic self-efficacy and professional commitment

Purpose: The primary purpose of this study is to analyze the interaction between teacher support and student participation in the learning process.
 Design/Methodology/Approach: 414 students from vocational colleges participated in this research. The data collected using a reliable and validated questionnaire was made to give an in-depth understanding of how much teachers supported their students' learning as well as their attitudes towards engagement and learning. 
 Findings: Empirical studies have shown that perceived instructional support has a significant effect on students' participation in the learning process.
 Conclusion: Teacher support can not only directly affect students' learning engagement but also indirectly affect students' academic self-efficacy and career commitment.
 Research Limitations: This study may have specific limitations in sample selection methods, types and other aspects.
 Practical Implications: This study provides guidance and assistance for formulating effective education policies to enhance the level of learning engagement of college students and improve the quality of higher education.
 Contribution to Literature: The uniqueness of this study is to explore the internal mechanisms and external conditions that promote vocational college students' learning engagement from the perspective of teacher support.

Development of Project Based Learning-Based Interactive E-Modules on Industry Standard Front-End Web Development Skills for Vocational High School Students

Codenesa is an electronic module based in which there are interactive features for students to be able to practice the syntaxes explained in this platform. The research has the purpose to create and develop the Codenesa platform which to help support and create senior high vocational students to have a real portfolio as a professional to debut in the digital industry. The flow of the creation and development of Codenesa is through problem finding, data collection, production, and development of the Codenesa platform itself, the validation stage from expert lecturers covering the material and product aspects of Codenesa as a platform. The results of the expert lecturer validation stage show a value of 86.66% while the value of student responses when using the Codenesa platform as a learning medium shows a result of 93.13%. in addition, the increase in results is no less important when the pretest and posttest show significant results. This can be seen from the average pretest of students with a score of 50 and getting an average post-test score of 81.94. It can be concluded that using the Codenesa platform can increase the average value by 31.94% compared to students who study without using Codenesa who can only increase the average value by 13.66%.

PENGARUH PEMBELAJARAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN, PENGETAHUAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN, PENGALAMAN PRAKTEK KERJA INDUSTRI, DAN LINGKUNGAN KELUARGA TERHADAP MINAT BERWIRAUSAHA DENGAN EFIKASI DIRI SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING PADA SISWA SMK NEGERI DI KOTA MAKASSAR

The Effect of Entrepreneurship Learning, Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Industrial Work Practice Experience, and Family Environment on Entrepreneurial Interest with Self-Efficacy as An Intervening Variable in State Vocational High Students in Makassar. This study aims to determine the effect of entrepreneurship learning, entrepreneurship knowledge, and industrial work practice experience and family environment on entrepreneurial interest either directly or indirectly through self-efficacy as an intervening variable. The population in this study was 3530 students of class XII State Vocational High Students in Makassar and a sample of 845 students slovin formula with a standard error of 3% applying Cluster Random Sampling method. The data collection method used is a questionnaire. Data analysis is done through descriptive analysis, path analysis, and sobel test using SPSS and Smart PLS software. The results showed that 1) directly, there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurship learning, entrepreneurial knowledge and family environment on self-efficacy 2) directly, there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurship learning, entrepreneurial knowledge, self-efficacy and on entrepreneurial interest, 3) indirectly, there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurship learning, entrepreneurial knowledge and family environment on entrepreneurial interest through self-efficacy. However, industrial work practice experience is found not significant on self-efficacy and entrepreneurial interest of vocational students.

Roles of survival situation and personality temperament in the relationship between life stress and depression of higher vocational college students

BackgroundHigher vocational college students face more life stress, which can easily result in depression and hinder their healthy growth. This study aimed to explore the roles of survival situation and personality temperament in the relationship between life stress and depression.MethodsA self-compiled "College Students' Life Stress and Mental Health Questionnaire" was used to survey 4800 students in a Chinese higher vocational college. The questionnaire consisted of five subscales: life stressors scale, stress response scale, depression scale, personality temperament types scale, and survival situations scale. The sample included 4705 students, of whom 3449 (73.30%) were males and 1256 (26.70%) were females, with 990 urban students (21.04%), 3715 rural students (78.96%). The age of the participants ranged from 17 to 33 years. The data were analyzed using SPSS v26, PROCESS v3.3, and AMOS v23.Results(1) The depression rate of higher vocational students was 18.10% (with a severe depression rate of 1.60%). Life stress could explain 43.80% of depressive episodes (p < 0.01), (2) Among survival situations, the depression degree and rate of students in adversity were the highest (M = 1.56, 24.10%), (3) Among temperament types, the depression degree and rate of melancholic students were the highest (M = 2.13, 36.05%), (4) Survival situation and personality temperament had significant moderating interaction effects on depression caused by life stress (p < 0.01), students in adversity and depressive temperament were more susceptible, (5) Survival situations moderated three paths of the "life stressors-stress response-depression" partial mediation model, and personality temperament types moderated "stress response-depression" path.ConclusionProsperity and sanguine temperament are protective factors of depression caused by life stress in higher vocational students. Dilemma, adversity and melancholic temperament are risk factors of depression caused by life stress in higher vocational students.

The Influence of Social Support on Higher Vocational Students' Learning Motivation: The Mediating Role of Belief in a Just World and the Moderating Role of Gender.

Social support is a valid predictor of individuals' learning motivation, but the specific mechanism of the two is still unclear. In order to explore the specific mechanism between them, we examined the mediating role of belief in a just world (BJW) and the moderating role of gender in the relationship between social support and learning motivation. A total of 1320 students enrolled in three higher vocational colleges in eastern China were surveyed using the adolescent Social Support Scale, the college students' Motivation to Learn questionnaire, and the College Students' Belief in a Just World Scale. Descriptive statistics and correlation analyses were performed for all study variables, and finally, mediating and moderating effects were tested using the process developed by Hayes. In China, the relationship between social support, BJW, and learning motivation of higher vocational college students shows a two-by-two positive correlation. Social support can directly influence learning motivation and function through the mediation of BJW. Gender moderates the first half of the pathway of the mediating effect of social support - BJW - learning motivation and the direct pathway of social support - learning motivation, ie, the positive effect of social support received on BJW and is more remarkable for boys when compared to girls. In addition, among the mediating effects played by BJW, the intrinsic justice dimension contributed the most, the ultimate justice dimension the second, and the intrinsic injustice dimension the least. This study adds to and extends the relevant research on the influence of social support on individuals. It confirms the moderating effect of gender and provides a new idea for enhancing the learning motivation of disadvantaged student groups. The results of the study can provide a reference for researchers and educators to further explore how to enhance the learning motivation of higher education students.