Secondary Vocational School Students Research Articles

How Does the Quality of Education Affect the Employment Quality of Secondary Vocational School Graduates?

Secondary education is an important stage for individuals to acquire the skills needed in the labor market. In recent years, the trend of pursuing higher education after secondary vocational education has weakened the relationship between the two. As an important stage for the cultivation of skills among secondary vocational education students, the influence of secondary education on the employment quality of secondary vocational school graduates has not received sufficient attention. An analysis of a sample survey of graduates from 10 schools participating in the Winning the Future Phase II project in 2023 found that cognitive abilities, non-cognitive abilities, and skills all promote high-quality employment for secondary vocational school graduates to varying degrees. Further analysis indicates that students with excellent academic performance and personality traits such as openness, extroversion, and agreeableness are more likely to achieve high job satisfaction, while skill certificates and general skills help secondary vocational school graduates obtain jobs matching their qualifications. Future development in vocational education should focus on the influence of secondary education on secondary vocational school students to help graduates achieve high-quality employment.

Effects of parental conflict on adolescent academic burnout: A moderated mediation model

We investigated the relationship between parental conflict and adolescent academic burnout, along with the mediating role of the parent–child relationship and the moderating role of teacher support. We surveyed 886 firstyear secondary vocational school students in Foshan City using four scales: the Adolescent Student Burnout Inventory, the Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale, the Parent–Child Closeness Scale, and the Students' Perception of Teachers' Supporting Behavior Questionnaire. The results showed that adolescent academic burnout was directly and positively associated with parental conflict, and that the parent–child relationship partially mediated this relationship. Teacher support moderated parental conflict and affected adolescent academic burnout indirectly through parent–child relationships. Thus, parents should try to create an emotionally secure family environment for children and cultivate high-quality parent–child relationships, to prevent or intervene in academic burnout among adolescents. Additionally, schools should consider the role of teacher support in the improvement of parent–child relationships among students.

Study of Learning Motivation Enhancement Strategies for Tourism Major Students in Secondary Vocational Schools

In the post epidemic era, the tourism industry is rapidly recovering and developing rapidly, and the demand for tourism related professionals is growing day by day, secondary vocational colleges and universities tourism majors actively expand enrollment. However, the increase in the number of students is not positively related to the quality, and learning motivation is one of the main factors to improve the quality of secondary tourism students. For secondary tourism students, there are common problems such as lack of interest in learning and lack of learning strategies. Based on the concept of learning motivation, this paper focuses on the group of secondary tourism students, describes the current situation of their learning motivation, analyzes the influencing factors, and puts forward targeted strategies to improve learning motivation. In order to improve the quality of student training, for the development of the national tourism industry positive empowerment.

The Effect of Campus News Video Library on Secondary Vocational School Students’ Sense of Responsibility and Self-Awareness Ability

This research inverstigates the Campus News Video Library (CNVL) to confirm whether it has a significant impact on the cultivation of students’ sense of social responsibility and self-awareness ability. The finding shows that there were differences in social responsibility among students of different grades, and there were also differences in the ways in which students of different sexes were affected in self-awareness. These findings not only enrich the understanding of the effect of CNVL on students’ learning, but also provide useful reference for educational practice and further research. In summary, the research results show that CNVL could serve as an effective teaching tools to improve the moral education level in general, and social responsibility and self-awareness of secondary vocational school students.

The Relationship between a Competitive School Climate and School Bullying among Secondary Vocational School Students in China: A Moderated Mediation Model.

School bullying is widespread in countries around the world and has a continuous negative impact on the physical and mental health of students. However, few studies have explored the influence mechanism of a competitive school climate on school bullying among Chinese secondary vocational school students. This study aims to explore the relationship between a competitive school climate and bullying in secondary vocational schools in the Chinese context, as well as the mediating role of school belonging and the moderating role of gender. Logit regression analysis and a moderated mediation model were used to analyze 1964 secondary vocational students from China based on PISA 2018 data from Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, China. (1) The detection rate of school bullying in secondary vocational schools in China is 17.8%, lower than the world average. (2) A competitive school climate is significantly and positively correlated with secondary vocational school students' exposure to school bullying. (3) A moderated mediation model suggests that school belonging is an important mechanism by which a competitive school climate influences the occurrence of school bullying, whereas gender moderates the direct effect of a competitive school climate and the indirect effect of school belonging, which mitigates the negative effects of a competitive school climate to some extent. The research results show that creating a healthy competitive climate in schools, cultivating students' sense of belonging, and facing up to gender differences are helpful to prevent school bullying in secondary vocational schools.

Campus News Video Library: A Multimedia Teaching Strategy to Stimulate Secondary Vocational School Students' Civic Awareness

Campus News Video Library: A Multimedia Teaching Strategy to Stimulate Secondary Vocational School Students' Civic Awareness

Strategies for Enhancing English Learning Ability among Secondary Vocational School Students Based on the 5E Instructional Model

In order to effectively improve the communication skills and cross-cultural language perception of secondary school students in English and to promote their overall development. This paper analyses the current background of the era of vocational education, the curriculum standards of secondary English, the current situation of English learning for secondary students, proposes the 5E Instructional Model, specifically explains the five aspects of the 5E instructional model: engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration and evaluation, discusses the application of the 5E Instructional Model in English learning, improves teaching methods, optimises the teaching structure and enhances the core literacy of English learning ability.

Self-Reflection on the Meaningfulness of Vocational Students' Lives and Their Expectations from the Future in the Context of Demanded Quality

Vocational education has a special and irreplaceable place in the educational system of each country. On its quality depends continuous transition of graduates into the world of labour. The article analyses the research, organized for students of secondary vocational schools. The ambition of the research was to find a mutual intersection of two levels of life of young people - students of secondary vocational schools. The first level examines how young people evaluate the meaning of their lives, how they perceive their future, the goals of life and its direction through the scale of subjective attitudes The second level analyses the students' opinion of their readiness for the labour market, as vocational training naturally reflects on the world of labour and consistently cooperates with it. Students are regularly confronted with the real world of labour during vocational education. What role do teachers play in this confrontation? Is the measure of professionalism, sensitivity and promptness of teachers a sufficient guarantee of quality transition of vocational education graduates to the world of labour? Or, are the students exposed to media pressure, information and communication technologies and social networks in which teachers do not have a clearly defined positive role? How do the students themselves evaluate their level of preparedness or qualifications for labour performance after their studies? The real quality of vocational education only the future will check. However, the analysis of contemporary opinions of students can be a significantly positive stimulus for the future.

STEM in vocational education and training: The future direction

Vocational education and training (VET) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education are two distinct but interconnected forms of education that play complementary roles in preparing individuals for the workforce. This work first discusses the relationship between vocational education and STEM education. The breakdown of students in secondary vocational schools (institutions) by subject categories in China in 2021 illustrates that 63% of students in current vocational education in China engage in STEM-related learning. Vocational education and STEM education have a solid inherent logical connection, but vocational education mainly focuses on training within a specific professional field, lacking the integration and comprehensive approach in STEM education. Furthermore, this work explores whether vocational learning would lose competitiveness due to increased labor mobility. It reveals that VET's competitiveness decreased with increased population mobility. Government policies might consider promoting the integration of vocational education and STEM education, enhancing workforce competitiveness through effective generalization of vocational skills in a STEM education framework.

How Can Home-School Cooperation Promote Ideological and Political Education for Secondary Vocational School Students

The ideological and political education of secondary vocational school students is of utmost importance, requiring not only scientific guidance from schools but also the active involvement of families. Currently, there are common issues in the process of school-home cooperation in secondary vocational schools, such as parents not prioritizing students’ learning, limited and superficial forms of cooperation, and communication barriers between families and schools. By analyzing the significance of school-home cooperation in the ideological and political education of secondary vocational school students, this paper provides strategic suggestions for implementing school-home cooperation in secondary vocational schools. These suggestions include promoting the correct concept of school-home cooperation, enhancing the guiding ability of family education, and establishing multiple channels for school-home cooperation. Through these efforts, a synergistic educational force can be formed to promote collaborative education between families and schools.

The relationship between depressive mood and non-suicidal self-injury among secondary vocational school students: the moderating role of borderline personality disorder tendencies.

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has become an important public health issue of global concern, often occurring in adolescents, and depressive mood is closely related to NSSI. In addition, NSSI is considered a symptom of borderline personality disorder. It has been found that adolescents in secondary vocational schools are more vulnerable to behavior and emotional disorders than those in general high schools. This study investigated the risk factors associated with NSSI affecting secondary vocational school students and analyzed the role of borderline personality disorder tendencies in promoting the occurrence of NSSI among students with depressive moods. A total of 1,848 Chinese secondary vocational students completed a self-report questionnaire. The homemade NSSI behavior questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4 were used in this survey. Binary logistic regression and PROCESS software analysis were used to explore the influencing factors associated with NSSI and to test for moderating effects. Female (OR = 3.412, 95% CI 2.301-5.060), drinking history (OR = 2.007, 95% CI 1.383-2.911), history of suicidal death exposure (OR = 3.161, 95% CI 1.999-4.999), depressive mood (OR = 2.436, 95% CI 1.668-3.558) and borderline personality disorder tendencies (OR = 2.558, 95% CI = 1.764-3.711) were independent risk factors for NSSI. Borderline personality disorder tendencies (B = 0.047, p = 0.000) moderated the relationship between depressive mood and NSSI. The stronger the borderline personality tendencies, the more NSSI behavior occurred when they were depressive. Borderline personality disorder tendencies in secondary vocational school adolescents significantly enhance the association of depressive mood with NSSI. There is a moderating role for borderline personality disorder tendencies in depressive mood and NSSI.

Analysis of Organization of Primary Health Care in Colleges of the Sverdlovsk Region

Introduction: In the coming years, in an unstable demographic and socio-economic situation, the workforce of the country will be replenished by teenagers studying in secondary vocational schools (colleges). Health protection of the younger generation is one of the main tasks of our time. Objective: To examine the system of primary health care to secondary vocational school students of the Sverdlovsk Region in the context of amended requirements for medical licensing. Materials and methods: In March 2023, we analyzed regulatory legal documents, data from the Unified Register of Medical Licenses on regional colleges and health facilities with the assigned population. We also compared the results of an anonymous sociological survey of specialists of college health units. Results: We have established amendments in requirements for medical practice licensing, including additional conditions for maintaining electronic registers and exchanging medical data through a Unified Health Information System and the turnover of medicines. There are five basic models of primary health care in colleges within the existing regulatory framework: 1) independent licensing of a medical office by the college; 2) conclusion of contracts for medical care of students with a nearby polyclinic separately for minors and adult students; 3) licensing of a medical office located in the college on behalf of a hospital; 4) organization of a student polyclinic and assigning students to it for the period of study; 5) medical care of students in health units of the enterprise carrying out targeted training for students. Conclusions: The existing models of primary health care do not fully ensure the rights of minors studying in colleges to health protection and require improvement. In the Sverdlovsk Region, the model of independent licensing of medical offices is the most common, which also prevents students from receiving the entire declared volume of primary health care.

An Empirical Study on the Current Situation of Intercultural Communication Competence in English Reading Teaching in Secondary Vocational Schools

With the economic globalization, intercultural communication is becoming more and more frequent. To communicate with people of different cultural backgrounds effectively and appropriately, people need intercultural communication competence. The National Medium and Long-Term Plan for Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) points out that it is necessary “to train a large number of international talents”; English Curriculum Standards for Secondary Vocational Schools (2018) makes it clear that “one of the tasks of English course for secondary vocational school is to equip students with intercultural communication competence in daily life and professional situations”. Most studies on intercultural communication competence are aimed at college students and senior high school students, and there are few studies on secondary vocational school students. In addition, there are few empirical studies on intercultural communication competence training in English reading teaching in secondary vocational schools in China. So, it is necessary to take this as a starting point to conduct empirical study on intercultural communication competence training in secondary vocational schools. This study adopts a combination of quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods to investigate the current situation of intercultural communication competence among secondary vocational students. Questionnaires and student interviews are adopted to collect and analyze data.

Family functioning and problematic behavior among secondary vocational school students: The mediating role of hope and the moderating role of perceived social support

Family functioning and problematic behavior among secondary vocational school students: The mediating role of hope and the moderating role of perceived social support

Leveling Entrepreneurial Skills of Vocational Secondary School Students in Indonesia: Impact of Demographic Characteristics

Context: This article aims to determine the entrepreneurial skills of Vocational Secondary School students after the implementation of a new curriculum that promotes entrepreneurship courses in Indonesia. The authors believe that after taking such courses, students will be able to generate entrepreneurial skills. This study also explores the effect of demographic characteristics on students' entrepreneurship skills level, especially with respect to gender, school, and family. Approach: This study used a quantitative approach, with data collected through a questionnaire with five variables, that is, leadership, reflective communication, risk-taking, creatively innovative, and future orientation. Data were collected from 463 students who had taken entrepreneurship subjects that were chosen randomly. Data were analyzed using linear regression. Findings: 52.22% of our respondents had a moderate score for entrepreneurial skills, this is not in accordance with the expected learning outcomes, there are students who have entrepreneurial skills at a high level. With respect to creative innovation, in particular, a majority (53.15%) had a low score and 4.1% had a very low score. Moreover, family had a significant and positive effect on all dependent variables (leadership scores, reflective communication scores, risk-taking scores, creatively innovative scores, future orientation scores, and overall entrepreneurial skills scores). School demographic characteristics had a significant positive effect on the value of future orientation. These results indicate that private schools tend to strengthen the level of reflective communicative scores. Conclusion: The entrepreneurial skills of most vocational students are middling. This indicates that entrepreneurship subjects at Vocational Secondary schools have not been able to achieve their expected learning outcomes or help students develop entrepreneurial skills at a high level. Thus, further research is needed to determine the causes behind the problem. Schools are expected to be able to establish harmonious relationships by involving families to support the improvement of an informal learning environment that supports the mastery of entrepreneurial skills of vocational students.

Construction and Empirical Research of Evaluation Index System of Classroom Teaching Quality in Secondary Vocational Schools

Classroom teaching quality evaluation is an important way to reflect teachers' teaching and an important link to strengthen school teaching management. Based on the actual data of secondary vocational school students' evaluation of classroom teaching quality, this paper first uses factor analysis to classify the indicators into six dimensions: teaching content, teaching effect, professional quality, teaching environment, learning motivation and learning behavior, with a total of 22 items. Then, the structural equation model (SEM) technology is used to establish a teaching quality evaluation model for testing and quantitative analysis, aiming at providing reference for classroom teaching quality evaluation in secondary vocational schools.

A Brief Discussion on Study-weary of Secondary Vocational School Students and Coping Strategies

In the context of the new era, the state pays increasingly attention to the development of vocational and technical education. The "National Vocational Education Reform Implementation Plan" clarifies the development direction of secondary vocational education. Although secondary vocational education has made certain progress in recent years, there are still a large number of students with a rather severe degree of study-weary. The root cause lies in that these students have a basic learning ability before entering secondary vocational schools, and due to the discrimination in secondary vocational education and low social identity, they develop the study-weary. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the reasons for the study-weary among secondary vocational students and gives reasonable countermeasures, in order to help improve teaching at this stage.

Incorporating Secret Door in Teaching Vocabulary for EFL Vocational Secondary School Students in Indonesia

This study seeks to: (1) assess students’ vocabulary mastery levels before and after utilizing the Secret Door approach; and (2) ascertain whether employ- ing the Secret Door method enhances students’ vocabulary. This supports the idea that using the Secret Door approach improves pupils’ vocabularies. Pre- experimentalOneGroupPretest-PosttestDesignwithaSampleof16Students from Class X IPS 2 and Cluster Random Sampling Technique is the design employed in this study. The test served as an instrument for the researcher to gather the data. Data research revealed that applying the Secret Door approach increased students’ vocabulary mastery. It can be proven by the t- testvalueof-27.547whichislessthanthet-tablevalueof2.602,whichmeans thatH0ofthisresearchwasrejectedandH1wasaccepted.Therefore,itcanbe concludedthattheuseoftheSecretDoormethodimprovestudents’vocabulary at the first year students of Vocational Secondary School in SouthSulawesi.

Employability of students in vocational secondary school: Role of psychological capital and student-parent career congruences

The main problem of vocational secondary school graduates is unemployment or inactive youth. Apart from developing their ability, external support, particularly from their parents, is also important for students in a collectivistic country like Indonesia. Therefore, this study aims to predict the role of psychological capital and perceived student-parent career congruences to the employability development of vocational secondary school students. Participants were 317 final-year students from rural private vocational secondary schools in Indonesia, 46.23% male and 31.76% female. They were 17–19 years old, mean age of 17.21 and standard deviation of 0.64. The data were analyzed by hierarchical regression analysis. We found that psychological capital and student-parent career congruences were indeed significantly correlated with employability development in the vocational secondary school students. These findings are beneficial for vocational schools in preparing the school program to improve students’ psychological ability and work readiness. The results also give some insights for parents to provide facilitative support for their children to make them more employable as vocational graduates.

Research on Strategies of Improving Mathematics Reading Ability in Secondary Vocational School

Reading is the premise of learning. In the information age, the cultivation of secondary vocational school students' mathematics reading ability is an important way to cultivate students' comprehensive learning ability and improve the core quality of mathematics. Therefore, more and more teachers attach importance to the cultivation of students' mathematics reading habits and the improvement of reading ability, so as to promote students' mathematical language expression ability, arouse students' thinking about mathematical problems, and promote students' mathematical language transformation ability. This paper discusses the relationship between middle school students' reading habits and mathematics achievement, and gives some suggestions on how to cultivate secondary vocational school students' good reading habits and improve their mathematics reading level.