Vocational Colleges In China Research Articles

Distributed Education Talent Cultivation Model and Practice in Higher Vocational Colleges

Power The distributed running of higher vocational colleges is different from the running of a single campus, and the talent training mode is affected by space, time and other factors, which is the core part to be discussed. This paper draws lessons from the experience and summary of multi-campus running in foreign countries, analyzes the typical management modes of colleges and universities in different countries, and puts forward experience suggestions for the training mode and practice of distributed running talents in higher vocational colleges in China. To sum up the connotation and formation attribution of multi-campus management in China's higher education institutions (vocational colleges), that is, we need to strengthen the awareness of talent cultivation and innovation, clarify the functional positioning of each campus, realize the cross-integration of disciplines, and further deepen the cooperation mechanism of production, teaching and research in each campus.

The Influence of Major Satisfaction on Learning Engagement of Agriculture-Related Vocational Colleges in China: Taking Learning Motivation as a Mediating Variable

This study explores the intermediary structure model of agriculture-related vocational college students. Learning motivation is the mediating effect between major satisfaction and learning engagement. The objects of this study were 630 college students majoring in agriculture in SX city higher vocational colleges, Zhejiang Province. Three scale tools, namely, major satisfaction, learning engagement and learning motivation, were used to investigate the subjects. Likert five-point scale was used for scoring. The measurement model and structural model were constructed by structural equation model. The results show that major satisfaction has a positive effect on learning engagement. Learning motivation is a complete mediator between major satisfaction and learning engagement. The results show that the higher degree of major satisfaction has a good influence on learning engagement, but the strong learning motivation is more beneficial to learning engagement. Therefore, the school should not only improve students’ satisfaction with their major, but also stimulate students’ learning motivation in learning engagement.

The Association of Short-Video Problematic Use, Learning Engagement, and Perceived Learning Ineffectiveness among Chinese Vocational Students.

Short videos are very popular among students, but the immersive nature of the software makes them prone to problematic use and even addiction. Internet addiction, including short-video problematic use, has been a hot topic in recent years due to the COVID-19 epidemic. However, there are few empirical studies that have explored the effects of short-video problematic use on students. Thus, vocational colleges in China were recruited to participate in this study. There were 1089 effective participants, with a valid recall rate of 90.8%. This included 466 male students (42.8%) and 623 female students (57.2%), with a mean age of 19.19 years (standard deviation of 1.07 years). Five hypotheses were proposed and validated by structural equation modeling within the framework of ecological systems theory and engagement theory to explore the association of short-video problematic use, three types of learning engagement, and perceived learning ineffectiveness. Research findings showed that: (1) short-video problematic use has a negative effect on behavioral engagement; (2) behavioral engagement has a positive effect on both emotional and cognitive engagement; and (3) emotional and cognitive engagement have a negative effect on perceived learning ineffectiveness. According to the results, it can be seen that short-video problematic use has a detrimental effect on students' learning experiences, so teachers and parents need to pay attention to the negative effects of excessive use among students.

The influence of parenting style on employment anxiety in vocational colleges in China: A case study of SX City

This study takes students from higher vocational colleges in SX City as the research object to study the relationship between parental parenting styles and employment anxiety. The study used the Parenting Style Scale and the Employment Anxiety Scale, and conducted a questionnaire survey on the research subjects, using four-point and five-point scales respectively for scoring. The results confirmed that both the father’s and mother’s parenting styles have a significant impact on employment anxiety, among which the father’s and mother’s parenting styles have varying degrees of impact on employment anxiety in different dimensions. The research conclusion states that parents should educate their children in a more reasonable and scientific way, or with warm educational techniques so that students in higher vocational colleges can have a better mental state to face the fierce competition. At the same time, negative education methods must be avoided in order to better build students’ self-confidence and alleviate factors such as lack of confidence in anxiety. Finally, it is suggested that parents need to consider their children’s ideas more and not impose their own hospitals on their children too much, and that higher vocational students should learn how to alleviate their friends’ employment anxiety.

THE LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ VIEWS ON THE TEACHING COMPETENCIES OF ENGLISH TEACHERS AT HIGHER VOCATIONAL COLLEGES IN GUANGXI, CHINA

The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive theme-based reference for the improvement of teaching competencies for English teachers in higher vocational colleges in China with an exploratory mixed-methods research design. This quantitative study focused on first-year higher vocational students’ views of five teaching competencies in English: knowledge and skills, instructional design, teaching practice, teaching evaluation, and teaching wisdom. The students comprehensively and objectively evaluate the various components of teaching competencies. A comparative analysis of the mean values of the components of teaching competencies identified items where there were significant deficiencies in teaching competencies from the students’ perspective and found deficiencies in all components especially teaching practice and teaching evaluation. This research recommended strategies for improving the teaching competencies of English teachers in higher vocational education developed exclusively from the students' views, focusing on their experiences and perceptions of English learning activities, incorporating their views on teaching competencies with them, and eventually recommending effective strategies.

Curriculum-based Ideological Elements in Media and Communication English and the Teaching Practice

English courses in vocational colleges in China usually last one and a half years. For the first school year, students enhance English skills by continuing to study English for General Purpose (EGP). In the second school year, English for occupational courses are provided to students depending on their disciplines. Media English (MCE) is an English course for Specific Purpose (ESP), offered to second-year students at tertiary level. MCE mainly deals with English knowledge and skills for students majoring in media and probably seeking for a job in the area of media industry. The paper examines the relations between ideological elements and MCE, exploring how the ideological and political elements can be best reflected and delivered in the teaching practice. The paper may become a pilot practice to other ESP courses regarding how to incorporate ideological and political elements into language teaching.

Examining the job burnout of Chinese hospitality management students in internships via the transactional model.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has increased the psychological burden on employees in hotels, which is not conducive to the development of the hospitality industry. Based on a survey of 379 hotel interns from higher vocational colleges in China, this study empirically analyzed the status quo of job burnout in future hotel employees and its influencing factors. The results showed that interns' job burnout and reduced personal accomplishment were at a medium level. Secondly, according to the transaction model, this study classified the antecedents of job burnout into two categories: personal factors and contextual factors. The results showed that personal factors such as attitude and self-efficacy, and contextual factors such as perceived co-worker support and job satisfaction all had a negative effect on job burnout. However, the influence of ability and perceived supervisor support on job burnout was not significant. This study also investigated the influencing factors of each sub-dimension of job burnout. Self-efficacy, attitude and job satisfaction all had a negative influence on the three sub-dimensions. Ability and perceived co-worker support only had a negative impact on reduced personal accomplishment. There was no statistical correlation between perceived supervisor support and the three sub-dimensions. The results of this study will lay a theoretical foundation so that higher vocational colleges can better organize and implement internships, and hotels can recruit energetic future employees.

Exploration on Teaching Reform of English Children’s Literature in Vocational College Based on OBE Theory

This paper reflects on the shortcomings of traditional English literature teaching, and illustrates the inspiration of OBE theory for the teaching reform of English children’s literature in higher vocational colleges in China. Traditional teaching lacks the cultivation and promotion of students’ practical application ability, vocational skills, thinking ability and other aspects, and less help for students’ future employment and further study, so it is difficult for students to have a sense of learning achievement and enthusiasm. The teaching of the English children’s literature course for Applied English majors of higher vocational colleges has its particularity. The reform of the course under the guidance of OBE theory, making the course improve students’ humanities accomplishment, Outcome-Based Education can promote the sustainable development of the students. With Integrating vocational skills, thus more conducive to the construction of a more scientific and efficient teaching model.

Effects of Instructional and Non-Instructional Tasks on the Workloads of Classroom Teachers in a Vocational College in China

This study discusses the current situation of professional identity of early childhood education students in colleges from three aspects: professional cognition, professional attitude and emotion, and professional behaviour, and tries to understand the influencing factors of professional identity, including personal information, scholastic performance, etc. The study determined the relationship between the professional identity with the scholastic performance of the prospective early childhood education teachers. Results show that scholastic performance is significantly and positively correlated with the total professional identity score and its three dimensions.

Effects of Instructional and Non-Instructional Tasks on the Workloads of Classroom Teachers in a Vocational College in China

Effects of Instructional and Non-Instructional Tasks on the Workloads of Classroom Teachers in a Vocational College in China

The Relationship Between Study Engagement and Critical Thinking Among Higher Vocational College Students in China: A Longitudinal Study.

PurposeNumerous cross-sectional studies have explored the correlation between study engagement and critical thinking, but the relationship between the development of these two key variables over time is unclear and the causal relationship between them remains controversial. In this study, we examined the developmental trajectories of and the interplay between study engagement and critical thinking.MethodsWe used a questionnaire method to follow 654 first-year students in Chinese higher vocational college over a period of one year and three times, of which 231 (35.321%) were male and 423 (64.679%) were female, with an average age of 18.11 years. Descriptive statistics were used to present general characteristics of the study participants, and latent growth model was used to explore the developmental trajectories of study engagement and critical thinking, and to explore the interplay between study engagement and critical thinking from a developmental perspective. Based on this, a cross-lagged model was used to verify the causal relationship between study engagement and critical thinking.ResultsDuring the first year of higher vocational college in China, students’ levels of study engagement and critical thinking declined continuously. The initial level and development of study engagement can positively influence the initial level and development of critical thinking, respectively, while the initial level and development of critical thinking can in turn positively influence the initial level and development of study engagement, respectively. Study engagement and critical thinking can predict each other.ConclusionThe above results help researchers and educators to develop study engagement and critical thinking in higher vocational college students from a developmental perspective. The development of either aspect of study engagement and critical thinking can contribute to the joint improvement of both.

Factors influencing vocational college students' creativity in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: The group comparison between male and female.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher education institutions to shift their teaching activities from traditional face-to-face to online learning. This brings a great challenge to the creativity training of vocational college students, who not only learn theoretical knowledge but also cultivate technical skills. Therefore, it is very important to explore the influencing factors of online learning on students’ creativity during the epidemic. By relying on the related literature review, an extensive model is developed by integrating the expectation confirmation model (ECM), technology task fit model (TTF), and the technology acceptance model (TAM) to illustrate key factors that influence creativity. Based on the proposed model, theory-based hypotheses are tested through structural equation modeling employing empirical data gathered through a survey questionnaire of 229 students from different vocational colleges in China. In addition, to extend the analysis results, this paper performs a comparative analysis based on gender. The findings demonstrate that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness significantly influence knowledge sharing; knowledge sharing significantly affects creativity. However, there is no substantial relationship between perceived usefulness and attitude, and no relationship between attitude and knowledge sharing. Moreover, a multi-group comparison shows that there is a significant gender difference between perceived ease of use and attitude. Based on the findings, theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Influencing factors of students’ small private online course-based learning adaptability in a higher vocational college in China

ABSTRACT Recently, universities and colleges have gradually shifted from face-to-face teaching to small private online course-based teaching, which integrates massive open online courses with physical classroom teaching. However, learners often experience adjustment problems within this relatively new environment. This survey-based study evaluated the status of college students’ learning adaptability and clarified the relationships between the factors influencing small private online course-based blended learning. With 3,050 participants from a Higher Vocational College in China, the researchers conducted an in-depth study using correlation analysis, regression analysis, and path analysis. The results revealed that students’ learning adaptability was generally at the upper-middle level with females scoring higher than males, and there was no significant difference in learning adaptability based on the students’ ages, grades, or Internet age. Regarding the impact of interest variables on learning adaptability, teaching support, learning platform, and curriculum setting had a significant positive effect; whereas learning attitude, autonomous learning, teaching methods, and learning environment did not have a significant positive effect. The teaching management had no significant impact either. Our findings have some implications for improving the efficacy of small private online course-based learning in educational institutions in China and elsewhere.

Factors influencing EFL teachers’ implementation of SPOC-based blended learning in higher vocational colleges in China: A study based on grounded theory

ABSTRACT The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has gradually promoted blended teaching based on Small Private Online Course (SPOC) as a common teaching practice in most higher education institutions. Teachers play a critical role in the successful implementation of blended teaching. Questions regarding the factors that influence teachers’ implementation strategies for SPOC-based blended teaching in higher vocational colleges, positively or negatively, are raised. This research investigated 63 English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers from four higher vocational colleges in China who are implementing SPOC-based blended teaching, encoded the obtained data at three levels, explored factors influencing EFL teachers’ implementation of SPOC-based blended teaching, and constructed a theoretical model of the factors influencing teachers’ implementation of SPOC-based blended teaching in which SPOC-based teaching intention is a pre-influencing factor, whereas the school incentive mechanism and curriculum platform satisfaction serve as situational influencing factors. This study can help EFL teachers improve the implementation of SPOC-based blended teaching and further optimise SPOC-based blended teaching policies and measures for stakeholders in practice.

Comparison of Online and face-to-face Learning Experience: A Case Study of Higher Vocational Hospitality Education in China

ABSTRACT Online learning has attracted attention from academics and educators for several decades. Online learning plays a significant role in many educational institutions, including higher vocational hospitality colleges, especially during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, students’ learning experience of online and face-to-face higher vocational hospitality courses is scarcely understood. To fill this research gap, a higher vocational college in China is selected as a case study to conduct a comparative study. Results show that students scored higher in face-to-face hospitality course learning experience than in online courses. Theoretical and practical implications are provided accordingly.

Students’ Expectation and Perception on Service Quality in a Public Higher Vocational College in China

Currently there is a rapid increase of higher vocational college students in China. As such, whether the services provided by colleges meet the needs of students has become the great concern of the management. The main purpose of this study is to examine a difference between students’ expectation and perception on the overall service quality and its five dimensions in a higher vocational college in China. This study is based on Parasuraman’s SERVQUAL model. Descriptive research design and quantitative method was employed in this study. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaires. The sample of the study consisted of 400 second-year students (200 males and 200 females) from Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology in Guangdong Province, China. Prior to the actual study, a pilot test was carried out to obtain the reliability and validity of the instrument. The quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive analysis and paired samples t-test (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS Version 25.0). From the descriptive analysis, the highest difference between these five dimensions is Empathy, followed by Responsiveness, Assurance, Tangibility and the lowest was Reliability. Results from the paired samples t-test indicated that there were significant differences between students’ expectation and their perception on overall service quality and empathy dimension of service quality. Therefore, findings of this study suggest that the higher vocational colleges should improve their service quality, and empathy dimension of service quality is the criterion that needs addressing urgently by the management to satisfy their students.

Construction Method of Industrial College in Vocational Colleges Based on Cluster Analysis Algorithm.

In the context of the combination of industry and education, the construction of industrial colleges in vocational colleges can drive the scientific development of specialty settings in colleges and universities, and promote the way for colleges to expand students' practical teaching under the teaching of theoretical knowledge, and it is also an effective way for students to stimulate their learning enthusiasm and innovation enthusiasm. Colleges and universities can increase the direction and characteristics of specialist settings in colleges while enhancing instructors' professional level through school-business collaboration, and growing measures of talent training in colleges and universities plays a significant guiding role. The way to set up industrial colleges in vocational colleges reflects the development characteristics of talent training mode in the new era, and it is also an effective way to meet the practical training of students and the actual needs of society. It is a new school running mode of transforming productivity, cooperation, and mutual benefit, which is very worthy of promotion and development. This paper analyzes the problems existing in the construction of industrial colleges in vocational colleges in China and finds out the corresponding solutions. A path method of industrial college construction in vocational colleges based on the cluster analysis algorithm is proposed. The validity of this model is verified by experiments, which lays a foundation for the construction of industrial colleges in vocational colleges.

Tech-integration in Vocational Business English Teaching: A Review

In the development of information technology, especially mobile telecom technology, mobile and multifunctional tech-integration has become an effective tool in education. The COVID-19 pandemic, has unexpectedly accelerated the development of tech-integrated education to a further degree with various practices around the globe. Among them, UTAUT Model, TPACK Model, PICRAT Model, and Flipped Classroom stand out because they are not only user friendly and easily applied but also student-focused and triggered thinking. Teaching Business English in vocational colleges in China is not an easy task due to the conflict between the blended academic background and the different learning behaviours of vocational students. The review of mentioned tech-integration practices could serve as effective approaches for reforming teaching and curriculum design for Vocational Business English classes. Keywords: vocational; business; English; tech-integration; education

Effects of Short Video Addiction on the Motivation and Well-Being of Chinese Vocational College Students.

While media use can be beneficial in some ways, excessive use of media has led to growing concerns about its potential negative consequences. With the popularity of Chinese video applications (apps) such as DouYin, TikTok, Kwai, and other short video apps sweeping through schools around the world. Due to the diversity and immersion principle of short videos, their popularity continues to grow, and the phenomenon of students being addicted to short videos also brings many hidden dangers to the learning effect. Among other things, the problem of excessive use of the Internet among Chinese youth has led the government to propose a series of control policies to strengthen the monitoring of harmful habits of youth in the use of online applications. In addition, the problem of youth addiction to short videos has become a major concern for education experts and the general public, thus demonstrating that short video addiction is indeed an ongoing research issue. Therefore, this study aimed to understand the causes of short-form video addiction and its impact on the psychology of learning, and to investigate the relationship between short-form video flow experience, short-form video addiction, intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation, and learning well-being from the perspectives of flow experience theory and micro ecological systems. The questionnaire was sent via instant messaging software such as QQ and WeChat, and university students from vocational colleges in China were invited to complete the questionnaire. A total of 517 valid data were collected, including 222 (42.9%) were male students and 295 (57.1%) were female students. The collected questionnaires were analyzed for reliability and validity after removing incomplete data, followed by structural equation modeling for model verification. The findings showed that: (1) short video flow experience had a positive effect on short video addiction; (2) short video addiction had a negative effect on intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation; (3) intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation had a positive effect on learning well-being; (4) short video flow experience had an indirect negative effect on intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation; (5) short video flow and short video addiction had indirect negative effects on learning well-being. According to the results, it is clear that addiction to short videos has a negative impact on learners' learning motivation and positive psychology of learning, so parents and teachers should effectively guide students to use short video apps in a self-controlled way.

Predictors of Entrepreneurship Intention Among Students in Vocational Colleges: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

The purpose of this work is to investigate the major drivers behind the entrepreneurial intention (EI) of students from higher vocational colleges in China. Total 424 respondents participated in the survey questionnaire that measured their self-reported responses to five constructs (EI, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, emotional competencies, subjective norms, and entrepreneurial attitude). In addition to this, the equation modeling technique was used to perform the data analysis. The study results highlighted that both entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial attitudes serve as significant predictors of EI. Moreover, the entrepreneurial attitude was found to be a significant mediator of the EI and emotional competencies. Finally, a model invariance was established across the female and male student samples. As a result, this study has put forward some implications regarding the entrepreneurship education of the higher vocational students in China.