Vocational Education Group Research Articles

Research on the Path of Innovating the Talent Cultivation Model in Vocational Colleges under the Vocational Education Group Model

Research on the Path of Innovating the Talent Cultivation Model in Vocational Colleges under the Vocational Education Group Model

Research on the Integrated Training Path of Secondary Vocational, Vocational, and Undergraduate Talents Based on Modern Vocational Education Group

Accelerating the construction of modern vocational education groups and promoting the integrated training of secondary vocational, vocational, and undergraduate talents, providing talent support for regional economic development, are inevitable choices to enhance the adaptability of vocational education. Based on the new development and requirements in the new situation, vocational colleges actively explore the path of connecting and cultivating secondary vocational, vocational, and undergraduate talents in accordance with the talent needs of local economic development and industrial system development. The linkage between government, school, and enterprise is established to build a modern vocational education group, aiming to build a professional chain in the industrial chain and promote innovative development of the new industrial system. Relying on the development needs of professional clusters, a multi-level system of connecting and cultivating secondary vocational, vocational, and undergraduate talents is constructed, which is in line with industry and enterprise standards. It is also necessary to build a “post-course competition certification” talent training model for connecting secondary vocational, vocational, and undergraduate students, rely on the advantages of multiple schools and enterprises, establish a platform for integrating industry and education, and innovate the evaluation system for connecting secondary vocational, vocational, and undergraduate students.

Research on the innovation of teaching mode of vocational and technical education

Vocational and technical education group is the main training object of new high-quality talents in our school, and teaching is the basic link of Vocational and technical education. The current teaching mode of Vocational and technical education has the disadvantages of emphasizing theory and neglecting practice. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss the teaching mode of Vocational and technical education in our school. Based on the current situation of the teaching mode of Vocational and technical education in our school, this paper puts forward the teaching and assessment mode of “combining theory with practice” and “combining thinking cultivation with practice”.

Economic factors influencing the health behavior changes during COVID-19 pandemic: multiple correspondence analysis results

This research aimed to investigate how health behaviors changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify the economic factors influencing these changes. There were considered income situation and labor market situation as the potential economic factors. Additionally, in the analysis, there were included other characteristics: age, gender, and education level. Health condition was considered through the prism of certain unhealthy characteristics: alcohol consumption, smoking cigarettes, lack of physical activity, and unfavorable eating habits. The study was carried out on the stratified sample of adult inhabitants of Poland (N=1067) in November 2020. To achieve the aim multiple correspondence analysis was used. The results show that the pandemic has changed health behaviors. The negative changes mainly concerned physical activity and eating habits, and only one-sixth reported an increase in alcohol use and cigarette smoking. An increase in negative health behavior was mostly associated with the following characteristics: male, lower age (between 30 and 59), employed persons, tertiary education, and higher income (the fourth and the fifth income quintile group). The exception was a physical activity, where all changes (both negative and positive) were associated with females, people with basic vocational and secondary education, the second and third quintile group, pensioners and retirees, 60 and above age.

Teaching practice of architectural decoration engineering technology specialty in higher vocational colleges based on the school-enterprise cooperation education model based on fuzzy algorithm

Under the current situation, the school enterprise cooperation education mode implemented by higher vocational colleges conforms to the needs of social and economic development, conforms to the law of vocational education, and plays an important role in cultivating a large number of enterprises’ urgently needed high-quality skilled talents. Based on the above background, the purpose of this paper is to explore the teaching practice of Higher Vocational architectural decoration engineering technology specialty based on the school enterprise cooperation education mode from the perspective of fuzzy algorithm. This paper analyzes the background of the development of higher vocational education, studies the reform of personnel training mode, the construction of core curriculum system, the cooperation between school and enterprise under the framework of vocational education group, and the improvement of teachers’ professional ability, and puts forward the views and discussions of teaching reform. This paper also introduces the method of fuzzy algorithm model to evaluate the performance of teachers and tries to put forward an improvement scheme for the traditional performance evaluation system of teachers. Based on the actual evaluation cases, according to the principle of maximum membership, the maximum membership degree of comprehensive evaluation is 0.390, The evaluation level of the corresponding evaluation set is better, which proves the application prospect and methodological value of the model.

The Impact of Vocational Teacher Training Program BIGV Towards the Development of Interpersonal Communication Skills Among Prospective Vocational Teachers

Malaysia is generally one of the earliest countries in designing a higher education system that highlights the elements and challenges of Industry 4.0 issues, as already outlined and addressed in the 2015-2025 Malaysian Education Plan (Higher Education). As such, the self-development of teachers' human resources especially in the aspects of teacher communication skills has been developed and fully implemented in this Vocational Teacher Training Program (BIGV) curriculum. This program is a compulsory subject that must be taken by Bachelor Degree Teacher program in all Malaysia’s Universities. The sample of the study consists of 200 respondents divided into two groups that refers to the design of the experimental quasi study which is an experimental group of 158 prospective vocational teachers undergoing a comprehensive Bilingual Vocational Teacher Training (BIGV) program from the second semester student at the Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, UTHM and control group of 42 prospective vocational teachers from second semester student in the Faculty of Technical and Vocational, UPSI. This research aims to study the effectiveness of Vocational Teacher Training (BIGV) Program towards developing the interpersonal communication skills acquisition level among the prospective vocational teachers. The researchers analyzed pre-test and post-test findings from both groups using the T-Test analysis. The results of the analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the number of min scores in pre-test and post-test for the two groups. Therefore, a further comprehensive action is needed to ensure that the implementation of the Vocational Teacher Training Program (BIGV) is successful to meet its objective in producing a more credible and sustainable teacher in the future.

МЕТОДОЛОГІЧНІ ЗАСАДИ РОЗРОБКИ ПОКАЗНИКІВ ДО ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОЇ СИСТЕМИ УПРАВЛІННЯ ОСВІТОЮ (EMIS) У СФЕРІ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ (ПРОФЕСІЙНО-ТЕХНІЧНОЇ) ОСВІТИ

The Education Management Information System (EMIS) in the TVET field is a system for collecting, storing, analysing, disseminating and using data in the TVET. The metho­dological framework for developing a system of indicators for the Education Management Information System (EMIS) in the TVET field should be guided by recognized world standards, guidelines and best practices. At the same time, it should be built on a consensus basis with national standards, which are the key to the generation and use of well-structured metadata in the TVET field. As an example of effectively functioning global Education Mana­gement Information System (EMIS) in the TVET field, the Open Education Management Information System (OpenEMIS), namely its OpenEMIS Concept Note module – TVET, the CTE National Reporting System and Workforce Training System – CTE Statistics, developed by the United States Institute of Education (IES) and published by Federico Mejer should be cited. The Interagency Vocational Education and Training Group (IAG-TVET), which includes global educational organizations, has developed guidelines for a set of indicators to help countries evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of their TVET systems based on actual data and the use of reliable tools to evaluate TVET monitoring. IAG-TVET has identified four relevant po­licy areas in the TVET system: funding; access and participation; quality; relevance. Based on the recommendations of the above guidelines, the author has developed a system of indicators for the Education Management Information System (EMIS) in the field of TVET, which will be included in the form of the information and analytical unit "TVET System" in the Automated Information Complex of Educational Management (AICOM) of the State Scientific Institution "Institute of Educational Analytics". The system of indicators includes: the register of TVET institutions, the results of the admission campaign and training, teaching staff, logistics facilities, architectural accessibility, profitable economic activity, the creation of an innovative educational environment, the use of ICT in the educational process. The information and analytical unit "TVET System" should be institutionalized with databases of other official bodies of Ukraine, for example, with databases of the State Statistics Service, the State Employment Service etc. The data contained in the Information and Analytical Unit "TVET System" must be compatible with other international databases and allow the construction of international indicators in the TVET system.

Construction and Practice of Running School through Vocational Education Group and Sharing Public Training Bases—Taking Public Base Construction in Chengdu Tourism Vocational Education Group as an Example

Running school through vocational education group is closely related to the development of regional economy. The operation and construction provide great talent support and intelligence guarantee for the regional economic development. However, due to the different departments, ownership of property rights and the pursuit of most vocational education groups in China, the vocational education groups are eager to look for the basis and link of the combination of school and enterprise, schools, and the sharing of resources. The principle of intensive co-construction and sharing resource advocated by the construction of shared public training base not only conforms to the trend of regional economic development, but also solves the core foundation of running school through vocational education group and establishes the resources link between school and enterprise, school and school, which is an important measure to integrate resources and nurture vocational talents in the current mode. This paper explores the construction idea and operation mechanism of the shared training base of vocational education group. Vocational education group is an educational group formed by vocational colleges and enterprises to realize resource sharing, complementary advantages and cooperative development whose main tasks are to promote school-enterprise cooperation, deepen teaching reform, broaden service functions and meet the needs of students, so as to create a vocational education that integrate personnel training, teaching and scientific research, staff training, skills appraisal, project research and development, information consultation and technical services. Due to the different departments, ownership of property rights and the pursuit of most vocational education groups in China, the vocational education groups are eager to look for the basis and link of the combination of school and enterprise, schools, and the sharing of resources after the establishment of many vocational education groups in China. The principle of intensive co-construction and sharing resource advocated by the construction of shared public training base not only conforms to the trend of regional economic development, but also meets the requirements of running school through vocational education group, which is an important measure to integrate school-enterprise resources and nurture vocational talents in the current mode. As the core of vocational education construction, how to better play its leading role in training outstanding talents and local economic construction is crucial research content of running school through vocational education group for training base.

Research on the Teaching Mode of Transition Between Secondary and Higher Vocational Education Based on the Practice of Art Design—Taking Exhibition Planning and Management in Chengdu Tourism Vocational Education Group as an Example

The Chengdu Tourism Vocational Education Group aims to coordinate urban and rural comprehensive reform pilot area with service. Relying on the cultivation of tourism personnel and taking the win-win of its members as the basic goal, it trains talents with relevant enterprises and schools. The students majoring in exhibition planning and management of Chengdu Tourism Vocational Education Group are not art majors from, but can solve the problems of exhibition majors by studying art courses and applying art theory and practice. Nowadays our life is full of all kinds of design elements, such as our clothing, food, housing and transportation. As a result, tourism talents training not only takes art study as a professional education, but also as a general education. Therefore, it is a beneficial exploration for the exhibition planning and management to closely link up the teaching mode of the connection of secondary and higher vocational education based on the artistic design practice project.

A study on the Management Mode of Modern Vocational Education in China

Since the reform and opening up, the management model of China’s vocational education has exposed many problems and deficiencies in the process of continuous improvement. The purpose of this paper is to study the management mode of modern vocational education in China, including: 1) research on the development of modern vocational education in China after reform and opening up; 2) study the current status and management mode of vocational education management in China; 3) summarize the main aspects of modern vocational education management theory and model to optimize the management model suitable for the development of modern vocational education in China. This paper selects the methods of qualitative research, selects the relevant responsible persons of vocational colleges, government and enterprise departments, conducts in-depth interviews on the relevant issues of China’s modern vocational education management model, and combines relevant books, reports and materials to propose an optimized management mode of modern Chinese vocational education. Through qualitative analysis, we find that 1) Since the reform and opening up, the development of China’s vocational education has mainly experienced the “exploration and practice stage”, “the stage of vigorous growth” and “the stage of quality improvement”, which has shifted from the cultivation of professional talents to the quality training; 2) The current Chinese vocational education management model mainly follows the modern apprenticeship management mode, and gradually explores the formation of vocational education group and corporate management mode. In the quality training of vocational students, it pays attention to the implementation of talent integration projects and strengthens the combination of engineering and learning. School-enterprise cooperation to enhance the practical ability of students in vocational colleges; 3) However, there are still many problems in the management of modern vocational education in China, such as the closure of vocational education teaching mode and the simplification of management mode. In order to meet the employment needs of the new era industrial transformation and upgrading, combined with the current status of modern Chinese vocational education management, this paper proposes an innovative model to optimize China’s modern education management, specifically based on the “three spirals” management theory, to strengthen vocational colleges, governments. The close cooperation of the three parties of the enterprise will give full play to their respective advantages. Including vocational colleges should pay attention to the training of dual-teachers, government departments to strengthen policy guidance, and enterprise production to play a guiding role. Promote the diversified management of vocational education, and actively attract enterprises to participate in the management of modern apprenticeships, fixed-term internships and vocational education groups in vocational colleges. Optimize the management mode of modern vocational education in China by deepening the cooperation between schools and enterprises, the combination of work and study, and the combination of production, study and research.

The New Routine of Training College Students under the Framework of Medical Equipment Vocational Education Group

After the establishment of Shanghai University of Medical&Health Science, school of medical instrument staff is exploring the new modes of training medical equipment vocational education college students. The thesis dissects the keynotes of SUMHS’s breeding medical equipment college students as well as analyzes the problem of developing higher vocational education, thus to take an example of holding “MINDRAY CUP” in the school of medical instrument for finally exploring a new routine of medical equipment vocational education.

Collectivize School-running ‘With the Double Track’, Booster Poverty Alleviation of Minority Areas and Old Revolutionary Base Areas

Since its establishment, Chengdu Vocational Education Group of Tourism gradually improves “one body two wings systems and mechanisms led by the double subjects”. Based in Chengdu and serve for Chengdu, this group exerts radiating and leading role of the first city in Chengdu. In recent years, it integrates advantage resources of member schools and member enterprises, achieves double-track system through building of vocational and education and industrial support, actively participates in poverty alleviation, boosts improvement of talent training quality in national regions and the old revolutionary base areas and development of the tourism industry, promotes development of new energy for vocational education group.

A Study on the Pooling Mechanism of Computerized Teaching Resources for Tourism Related Subjects with Higher Vocation Education—A Case Study on Chengdu Vocational Education Group for Tourism

The higher vocational education, as an integral part of China’ higher education system, is under the mission to meet the huge social demands for application-oriented talents. With the development of modern information technologies, characterized by internet and multimedia, computerization has become one of the features of modern education. This study, based on the development of the VR teaching/training system with Chengdu Vocational Education Group for Tourism, investigates, theoretically and practically, the pooling mechanism of teaching resources.

Vocational education in practice: a study of work-based learning in a construction programme at a Swedish upper secondary school

In many OECD countries an apparent connection is shown between education, the local economy and the local labor market. This connection seems to be stronger and more radical in Sweden, than in other similar countries. The construction program is thereby also a part of this market. Given the needs of the building industry for competent workers and the requirements from specific course syllabuses this paper explores how project-based vocational education contributes to the student's vocational competences. The aim of this study was to describe and analyse students’ perceptions of vocational competence gained from a PBVE environment and identify how this competence is constituted. From this broad aim, the following research questions were asked: (1) What kinds of competence are the students able to develop in a PBLE? (2) In what ways do the developed competence and vocational skills relate to the specific course syllabuses? (3) How is the students’ vocational competence constituted? Methods adopted for this study are observations over student action in a project based vocational education and focus group interviews with observed students. The result indicates a gap between acquired vocational competence at the project and the related learning goals in the course syllabuses. The developed vocational competence seems more adopted to fit the demands of the building industry rather than the intended course goals. Further, the findings indicate that the relationship between learning and support from teachers are strong whereas the room for individual initiative in the learning environment is limited. This study highlights the relationship between student action and the complexity in vocational education as a project based vocational education. The project’s high complexity affects the students’ learning ability to take own decisions in the learning environment. This also affects the students’ motivation and ability to develop competences required to fulfill goals in course syllabuses. So, if the students’ are supposed to be able to be a part of their own learning the complexity in the task should not be too high. Hence, if the task is to easy the students’ will not be challenge enough in order to develop vocational competences.

Analyse comparative de deux populations d'étudiants

The purpose of this study was to identify differences in the educational development of two groups of trainees attending the radiology school of the Paris public hospital system. The first group was composed of 57 high- school graduates and the second of 20 persons resuming their studies via a vocational education (VE) programme after having gained experience in the workplace. Our research enabled us to ascertain that such differences did indeed exist. Compared with the group of high-school graduates, the VE group had greater difficulty in the first year of study, with 60 % obtaining low marks, particularly in disciplines such as Physics, Anatomy and Pathology. In contrast, only 6 % of the trainees in the first group experienced sucn difficulties. At the end of the second year, however, the two groups drew level. Moreover, at the qualifying examination - the State Diploma - the students in the VE group achieved higher marks than the nigh school graduates : on a total of 230 points, their average score was 5 points higher and the median score, 10 points higher. The initial problems experienced by the VE group can mainly be attribuated to two factors. First, having broken off studies some time ago, the trainees had lost their automatic learning mechanisms. Second, their basic knowledge of scientific subjects was inadequate. These problems were overcome by a sustained personal offert, the students being strongly motived by a clearly defined professional plan and a desire for social success. Moreover, they were able to draw on their professional experience trou- ghout the learning period.