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A Comparative Analysis of Vocational Education Between China and America
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Abstract
Career development is the critical education which has a great influence on students' career, so they receive a lifelong benefit from favourable career education. This article is an analysis containing the career development education in China and America. It shows the contrastive differences from the aspects of methods, contents, objectives and phenomena of career education between China and America. Then, it analyses the causes for these differences in career education from four aspects: historical backgrounds, social systems, economic patterns, and cultural traditions. Finally, two suggestions for career education in China are put forward. Changing traditional concepts stimulates graduates to entry into the labor market to improve productivity. Combining vocational education in China and the United States also cultivates children from multiple perspectives. These are mainly intended to increase the mention of relevant vocational knowledge in primary and secondary schools, so as to give students the opportunity to contact the job market in advance and make their future career clearer.
Keywords
career education, differences, suggestions
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Du,Z. (2023). A Comparative Analysis of Vocational Education Between China and America. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,18,297-303.
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