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Investigation of the Problems of Vocational Education in China
- 1 University of Sydney
- 2 Shanghai Shangde Experimental School
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Abstract
With the rapid development of China's industrialised society, the state has actively carried out vocational education-related courses and policies, however, there are still serious problems to overcome. This study focuses on analyzing and reflecting on the dilemmas and challenges of vocational development in China, such as the lack of teachers and the high dropout rate in today's vocational education by presenting appropriate views and conducting research. The paper suggests that the low quality of teachers is due to the public's elitist ideology, where good teachers prefer to go to formal schools or private institutions to gain higher social status and salary. The high dropout rate is because more Chinese students choose vocational schools. After all, they do not get into high school and the curriculum is unsatisfactory. In addition, Sweden and Finland, as leading countries in vocational education, were used as a control study, China can learn from the appropriate policies to improve the current dilemma of vocational education in China. However, due to differences in national systems and policies, China still needs to consider its situation while adopting the recommendations.
Keywords
Vocational education, China, Sweden, Finland
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Liu,Q.;Pan,H. (2024). Investigation of the Problems of Vocational Education in China. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,34,134-140.
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