In this study,the questionnaire“Influencing Factors of Classroom Quality in Higher Vocational Education”was self-compiled.By using the questionnaire survey method,the research conclusion was drawn that the main fact...In this study,the questionnaire“Influencing Factors of Classroom Quality in Higher Vocational Education”was self-compiled.By using the questionnaire survey method,the research conclusion was drawn that the main factors affecting the classroom teaching quality in higher vocational education were teaching and student factors,teacher factors,and classroom factors based on 2,683 samples.According to the research results,the measures to improve the quality of classroom teaching are put forward,in order to provide guidance for improving the quality of teaching in higher vocational colleges.展开更多
The use of multimedia technology in the teaching process is the current mainstream trend in teaching development.The arrival of the all-media era is not only a huge challenge to the traditional teaching model,but also...The use of multimedia technology in the teaching process is the current mainstream trend in teaching development.The arrival of the all-media era is not only a huge challenge to the traditional teaching model,but also a huge opportunity for the reform of the teaching model.Combining traditional education models with modern scientific and technological means,and learning from each other’s strengths can stimulate students’subjective initiative in learning.On the other hand,it is also an important way for teachers to improve their teaching abilities.This article analyzes the opportunities brought by the all-media era to the reform of education models based on the teaching status and teaching difficulties of Korean intensive reading courses in vocational high schools,and proposes a teaching model reform strategy for Korean intensive reading courses in vocational high schools in the all-media era.展开更多
The flipped learning model, which “flips” traditional in-class lectures with cooperative activities, has obtained lots of followers and backers in education. Usually teachers have a negative attitude toward flipped ...The flipped learning model, which “flips” traditional in-class lectures with cooperative activities, has obtained lots of followers and backers in education. Usually teachers have a negative attitude toward flipped model. Teachers have their stance, and flipped model is still in the exploration stage in vocational education context at present. Studies and design models for flipped learning in secondary vocational education are insufficient. However, flipped classroom is an educational tool which may benefit students. This paper attempts to provide a foundation for further research and implementation for flipped learning in secondary vocational education. It was found that there is no quick answer to the question whether the flipped classroom should and can be introduced to secondary vocational schools or not, but teachers should implement flipped classroom positively.展开更多
This paper describes how virtual classrooms and out-of-classroom instruction can be used to help students in ideological and political theory courses strengthen their identities and improve the efficiency of their ass...This paper describes how virtual classrooms and out-of-classroom instruction can be used to help students in ideological and political theory courses strengthen their identities and improve the efficiency of their assignments.By using immersive media technology,the course is turned into a form of entertainment,enriched with content,and combined with methods such as digital video editing and manipulation to meet the needs of students in university ideological and political theory courses.Virtual reality technology can create realistic virtual environments created by computers,enabling students to perceive and manipulate a variety of virtual objects,interact with them,and create a sense of immersion in the virtual environment.Research has shown the potential benefits of using immersive media technologies and augmented reality in education.The potential of virtual reality in education has been increasingly emphasized and has been widely researched and applied.展开更多
Taking the case of vocational schools in Xuzhou City,we analyze the challenges and opportunities faced by the connotation construction of agriculture-related majors in vocational schools. And we discuss the focus of c...Taking the case of vocational schools in Xuzhou City,we analyze the challenges and opportunities faced by the connotation construction of agriculture-related majors in vocational schools. And we discuss the focus of connotation construction of agriculture-related majors,by establishing one theme,building two aspects,deepening three reforms and highlighting four tasks,aiming to make the connotation construction of agriculture-related majors get somewhere,and provide strong support for agricultural science and technology innovation. Finally we put forth measures for the connotation construction of agriculture-related majors.展开更多
At present there are many socialized microblog platforms.With powerful mobility,real-time information,fragment of information dissemination,and innovation of interaction,the microblog has become a socialized interacti...At present there are many socialized microblog platforms.With powerful mobility,real-time information,fragment of information dissemination,and innovation of interaction,the microblog has become a socialized interaction mode in recent years.Since microblog is very popular with students of agricultural and forestry higher vocational schools,with the rising and development of network education,the microblog as a new information platform will be used by more and more teachers in education.From the perspective of microblog,this paper studied educational reform in management courses of agricultural and forestry higher vocational schools,in the hope of providing certain reference and help for current education practice of agricultural and forestry management courses.展开更多
Secondary vocational education in Shanghai continues to experiment in an attempt to find ways to solve the decline of student enrollment and adjust to rapidly changing social and economic environments. The 3 + 4 Pilo...Secondary vocational education in Shanghai continues to experiment in an attempt to find ways to solve the decline of student enrollment and adjust to rapidly changing social and economic environments. The 3 + 4 Pilot Program (three-year secondary vocational education and four-year undergraduate education) has been under experiment since 2014. It has attracted more and more academically good junior middle school graduates to secondary vocational schools with the national and local favorable policies and laws. Except the three-year’s hand-on practice, what appeals most to the junior middle school graduates is the academic transfer under the Program, a breakthrough in history of vocation education in China. However, only initiating a new program is not enough. Shanghai government should map out a long-term plan to set up promotion to increase the public awareness to change the long prevailing outdated ideology in order to add more to its appeal of the Program. There is still much work to be done before expanding the scope of the Program.展开更多
The curriculum development ability of secondary vocational school teachers is a necessary professional ability for teachers.It has important practical significance and practical value for promoting secondary vocationa...The curriculum development ability of secondary vocational school teachers is a necessary professional ability for teachers.It has important practical significance and practical value for promoting secondary vocational education curriculum and teaching reform.On the basis of analyzing the connotation and composition of curriculum development ability of teachers in secondary vocational schools,this article proposes three strategies to improve the curriculum development ability of teachers in secondary vocational schools.展开更多
In this paper, I want to talk about my experience of English testing in vocational schools and share my ideas about the relations between English teaching and testing in vocational schools so that a better way of test...In this paper, I want to talk about my experience of English testing in vocational schools and share my ideas about the relations between English teaching and testing in vocational schools so that a better way of testing English may be carried out in vocational schools.展开更多
Nowadays, students in secondary vocational schools are required to have better English competence. How to improve English teaching quality in secondary vocational schools? One of the effective means is reflective teac...Nowadays, students in secondary vocational schools are required to have better English competence. How to improve English teaching quality in secondary vocational schools? One of the effective means is reflective teaching. By way of it, English teachers in secondary vocational schools improve English quality and promote professional development.展开更多
The information sharing and learning platform under network resources has not only facilitated the study of English,but has also changed the traditional learning model.There are many influencing factors for students t...The information sharing and learning platform under network resources has not only facilitated the study of English,but has also changed the traditional learning model.There are many influencing factors for students to learn English using network technology.This article mainly analyzes non-English majors in higher vocational schools.Students learn independently about the unfavorable factors in English and propose corresponding optimization strategies to improve the learning efficiency.展开更多
According to the increasingly rising problems of the modern English language teaching and the usual method of English lan-guage teaching in vocational school,this paper probes into four questions about these issues:th...According to the increasingly rising problems of the modern English language teaching and the usual method of English lan-guage teaching in vocational school,this paper probes into four questions about these issues:the phenomena of today's English teach-ing,the knowledge about contextualism and semantics analysis,the application of contextualism of semantics analysis to ELT in Chinesevocational Schools.This paper broadens the horizons of people with the newly combination of linguistic with English language teaching,highlighting a new English teaching skills for the followers.展开更多
New requirements in English teaching were brought up under vocational curriculum reform in Zhejiang province.The work presented in this paper mainly focus on three aspects of the following: Teaching methods in class,t...New requirements in English teaching were brought up under vocational curriculum reform in Zhejiang province.The work presented in this paper mainly focus on three aspects of the following: Teaching methods in class,the students' knowledge background and learning motivation.Methods used in this investigation are known as questionnaires as well as interview.Total182 students from two Vocational Schools in Hangzhou city were surveyed in random manner,aiming at the students' knowledge background,learning motivation and teachers' teaching methods.Interview was used as supplementary information.It's in order to get an entire grasp of the present situation of English teaching Methods in secondary vocational schools and to find out an effective way to solve the problems.After that,as a result of the Investigation indicates that problems still exist in secondary vocational schools.Suggestions are to put forward some effective strategies and approaches that will improve English teaching quality in secondary vocational schools; what is more,according to students' choices and interests,situational teaching and layered teaching could be implemented in order to improve students' English ability.展开更多
Acting as a necessary part of teaching, assessment is adopted by many teachers and studied and discussed by many educators in the higher vocational English learning and teaching. But traditional product-oriented asses...Acting as a necessary part of teaching, assessment is adopted by many teachers and studied and discussed by many educators in the higher vocational English learning and teaching. But traditional product-oriented assessment used in higher vocational schools is a kind of summative assessment and cannot give a complete picture of students' oral English growth, nor can it validly evaluate students' performance, and instead frustrates these students. In order to meet this shortage a new kind of assessment appears, it is formative assessment. Portfolio assessment is a type of formative assessment. The paper attempts to investigate the necessity of portfolio assessment in English teaching in higher vocational schools.展开更多
The two main communications between the teacher and students in the classroom teaching are teachers' verbal and nonverbal behavior. The teachers teach students knowledge in words and convey a large amount of infor...The two main communications between the teacher and students in the classroom teaching are teachers' verbal and nonverbal behavior. The teachers teach students knowledge in words and convey a large amount of information using nonverbal behavior. These nonverbal behavior exert a subtle influence on the students, thus affect the classroom teaching. The English teachers' classroom nonverbal behavior in a higher vocational college in Gansu province was investigated through questionnaires. The results indicate that the teachers' behaviors affect the different aspects of students and then influence the effectiveness of teaching on English classroom teaching in higher vocational college.展开更多
CIRC is short for Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition.It is to help improve students' English proficiency by integrating writing into reading.In order to verify the results of the method,the author made...CIRC is short for Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition.It is to help improve students' English proficiency by integrating writing into reading.In order to verify the results of the method,the author made an experimental study in Nanning College for Vocational Technology.She designed a small teaching cycle of "7 phases with 12 steps"and applied CIRC in her English class.One of the results is that CIRC can improve students'academic achievements.展开更多
This paper discusses how to increase EFL learning motivation of vocational school students in China.To begin with,the author gives a brief introduction to the problem concerned,followed by the literature review focusi...This paper discusses how to increase EFL learning motivation of vocational school students in China.To begin with,the author gives a brief introduction to the problem concerned,followed by the literature review focusing on intrinsic motivation,extrinsic motivation and achievement motivation.Then,five solutions on how to increase students’ learning motivation is elaborated in detail.Finally,the author gets the conclusion that it is up to the cooperation between students and their teachers to achieve the goal of enhancing students’ learning motivation.展开更多
This research aims to study the relationship between content-based instruction and secondary vocational English learners.Two classes in one secondary vocational school were chosen as participants.The result shows that...This research aims to study the relationship between content-based instruction and secondary vocational English learners.Two classes in one secondary vocational school were chosen as participants.The result shows that CBI teaching has a negative correlation with English learning anxiety and has an impact on alleviating students' anxiety.展开更多
Scaffolding theory is one of the mature teaching methods of constructivism model . The effective interaction between teachers and students is one characteristic of scaffold teaching. This paper aims at combining scaff...Scaffolding theory is one of the mature teaching methods of constructivism model . The effective interaction between teachers and students is one characteristic of scaffold teaching. This paper aims at combining scaffolding theory with classroom interaction in teaching higher vocational students English to help students arouse interest and enhance their comprehensive ability in English learning.展开更多
文摘In this study,the questionnaire“Influencing Factors of Classroom Quality in Higher Vocational Education”was self-compiled.By using the questionnaire survey method,the research conclusion was drawn that the main factors affecting the classroom teaching quality in higher vocational education were teaching and student factors,teacher factors,and classroom factors based on 2,683 samples.According to the research results,the measures to improve the quality of classroom teaching are put forward,in order to provide guidance for improving the quality of teaching in higher vocational colleges.
文摘The use of multimedia technology in the teaching process is the current mainstream trend in teaching development.The arrival of the all-media era is not only a huge challenge to the traditional teaching model,but also a huge opportunity for the reform of the teaching model.Combining traditional education models with modern scientific and technological means,and learning from each other’s strengths can stimulate students’subjective initiative in learning.On the other hand,it is also an important way for teachers to improve their teaching abilities.This article analyzes the opportunities brought by the all-media era to the reform of education models based on the teaching status and teaching difficulties of Korean intensive reading courses in vocational high schools,and proposes a teaching model reform strategy for Korean intensive reading courses in vocational high schools in the all-media era.
文摘The flipped learning model, which “flips” traditional in-class lectures with cooperative activities, has obtained lots of followers and backers in education. Usually teachers have a negative attitude toward flipped model. Teachers have their stance, and flipped model is still in the exploration stage in vocational education context at present. Studies and design models for flipped learning in secondary vocational education are insufficient. However, flipped classroom is an educational tool which may benefit students. This paper attempts to provide a foundation for further research and implementation for flipped learning in secondary vocational education. It was found that there is no quick answer to the question whether the flipped classroom should and can be introduced to secondary vocational schools or not, but teachers should implement flipped classroom positively.
文摘This paper describes how virtual classrooms and out-of-classroom instruction can be used to help students in ideological and political theory courses strengthen their identities and improve the efficiency of their assignments.By using immersive media technology,the course is turned into a form of entertainment,enriched with content,and combined with methods such as digital video editing and manipulation to meet the needs of students in university ideological and political theory courses.Virtual reality technology can create realistic virtual environments created by computers,enabling students to perceive and manipulate a variety of virtual objects,interact with them,and create a sense of immersion in the virtual environment.Research has shown the potential benefits of using immersive media technologies and augmented reality in education.The potential of virtual reality in education has been increasingly emphasized and has been widely researched and applied.
基金Supported by Agricultural Vocational Education Reform and Development Research Project in Jiangsu Province (20110108)
文摘Taking the case of vocational schools in Xuzhou City,we analyze the challenges and opportunities faced by the connotation construction of agriculture-related majors in vocational schools. And we discuss the focus of connotation construction of agriculture-related majors,by establishing one theme,building two aspects,deepening three reforms and highlighting four tasks,aiming to make the connotation construction of agriculture-related majors get somewhere,and provide strong support for agricultural science and technology innovation. Finally we put forth measures for the connotation construction of agriculture-related majors.
文摘At present there are many socialized microblog platforms.With powerful mobility,real-time information,fragment of information dissemination,and innovation of interaction,the microblog has become a socialized interaction mode in recent years.Since microblog is very popular with students of agricultural and forestry higher vocational schools,with the rising and development of network education,the microblog as a new information platform will be used by more and more teachers in education.From the perspective of microblog,this paper studied educational reform in management courses of agricultural and forestry higher vocational schools,in the hope of providing certain reference and help for current education practice of agricultural and forestry management courses.
文摘Secondary vocational education in Shanghai continues to experiment in an attempt to find ways to solve the decline of student enrollment and adjust to rapidly changing social and economic environments. The 3 + 4 Pilot Program (three-year secondary vocational education and four-year undergraduate education) has been under experiment since 2014. It has attracted more and more academically good junior middle school graduates to secondary vocational schools with the national and local favorable policies and laws. Except the three-year’s hand-on practice, what appeals most to the junior middle school graduates is the academic transfer under the Program, a breakthrough in history of vocation education in China. However, only initiating a new program is not enough. Shanghai government should map out a long-term plan to set up promotion to increase the public awareness to change the long prevailing outdated ideology in order to add more to its appeal of the Program. There is still much work to be done before expanding the scope of the Program.
基金School-level scientific research development fund project of Jilin Engineering Normal University"Research on the current situation and promotion strategy of curriculum development ability of secondary vocational teachers in Jilin Province"(X2015046).
文摘The curriculum development ability of secondary vocational school teachers is a necessary professional ability for teachers.It has important practical significance and practical value for promoting secondary vocational education curriculum and teaching reform.On the basis of analyzing the connotation and composition of curriculum development ability of teachers in secondary vocational schools,this article proposes three strategies to improve the curriculum development ability of teachers in secondary vocational schools.
文摘In this paper, I want to talk about my experience of English testing in vocational schools and share my ideas about the relations between English teaching and testing in vocational schools so that a better way of testing English may be carried out in vocational schools.
文摘Nowadays, students in secondary vocational schools are required to have better English competence. How to improve English teaching quality in secondary vocational schools? One of the effective means is reflective teaching. By way of it, English teachers in secondary vocational schools improve English quality and promote professional development.
文摘The information sharing and learning platform under network resources has not only facilitated the study of English,but has also changed the traditional learning model.There are many influencing factors for students to learn English using network technology.This article mainly analyzes non-English majors in higher vocational schools.Students learn independently about the unfavorable factors in English and propose corresponding optimization strategies to improve the learning efficiency.
文摘According to the increasingly rising problems of the modern English language teaching and the usual method of English lan-guage teaching in vocational school,this paper probes into four questions about these issues:the phenomena of today's English teach-ing,the knowledge about contextualism and semantics analysis,the application of contextualism of semantics analysis to ELT in Chinesevocational Schools.This paper broadens the horizons of people with the newly combination of linguistic with English language teaching,highlighting a new English teaching skills for the followers.
文摘New requirements in English teaching were brought up under vocational curriculum reform in Zhejiang province.The work presented in this paper mainly focus on three aspects of the following: Teaching methods in class,the students' knowledge background and learning motivation.Methods used in this investigation are known as questionnaires as well as interview.Total182 students from two Vocational Schools in Hangzhou city were surveyed in random manner,aiming at the students' knowledge background,learning motivation and teachers' teaching methods.Interview was used as supplementary information.It's in order to get an entire grasp of the present situation of English teaching Methods in secondary vocational schools and to find out an effective way to solve the problems.After that,as a result of the Investigation indicates that problems still exist in secondary vocational schools.Suggestions are to put forward some effective strategies and approaches that will improve English teaching quality in secondary vocational schools; what is more,according to students' choices and interests,situational teaching and layered teaching could be implemented in order to improve students' English ability.
文摘Acting as a necessary part of teaching, assessment is adopted by many teachers and studied and discussed by many educators in the higher vocational English learning and teaching. But traditional product-oriented assessment used in higher vocational schools is a kind of summative assessment and cannot give a complete picture of students' oral English growth, nor can it validly evaluate students' performance, and instead frustrates these students. In order to meet this shortage a new kind of assessment appears, it is formative assessment. Portfolio assessment is a type of formative assessment. The paper attempts to investigate the necessity of portfolio assessment in English teaching in higher vocational schools.
文摘The two main communications between the teacher and students in the classroom teaching are teachers' verbal and nonverbal behavior. The teachers teach students knowledge in words and convey a large amount of information using nonverbal behavior. These nonverbal behavior exert a subtle influence on the students, thus affect the classroom teaching. The English teachers' classroom nonverbal behavior in a higher vocational college in Gansu province was investigated through questionnaires. The results indicate that the teachers' behaviors affect the different aspects of students and then influence the effectiveness of teaching on English classroom teaching in higher vocational college.
文摘CIRC is short for Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition.It is to help improve students' English proficiency by integrating writing into reading.In order to verify the results of the method,the author made an experimental study in Nanning College for Vocational Technology.She designed a small teaching cycle of "7 phases with 12 steps"and applied CIRC in her English class.One of the results is that CIRC can improve students'academic achievements.
文摘This paper discusses how to increase EFL learning motivation of vocational school students in China.To begin with,the author gives a brief introduction to the problem concerned,followed by the literature review focusing on intrinsic motivation,extrinsic motivation and achievement motivation.Then,five solutions on how to increase students’ learning motivation is elaborated in detail.Finally,the author gets the conclusion that it is up to the cooperation between students and their teachers to achieve the goal of enhancing students’ learning motivation.
文摘This research aims to study the relationship between content-based instruction and secondary vocational English learners.Two classes in one secondary vocational school were chosen as participants.The result shows that CBI teaching has a negative correlation with English learning anxiety and has an impact on alleviating students' anxiety.
文摘Scaffolding theory is one of the mature teaching methods of constructivism model . The effective interaction between teachers and students is one characteristic of scaffold teaching. This paper aims at combining scaffolding theory with classroom interaction in teaching higher vocational students English to help students arouse interest and enhance their comprehensive ability in English learning.