As an important base for the training of skilled personnel,the ideological and political education of counselors plays a vital role in the process of personnel training in higher vocational colleges.Based on the analy...As an important base for the training of skilled personnel,the ideological and political education of counselors plays a vital role in the process of personnel training in higher vocational colleges.Based on the analysis of the current situation of ideological and political education of counselors in higher vocational colleges,this paper analyzes the application value and strategies of psychology in ideological and political education,aiming at providing a set of systematic psychological application frameworks for counselors in higher vocational colleges,so as to promote the all-round development of students and realize the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people.展开更多
Vocational education is an important part of the overall education system.The development of higher vocational education is one of the guiding principles of education in China.The development of teachers is an importa...Vocational education is an important part of the overall education system.The development of higher vocational education is one of the guiding principles of education in China.The development of teachers is an important support for the development of vocational education.Teachers who can teach theoretically and guide students in practical work are known as“double-qualified”teachers.Building a highly qualified and professional double-qualified teaching team is the fundamental task in modernizing vocational education.Firstly,this paper discusses the importance of“double-qualified”teachers by describing the relevant policies of the Ministry of Education in China.Secondly,it reviews the research works of early scholars.Thirdly,it analyzes the main problems of teacher training in higher education institutions.Fourthly,it proposes five suggestions for the development of a“double-qualified”teaching team in higher education institutions.A high level and professional teaching team is an important support for the high-quality development of vocational institutions.School leaders must attach great importance to the construction of a“double-qualified”teaching team and increase the support in terms of policies,institutional protection,and financial investment.展开更多
In this paper,practical strategies are proposed to improve the quality of teachers in higher vocational colleges.Research and analyses have shown that the key to improving the quality of teachers in higher vocational ...In this paper,practical strategies are proposed to improve the quality of teachers in higher vocational colleges.Research and analyses have shown that the key to improving the quality of teachers in higher vocational colleges lies in the improvement of professionalism,subject knowledge,and teaching ability.Thus,the following practical strategies are proposed:strengthen teachers’moral development,establish a teacher training system,focus on curriculum construction and teaching method innovation,and strengthen the teaching quality monitoring and evaluation mechanism.These measures can effectively improve the quality of teachers in higher vocational colleges and promote the development of higher vocational education.展开更多
In the era of rapid development of informatization,the informatization construction of national higher vocational colleges has been in the period of application deepening.China's education system is deepening to t...In the era of rapid development of informatization,the informatization construction of national higher vocational colleges has been in the period of application deepening.China's education system is deepening to the development of mass education,and higher vocational colleges'adult continuing education plays a great role for the realization of education popularization.With the continuous expansion of continuing education enrollment scale,the diversified development of education mode,the higher complexity of continuing education management and the increase of management workload,the traditional management method has gradually become unapplicable.Higher vocational colleges can greatly improve the management level by promoting the informatization of education management according to their own professional or regional advantages.展开更多
Higher vocational colleges are an important part of higher educational institutions, and train a large number of high-quality skilled personnel each year and solve the personnel demand problems of enterprises and othe...Higher vocational colleges are an important part of higher educational institutions, and train a large number of high-quality skilled personnel each year and solve the personnel demand problems of enterprises and other employing units. In recent years, art is not ordy a popular program in higher vocational colleges, but also an academic specialty difficult to control in higher vocational education. Because of the special characteristics of art, higher vocational colleges should combine with the future development trend of art education in the process of making a flexible teaching reform strategy, but should be no longer only be limited to the current teaching reform, so that the demands on the training of professional art personnel in a different period of times can be fulfilled.展开更多
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that in a country,if the youth is strong,the country would be strong and if sport is a strong entity in China,the country will be strong as well.In regard to that,promoting the...General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that in a country,if the youth is strong,the country would be strong and if sport is a strong entity in China,the country will be strong as well.In regard to that,promoting the continuous development of sports in China is an important aspect of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.The“Healthy China 2030”plan is a program in the creation of a"healthy China."With the current state of physical education in higher vocational colleges,three aspects are included in the innovative thinking of higher vocational physical education which are strategies for the challenges and impacts faced by physical education teachers in higher vocational colleges,achieving exquisite indicators in physical education as the ultimate goal of vocational colleges,as well as piquing the interest of higher vocational colleges for learning in regard to physical education courses.展开更多
The connection between vocational college education and vocational training is a new way for vocational colleges and enterprises to develop together. At present, vocational college education focusing on the education ...The connection between vocational college education and vocational training is a new way for vocational colleges and enterprises to develop together. At present, vocational college education focusing on the education level of talent training, however, it ignores the needs of workers’ vocational training based on enterprise development planning and training of professional career development. Therefore, we should strengthen the connection between vocational training and vocational education. For the establishment of modern vocational education system, we should enhance the value of human capital of workers in order to adapt to the new economic norm with important practical signifi cance.展开更多
With China’s comprehensive development of information technology,it is now widely used in the field of higher vocational education,and online teaching has emerged at a critical juncture.In the information age,there a...With China’s comprehensive development of information technology,it is now widely used in the field of higher vocational education,and online teaching has emerged at a critical juncture.In the information age,there are challenges in meeting the actual needs of contemporary vocational students with traditional teaching methods,along with higher vocational training and school-enterprise cooperation and enrollment work taking place.Online teaching can stimulate students’interest in learning,break the limitation of time and space in conventional teaching,as well as improve the teaching efficiency.Therefore,taking higher vocational colleges in Chongqing as an example,this study explores the integration of online teaching into public physical education courses,in hope to provide some reference for higher vocational colleges.展开更多
Teachers are the backbones of any educational institutions. They not only play vital roles in students' development;they also directly affect the stature of their respective scholastic organizations. Highly qualif...Teachers are the backbones of any educational institutions. They not only play vital roles in students' development;they also directly affect the stature of their respective scholastic organizations. Highly qualified instructors produce competent and well-rounded students— learners who are more than ready to face the quirks and challenges of the labor force. This paper primarily discusses the following questions: What is teacher's professional development? What is higher vocational teacher's professional development? And how can scholastic institutions promote it? The conclusion states that the characteristics of higher vocational education directly influence the higher vocational teacher's professional development; therefore, it must be nurtured and promoted for the development of all the stakeholders of learning institutions – students, teachers, management staff,the learning institution itself, and the nation as a whole.展开更多
E-learning platforms support education systems worldwide, transferring theoretical knowledge as well as soft skills. In the present study high-school pupils’, and adult students’ opinions were evaluated through a mo...E-learning platforms support education systems worldwide, transferring theoretical knowledge as well as soft skills. In the present study high-school pupils’, and adult students’ opinions were evaluated through a modern structured MOODLE interactive course, designed for the needs of the laboratory course “Automotive Systems”. The study concerns Greek secondary vocational education pupils aged 18 and vocational training adult students aged 20 to 50 years. The multistage, equal size simple random cluster sample was used as a sampling method. Pupils and adult students of each cluster completed structured 10-question questionnaires both before and after attending the course. A total of 120 questionnaires were collected. In general, our findings disclosed that the majority of pupils and adult students had significantly improved their knowledge and skills from using MOODLE. They reported strengthening conventional teaching, using the new MOODLE technology. The satisfaction indices improved quite, with the differences in their mean values being statistically significant.展开更多
Engineering Mechanics is an important subject for science and engineering students in higher vocational colleges.The teaching quality of this course has a direct impact on subsequent professional courses.However,there...Engineering Mechanics is an important subject for science and engineering students in higher vocational colleges.The teaching quality of this course has a direct impact on subsequent professional courses.However,there has been a concern about the poor teaching effect of Engineering Mechanics in higher vocational colleges for a long time.In order to solve the problem and improve the teaching quality,this paper expounds some problems existing in the teaching of Engineering Mechanics in higher vocational colleges and proposes corresponding measures for these problems.Educators need to pay more attention to diversified assessment methods and the application of new technologies.Diversified examination methods can improve students’enthusiasm in learning,while new techniques,such as finite element simulation,generate digital materials,making it easier for students to understand abstract concepts.The suggested measures are worthy of reference and should be applied flexibly in the teaching of Engineering Mechanics.展开更多
In the process of Higher Vocational classified examination enrollment reform,Jilin Province has adopted a diversified examination enrollment model and“cultural quality test+vocational skill test”evaluation method,an...In the process of Higher Vocational classified examination enrollment reform,Jilin Province has adopted a diversified examination enrollment model and“cultural quality test+vocational skill test”evaluation method,and established the“vocational education college entrance examination”system.This paper analyzes the important role and practical difficulties of“vocational skill test”in Higher Vocational classified examination,studies the existing problems,and puts forward to reasonably divide the proportion of“cultural quality test”and“vocational skill test”,sets diversified admission standards,scientifically sets up the assessment methods and contents of“vocational skill test”,further improves the“cultural quality test+vocational skill test”evaluation method and builds a classified examination and enrollment system more in line with the characteristics of vocational education.展开更多
In order to elucidate the relationship between talent recruitment and teacher allocation management in higher vocational colleges under the background of the"Double High Plan",this paper studies and analyzes...In order to elucidate the relationship between talent recruitment and teacher allocation management in higher vocational colleges under the background of the"Double High Plan",this paper studies and analyzes the current status of talent recruitment in Chinese higher vocational colleges in conjunction with the characteristics of talent resource allocation in higher vocational colleges and proposes to elucidate the priorities and improve supporting policies with reasonable planning to improve the optimization guideline of talent recruitment efficiency,so as to better accomplish the building of the national"double high plan"and improve the ability of higher vocational colleges to nurture more outstanding talents for the society.展开更多
Predominant research within Chinese academic contexts focusing on students’ L2 motivational factors remain rooted inlarge-scale research that does not draw a distinction between students from different regional group...Predominant research within Chinese academic contexts focusing on students’ L2 motivational factors remain rooted inlarge-scale research that does not draw a distinction between students from different regional groups within Chinese higher educa-tion. This research seeks to focus specifically on a less-studied group within the Chinese College English curriculum: vocationalstudents—especially vocational students studying within an educational institution in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing.This small-scale survey(n = 129) was conducted in College English classes to determine if the motivational factors of vocationalstudents remained aligned or distinct from those of their peers across Chinese higher education. Subsequent analysis from the sur-vey findings have shown that while gender differences remain manifested and are aligned with established trends and assumptionspertaining to L2 motivational factors within this context, more research is required to delve into the reasons and rationale behindthe choices made by vocational students in southwestern China within this particular survey instrument.展开更多
Campus education and social training are the two most important functions of vocational colleges.Attaching importance to campus education while neglecting social training is a long-standing problem in vocational colle...Campus education and social training are the two most important functions of vocational colleges.Attaching importance to campus education while neglecting social training is a long-standing problem in vocational colleges.Vigorously developing higher vocational education is an inevitable requirement for the high-quality development of education in China and the ardent expectation of the public.Only through the construction a scientific and efficient education and training system and the deep integration of campus education with social training can the design of complementary resources and the improvement of talent training quality take place.The vocational education and training system contains many elements.This study takes teaching resources,teaching staff,and management mechanism as the main research subject and carries out related research work.Firstly,this paper expounds the policy documents of the Chinese government and emphasizes the importance of vocational education.Secondly,the relevant research results of scholars are reviewed.Thirdly,this paper proposes several specific suggestions for the construction of key elements of the vocational education and training system.Then,the main conclusions and prospects are summarized.展开更多
Chinese dream thought is come down in one continuous line with the spirit of the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress. It is a popular model of The Marx doctrine, which has great charisma and cohesion. If Chinese dre...Chinese dream thought is come down in one continuous line with the spirit of the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress. It is a popular model of The Marx doctrine, which has great charisma and cohesion. If Chinese dream thought want to integrate into the teaching of ideological and political theory in higher vocational colleges, it should taking "the unity of the social common ideals and personal", "the unity of the historical logic and theory logic", and "the unity of the life dream and career success happiness" as the breakthrough point. Meanwhile, Seize the teaching content, teaching method innovation and teachers team construction of three key links, to strengthen the China dream ideological education, and strengthen the sense of the times, pertinence and effectiveness of vocational ideological and political lesson teaching.展开更多
Purpose:This article explores the relationship between governmental policy and the development of higher vocational education in China.Design/Approach/Methods:The article begins with a textual analysis of dozens of po...Purpose:This article explores the relationship between governmental policy and the development of higher vocational education in China.Design/Approach/Methods:The article begins with a textual analysis of dozens of policy documents on higher vocational education issued by the Chinese government since 1999.Findings:The article argues that the development of higher vocational education in China has been largely policy-driven.This development can be divided into four stages:scale development,quality improvement,capacity building,and systemwide enhancement.The transition between each of these developmental stages was marked by new policy initiatives undertaken by the Chinese government.Originality/Value:The government’s recent efforts to expand higher vocational education enrollment by one million students have significant implications for China’s higher vocational education.Additionally,the proposed“1 + X”model—which attaches equal importance to academic education and skill training—may represent the beginning of a new stage in the development of higher vocational education in China.展开更多
文摘As an important base for the training of skilled personnel,the ideological and political education of counselors plays a vital role in the process of personnel training in higher vocational colleges.Based on the analysis of the current situation of ideological and political education of counselors in higher vocational colleges,this paper analyzes the application value and strategies of psychology in ideological and political education,aiming at providing a set of systematic psychological application frameworks for counselors in higher vocational colleges,so as to promote the all-round development of students and realize the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people.
基金This work was supported by the Project of Beijing Office for Education Sciences Planning(Project Number:AFDB21206).
文摘Vocational education is an important part of the overall education system.The development of higher vocational education is one of the guiding principles of education in China.The development of teachers is an important support for the development of vocational education.Teachers who can teach theoretically and guide students in practical work are known as“double-qualified”teachers.Building a highly qualified and professional double-qualified teaching team is the fundamental task in modernizing vocational education.Firstly,this paper discusses the importance of“double-qualified”teachers by describing the relevant policies of the Ministry of Education in China.Secondly,it reviews the research works of early scholars.Thirdly,it analyzes the main problems of teacher training in higher education institutions.Fourthly,it proposes five suggestions for the development of a“double-qualified”teaching team in higher education institutions.A high level and professional teaching team is an important support for the high-quality development of vocational institutions.School leaders must attach great importance to the construction of a“double-qualified”teaching team and increase the support in terms of policies,institutional protection,and financial investment.
文摘In this paper,practical strategies are proposed to improve the quality of teachers in higher vocational colleges.Research and analyses have shown that the key to improving the quality of teachers in higher vocational colleges lies in the improvement of professionalism,subject knowledge,and teaching ability.Thus,the following practical strategies are proposed:strengthen teachers’moral development,establish a teacher training system,focus on curriculum construction and teaching method innovation,and strengthen the teaching quality monitoring and evaluation mechanism.These measures can effectively improve the quality of teachers in higher vocational colleges and promote the development of higher vocational education.
文摘In the era of rapid development of informatization,the informatization construction of national higher vocational colleges has been in the period of application deepening.China's education system is deepening to the development of mass education,and higher vocational colleges'adult continuing education plays a great role for the realization of education popularization.With the continuous expansion of continuing education enrollment scale,the diversified development of education mode,the higher complexity of continuing education management and the increase of management workload,the traditional management method has gradually become unapplicable.Higher vocational colleges can greatly improve the management level by promoting the informatization of education management according to their own professional or regional advantages.
文摘Higher vocational colleges are an important part of higher educational institutions, and train a large number of high-quality skilled personnel each year and solve the personnel demand problems of enterprises and other employing units. In recent years, art is not ordy a popular program in higher vocational colleges, but also an academic specialty difficult to control in higher vocational education. Because of the special characteristics of art, higher vocational colleges should combine with the future development trend of art education in the process of making a flexible teaching reform strategy, but should be no longer only be limited to the current teaching reform, so that the demands on the training of professional art personnel in a different period of times can be fulfilled.
文摘General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that in a country,if the youth is strong,the country would be strong and if sport is a strong entity in China,the country will be strong as well.In regard to that,promoting the continuous development of sports in China is an important aspect of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.The“Healthy China 2030”plan is a program in the creation of a"healthy China."With the current state of physical education in higher vocational colleges,three aspects are included in the innovative thinking of higher vocational physical education which are strategies for the challenges and impacts faced by physical education teachers in higher vocational colleges,achieving exquisite indicators in physical education as the ultimate goal of vocational colleges,as well as piquing the interest of higher vocational colleges for learning in regard to physical education courses.
文摘The connection between vocational college education and vocational training is a new way for vocational colleges and enterprises to develop together. At present, vocational college education focusing on the education level of talent training, however, it ignores the needs of workers’ vocational training based on enterprise development planning and training of professional career development. Therefore, we should strengthen the connection between vocational training and vocational education. For the establishment of modern vocational education system, we should enhance the value of human capital of workers in order to adapt to the new economic norm with important practical signifi cance.
基金Project of“Innovation of Teaching Mode of Public Physical Education in Chongqing”(Project Number:203675).
文摘With China’s comprehensive development of information technology,it is now widely used in the field of higher vocational education,and online teaching has emerged at a critical juncture.In the information age,there are challenges in meeting the actual needs of contemporary vocational students with traditional teaching methods,along with higher vocational training and school-enterprise cooperation and enrollment work taking place.Online teaching can stimulate students’interest in learning,break the limitation of time and space in conventional teaching,as well as improve the teaching efficiency.Therefore,taking higher vocational colleges in Chongqing as an example,this study explores the integration of online teaching into public physical education courses,in hope to provide some reference for higher vocational colleges.
文摘Teachers are the backbones of any educational institutions. They not only play vital roles in students' development;they also directly affect the stature of their respective scholastic organizations. Highly qualified instructors produce competent and well-rounded students— learners who are more than ready to face the quirks and challenges of the labor force. This paper primarily discusses the following questions: What is teacher's professional development? What is higher vocational teacher's professional development? And how can scholastic institutions promote it? The conclusion states that the characteristics of higher vocational education directly influence the higher vocational teacher's professional development; therefore, it must be nurtured and promoted for the development of all the stakeholders of learning institutions – students, teachers, management staff,the learning institution itself, and the nation as a whole.
文摘E-learning platforms support education systems worldwide, transferring theoretical knowledge as well as soft skills. In the present study high-school pupils’, and adult students’ opinions were evaluated through a modern structured MOODLE interactive course, designed for the needs of the laboratory course “Automotive Systems”. The study concerns Greek secondary vocational education pupils aged 18 and vocational training adult students aged 20 to 50 years. The multistage, equal size simple random cluster sample was used as a sampling method. Pupils and adult students of each cluster completed structured 10-question questionnaires both before and after attending the course. A total of 120 questionnaires were collected. In general, our findings disclosed that the majority of pupils and adult students had significantly improved their knowledge and skills from using MOODLE. They reported strengthening conventional teaching, using the new MOODLE technology. The satisfaction indices improved quite, with the differences in their mean values being statistically significant.
基金The Project of Beijing Office for Education Sciences Planning and the Project of China Vocational Education Association“A Case Study on the Construction of Pilot Test Base of Technical Skill Innovation Service Platform in Higher Vocational Colleges”(Project Number:CGDB21208)+1 种基金“Research on the Key Elements of the Construction of Vocational Education and Training System in Higher Vocational Colleges”(Project Number:CCDB2020135)“Research on the Role of Technical Skills Competition in Promoting Huang Yanpei’s View on the Quality of Vocational Education”(Project Number:ZJS2022YB024).
文摘Engineering Mechanics is an important subject for science and engineering students in higher vocational colleges.The teaching quality of this course has a direct impact on subsequent professional courses.However,there has been a concern about the poor teaching effect of Engineering Mechanics in higher vocational colleges for a long time.In order to solve the problem and improve the teaching quality,this paper expounds some problems existing in the teaching of Engineering Mechanics in higher vocational colleges and proposes corresponding measures for these problems.Educators need to pay more attention to diversified assessment methods and the application of new technologies.Diversified examination methods can improve students’enthusiasm in learning,while new techniques,such as finite element simulation,generate digital materials,making it easier for students to understand abstract concepts.The suggested measures are worthy of reference and should be applied flexibly in the teaching of Engineering Mechanics.
基金This work was supported by the Social Science Project of the 13th Five-Year Plan of Jilin Provincial Department of Education under Grant no.JJKH20200635SKthe 2019 Vocational Education and Adult Education Teaching Reform Research Project of Jilin Provincial Department of Education under Grant nos.2019ZCZ067,2019ZCY413 and 2019ZCY414.
文摘In the process of Higher Vocational classified examination enrollment reform,Jilin Province has adopted a diversified examination enrollment model and“cultural quality test+vocational skill test”evaluation method,and established the“vocational education college entrance examination”system.This paper analyzes the important role and practical difficulties of“vocational skill test”in Higher Vocational classified examination,studies the existing problems,and puts forward to reasonably divide the proportion of“cultural quality test”and“vocational skill test”,sets diversified admission standards,scientifically sets up the assessment methods and contents of“vocational skill test”,further improves the“cultural quality test+vocational skill test”evaluation method and builds a classified examination and enrollment system more in line with the characteristics of vocational education.
文摘In order to elucidate the relationship between talent recruitment and teacher allocation management in higher vocational colleges under the background of the"Double High Plan",this paper studies and analyzes the current status of talent recruitment in Chinese higher vocational colleges in conjunction with the characteristics of talent resource allocation in higher vocational colleges and proposes to elucidate the priorities and improve supporting policies with reasonable planning to improve the optimization guideline of talent recruitment efficiency,so as to better accomplish the building of the national"double high plan"and improve the ability of higher vocational colleges to nurture more outstanding talents for the society.
文摘Predominant research within Chinese academic contexts focusing on students’ L2 motivational factors remain rooted inlarge-scale research that does not draw a distinction between students from different regional groups within Chinese higher educa-tion. This research seeks to focus specifically on a less-studied group within the Chinese College English curriculum: vocationalstudents—especially vocational students studying within an educational institution in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing.This small-scale survey(n = 129) was conducted in College English classes to determine if the motivational factors of vocationalstudents remained aligned or distinct from those of their peers across Chinese higher education. Subsequent analysis from the sur-vey findings have shown that while gender differences remain manifested and are aligned with established trends and assumptionspertaining to L2 motivational factors within this context, more research is required to delve into the reasons and rationale behindthe choices made by vocational students in southwestern China within this particular survey instrument.
基金the Project of Beijing Office for Education Sciences Planning(Project Number:CCDB2020135)the Project of Innovation and Development Center of Ideological and Political Work(Beijing Polytechnic),Ministry of Education(Project Number:2022X305-SXZC).
文摘Campus education and social training are the two most important functions of vocational colleges.Attaching importance to campus education while neglecting social training is a long-standing problem in vocational colleges.Vigorously developing higher vocational education is an inevitable requirement for the high-quality development of education in China and the ardent expectation of the public.Only through the construction a scientific and efficient education and training system and the deep integration of campus education with social training can the design of complementary resources and the improvement of talent training quality take place.The vocational education and training system contains many elements.This study takes teaching resources,teaching staff,and management mechanism as the main research subject and carries out related research work.Firstly,this paper expounds the policy documents of the Chinese government and emphasizes the importance of vocational education.Secondly,the relevant research results of scholars are reviewed.Thirdly,this paper proposes several specific suggestions for the construction of key elements of the vocational education and training system.Then,the main conclusions and prospects are summarized.
文摘Chinese dream thought is come down in one continuous line with the spirit of the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress. It is a popular model of The Marx doctrine, which has great charisma and cohesion. If Chinese dream thought want to integrate into the teaching of ideological and political theory in higher vocational colleges, it should taking "the unity of the social common ideals and personal", "the unity of the historical logic and theory logic", and "the unity of the life dream and career success happiness" as the breakthrough point. Meanwhile, Seize the teaching content, teaching method innovation and teachers team construction of three key links, to strengthen the China dream ideological education, and strengthen the sense of the times, pertinence and effectiveness of vocational ideological and political lesson teaching.
文摘Purpose:This article explores the relationship between governmental policy and the development of higher vocational education in China.Design/Approach/Methods:The article begins with a textual analysis of dozens of policy documents on higher vocational education issued by the Chinese government since 1999.Findings:The article argues that the development of higher vocational education in China has been largely policy-driven.This development can be divided into four stages:scale development,quality improvement,capacity building,and systemwide enhancement.The transition between each of these developmental stages was marked by new policy initiatives undertaken by the Chinese government.Originality/Value:The government’s recent efforts to expand higher vocational education enrollment by one million students have significant implications for China’s higher vocational education.Additionally,the proposed“1 + X”model—which attaches equal importance to academic education and skill training—may represent the beginning of a new stage in the development of higher vocational education in China.