Higher Vocational Education- Responding to the challenges of China#39;s Higher Education a natural choice.docVIP

Higher Vocational Education: Responding to the challenges of China#39;s Higher Education a natural choice Abstract: The popularization of higher education in our country to promote the process, the main face by leaps and bounds with the lack of funds, a pluralistic society needs and higher education structure of a single, mass education and elite education of equal privileges challenges. In order to meet the challenge, our country has made the development of higher vocational and technical education (referred to as “vocational”) option, which is the popularization of higher education goals, the only way to promote social development. Keywords: Higher; Higher Education; options International Experience: Vocational high schools are to achieve Effective way of popularization of higher education UNESCO formally implemented in August 1997 the ““ International Standard Classification of Education Law “2nd draft revision” (ISCED) for third-level education (higher education) have been classified, and the results shown in Figure 1. From this figure we can see that with the higher education in third grade is divided into two stages, namely the first stage (ie, 5), the second stage (level 6). The first stage (5) 5A and 5B are divided into two categories, 5A is a theory-based, 5B is a practical technology type. 5B type of tertiary education is generally 2 to 3 years, the courses offered are some practical, technical and related to specific vocational courses, with the ultimate aim is to enable students to engage in a profession or a profession need to work practical skills and knowledge necessary for entering the labor market and thus have the ability and qualifications. China’s called “vocational,” or “higher vocational and technical education,” the full name of abroad there is no such title. In the West, vocational education (Vocational Education) is a means of educating the general skilled or semi-skilled workers in education and training; high school-level vo