Technical and Vocational Education in China

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-13-4513-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of research on technical and vocational education in China. It discusses various aspects that range from such conventional topics as teaching at different levels, development history, regulations, policies, curriculum, specialty setup, teaching, faculty and management; to the status quo, transformation and current trends; as well as quantity expansion and quality improvement, all of which highlight the unique characteristics of technical and vocational education in China.
This book is intended for researchers and graduate students, and will also help international readers to grasp the general situation regarding technical and vocational education in China. Combining rich content and a broad scope, the book will undoubtedly offer a valuable key to understanding China’s technical and vocational education in the 21st century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ye, Yiqun

Wu, Xueping

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wirtschaftspädagogik, Berufspädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- 1 An Introduction to Technical and Vocational Education in China.- 2 Vocational Training and Employment.- 3 Curriculum of Technical and Vocational Education.- 4 Specialty Setup of Technical and Vocational Education.- 5 Teaching in Technical and Vocational Education.- 6 Teachers of Technical and Vocational Education.- 7 Management of Technical and Vocational Education.- 8 Transformation of Technical and Vocational Education: From Quantity Expansion to Quality Improvement.- Summary.- References.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Xueping Wu is a professor at the College of Education at Zhejiang University, China. From 1990 to 1991, she worked at Sussex University, UK as a visiting scholar. She hosts or attends international conferences on education on a regular basis and maintains close ties (through academic exchanges and collaborations) with scholars from the UK, USA, Italy, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, etc. From 2014 to 2015, she was a visiting scholar at the Department of Education, Valparaiso University, where she conducted research on community colleges in the USA.
Yiqun Ye is an Associate Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, China. Her academic research covers such fields as students’ work-study programs and financial-aid programs at American higher education institutions. She is the co-author of the work Technical and Vocational Education in China, published in 2009 (in English), and the essay Vocational Education in China in 2013. From 2014-2015, she was a visiting scholar in the United States, where she conducted research on professional development of faculty at American community colleges.