First, the school characteristics
1, academic system and degree
The academic system of higher vocational education is generally 3 years or 5 years. Students can obtain corresponding graduation certificates or vocational qualification certificates after graduation. Compared with undergraduate education, higher vocational education has the characteristics of short time and high efficiency, and pays more attention to cultivating students' practical operation ability and vocational skills.
2, professional settings
The specialty setting of higher vocational colleges usually covers many fields, including engineering, business, medicine and health, agriculture, computer and other professional fields. All majors focus on cultivating students' professional skills and practical operation ability in specific fields to meet the needs of society for all kinds of professionals.
Second, employment opportunities.
1, training practice
Higher vocational education attaches great importance to cultivating students' practical operation ability, and students will have a lot of internship and training opportunities during their school days. Through contact with real scenes such as enterprises or laboratories, students have the opportunity to learn and master professional skills related to their majors and apply theoretical knowledge to practical operations.
2. Employment orientation
The goal of higher vocational education is to make students have the ability to adapt to social employment needs. The school will cooperate with enterprises and institutions to provide employment guidance and employment services to help students find jobs smoothly. After graduation, vocational college students can generally go to work directly or choose to continue their studies.
Higher vocational colleges and ordinary high schools have the following differences in education mode, subject setting and student training:
First, the educational model.
Ordinary senior high schools pay attention to imparting subject knowledge and deepening subject learning, and mainly cultivate students' academic ability and theoretical thinking ability. Higher vocational education pays attention to the training of vocational skills and practical operation ability, aiming at cultivating students to become technical talents with practical operation ability.
Second, the subject setting
The subjects of ordinary high schools are mainly core subjects, such as Chinese, mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, biology and so on. Students mainly study academic theoretical knowledge. The subject setting of higher vocational colleges covers many fields, including engineering, business, medicine and health, agriculture, computer and other professional fields. Students mainly study theoretical knowledge and practical skills related to careers.
Third, student training.
Ordinary high schools focus on cultivating students' academic ability, theoretical thinking and innovative ability, and take the college entrance examination as the main goal to continue their studies or enter universities. The purpose of higher vocational education is to cultivate students' professional skills and practical operation ability, so that they can adapt to the social employment needs, and students can directly find employment or continue their studies after graduation.