Secondary vocational schools are generally equivalent to high schools, which are mainly responsible for imparting vocational skills to students and preparing for entering social work in the future. The educational content of secondary vocational schools usually includes two parts: vocational guidance and vocational education. Career guidance is mainly to help students understand the social career development trend and guide students how to choose or re-choose a career suitable for their own development according to their own conditions and characteristics; Vocational education is mainly to teach students the professional knowledge and skills needed to engage in a certain occupation or industry.
Higher vocational education pays more attention to cultivating students' professional skills and quality to meet the social demand for higher vocational talents. The educational content of higher vocational colleges usually includes two parts: theoretical teaching and practical teaching.
Theoretical teaching is mainly to teach students relevant professional theoretical knowledge, such as management, economics, marketing and so on. Practice teaching is mainly through experiments, internships, project design and other means, so that students can apply their theoretical knowledge to practice, thus deepening their understanding and mastery of theoretical knowledge.
What is vocational education?
Vocational education refers to an educational activity that educates the educated to have comprehensive qualities such as professional ethics, scientific culture, professional knowledge and technical skills required for engaging in a certain occupation or professional development. Vocational education and general education are different types of education and have the same important position. They are an important part of the national education system and human resources development, and an important way to cultivate diversified talents, inherit technical skills, and promote employment and entrepreneurship.
Vocational education is a form of education with the main purpose of imparting vocational skills and cultivating professional quality to meet the needs of social development for talents. It includes various forms of vocational school education, vocational training, vocational guidance and adult vocational rehabilitation. Vocational education has the following characteristics:
First of all, vocational education is based on practicality and pertinence, emphasizing the cultivation of students' practical operation ability and workplace coping ability. Secondly, vocational education pays attention to the cultivation of students' professional quality, including professional ethics, teamwork, communication and expression, innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition, vocational education also pays attention to the cultivation of students' lifelong learning ability to adapt to the changing working environment and social needs.
Vocational education is of great significance in social development. First of all, it can meet the social demand for all kinds of professionals and provide talent support for economic development. Secondly, vocational education can improve workers' employment and entrepreneurship ability and promote employment and entrepreneurship. In addition, vocational education also helps to inherit technical skills and promote industrial transformation and upgrading and high-quality development.